Colin Powell's Speech Analysis

I chose Colin Powell’s kid’s need a structure speech for this word analysis assignment because for the most part, I could relate myself to his speech. Colin Powell is a famous figure in the U.S and was known as the Secretary of State years ago.
The speech is well thought, organized and flowed smoothly. He started the speech with the introduction then proceeded to the main points and the conclusion. He introduced himself by stating that he’s not there to talk about politics nor his previous job but about young people structure in life. It works well that he did not talk about his previous political job because political topics could turn messy sometimes if not most. He showed a picture of a high school student talking to him in front of the class in an attention military formation. He then briefly explained the relationship between the student in attention and the structure of life that he talked about later. He also talked about the school and …show more content…
During his whole speech, he emphasized the roles of immigrants and the minorities in the future. He was saying that later, the minority will become the majority and that we should get these young children ready by providing them the structure of life because they will lead this country when the time comes. He also mentioned that If you are not doing well by third grade then you are most likely a candidate to go to jail. He also said that life structures start with the day the child was born and provided facts to support the statement. He provided a story of himself to show that it’s not how you start with life but what you do with life that matters most. He ended the speech by telling a story about buying a hotdog in one of the push cart immigrant vendor in the street of New York and relate the story to what makes the United States of America a great