We Choose to go to the Moon
In the early 1960's, the world was beginning to deepen its curiosity about outer space and the other planets and celestial bodies other than the Earth itself. This curiosity quickly evolved into a competition for the superpowers of the world to put a man on the moon. The United States of America, was determine not to lose that race. President John F. Kennedy gave his most famous speech at Rice University in Houston Texas on September 12, 1962 announcing that his intentions as leader of our country were to come out victorious in this space race with the Soviets. President Kennedy stated multiple times that his goal was to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, the sixties, even though the United States was behind in manned spacecraft flight. Although President Kennedy did not live to see his goal accomplished, we as a country continued to push on and did what JFK had hoped we would on July 20, 1969. The U.S. had …show more content…
Connecting with one's audience is something that can make or break a literary work, and the President made his speech with it, the ability to connect to the audience (Austin). Connections are made when he jokes, admits to how he himself is making difficult decisions, and when he uses phrases such as "My fellow citizens" (Kennedy). Possibly the most powerful connection made was when President Kennedy said, "Even though I realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us" (Kennedy). What makes this so powerful is that he is saying that he does not know if it will be worth it, but he believes that it will be, and that we must do what it takes to win the Space Race. Kennedy admitting that he is not sure of the benefits to be gained shows that he is just a person, like everyone else, and that he does not know everything, and that he too is pushing ahead solely on
In the early 1960's, the world was beginning to deepen its curiosity about outer space and the other planets and celestial bodies other than the Earth itself. This curiosity quickly evolved into a competition for the superpowers of the world to put a man on the moon. The United States of America, was determine not to lose that race. President John F. Kennedy gave his most famous speech at Rice University in Houston Texas on September 12, 1962 announcing that his intentions as leader of our country were to come out victorious in this space race with the Soviets. President Kennedy stated multiple times that his goal was to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, the sixties, even though the United States was behind in manned spacecraft flight. Although President Kennedy did not live to see his goal accomplished, we as a country continued to push on and did what JFK had hoped we would on July 20, 1969. The U.S. had …show more content…
Connecting with one's audience is something that can make or break a literary work, and the President made his speech with it, the ability to connect to the audience (Austin). Connections are made when he jokes, admits to how he himself is making difficult decisions, and when he uses phrases such as "My fellow citizens" (Kennedy). Possibly the most powerful connection made was when President Kennedy said, "Even though I realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us" (Kennedy). What makes this so powerful is that he is saying that he does not know if it will be worth it, but he believes that it will be, and that we must do what it takes to win the Space Race. Kennedy admitting that he is not sure of the benefits to be gained shows that he is just a person, like everyone else, and that he does not know everything, and that he too is pushing ahead solely on