A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mr. Kerry's Speech By Barack Obama

Barack began his speech by being thankful and acknowledging that his presence at the Democratic National Convention was very unlikely. This was effectively used as an attention-getter at the right time because it was an accurate statement, not many times in American politics did one see an African-American have the opportunity to be representing the Democratic Party on a national level. In addition, he explained to the audience his family background in which his grandfather was a cook and his father went to school in a hut. A situation like Obama’s was not similar in comparison to other candidates who came from different backgrounds. The fact that Obama grew up in a similar lifestyle to many American citizens, this gives the audience an assurance of his credibility because as he speaks to the nation, they are viewing someone who did not have much of different life prior becoming successful.

Additionally, Obama does an effective job appealing to the audience pathos by finding a way in the speech to connect his life story and his families to the United States. He goes to the extent by calling the United States, a “magical place” and that one’s name …show more content…
He attempts to use topic of war in order to establish the fact that Mr. Kerry will be an effective American leader due to his success in other aspects of political wars. Obama began to draw on fear and specifically states that the United States has enemies around the world that must be found and destroyed. This seemed to enhance the crowd due to high level of patriotism found in the United States. In addition to talking about war, this is another effectual tactic used by Obama in the speech to draw the audience’s attention and get them to think. As this speech was given in 2004, which was only 3 years after 9/11 which had tremendous damage on the American people. Indeed, many Americans were in fear of their safety for a certain time