John F Kennedy Inaugural Address Essay

John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural address is still one of the most sought after a referenced addresses used today. It covers the parallel between 1776 and the founding fathers intentions for the United States, as well as addressing the similarities still in action and being fought for in John’s day. In the context of 1961, the United States was now roughly 15 years removed from World War II; however, the world was once again brought into another fight for peace through what was the Cold War era in Kennedy’s time. At the time of his election, the America people were living in fear of the potential End war-- as spoken of in his address-- since the creation of such technology has enabled humanity to have as John states “the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.” (Elements of Argument, 85). Kennedy understood that Americans and Russians held the power of nuclear bombs that could potentially destroy the world, but he aimed towards establishing peace and a common ground with the Russians and other communist nations around the world. Kennedy powerfully brought to the world’s attention the call for action, as well as the unity of all nations to help in …show more content…
Many believe that John’s address was among the most memorable ones for the simple fact that it was easier to remember. Why? “A recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.” (Association for Psychological Science). And of course, John’s address had twenty one forms of alliteration. He combines words such as “strongly supporting”, “let us go forth to lead the land we love,” and “we shall pay any price, bear any burden” (Elements of Argument, 85-88). We can see that when words with the same beginning letter are consecutively used, it brings about a much more potent and long lasting thought in our