Kennedy also used pathos to show the people the importance of joining the space race. At the beginning of his speech he talks about how:
Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this Nation’s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far outstrip our collective comprehension. (Kennedy 1)
Within this quote, he delineated how impractical it was that they had not yet reached out to the wonders of the moon. This quote qualified as logos because it stated the specific fact that the scientific knowledge of the country was increasing but they were consistently lacking in their knowledge of the infinite universe. This …show more content…
It was clear that Kennedy was effective with his speech through the way the people joined to help. People were brought together through a common goal by a shared leader. Sending a man to visit the moon accomplished bringing in scientific treasure, political leverage, but possibly the most important aspect of it was the fact that it united the nation. William J Cook described this as follows: “A moon landing was to be attempted on the fifth Apollo flight. In an otherwise awful year, it would be a singular event that brought Americans together, however briefly” (Cook 2). It was clear that John F. Kennedy’s speech was powerful, because he not only accomplished the original goal of sending a man to the moon, but also lead his nation to victory by doing so. The fact that President Kennedy rallied all of these people together and finished with the goal going above and beyond proving he was an accomplished
Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this Nation’s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far outstrip our collective comprehension. (Kennedy 1)
Within this quote, he delineated how impractical it was that they had not yet reached out to the wonders of the moon. This quote qualified as logos because it stated the specific fact that the scientific knowledge of the country was increasing but they were consistently lacking in their knowledge of the infinite universe. This …show more content…
It was clear that Kennedy was effective with his speech through the way the people joined to help. People were brought together through a common goal by a shared leader. Sending a man to visit the moon accomplished bringing in scientific treasure, political leverage, but possibly the most important aspect of it was the fact that it united the nation. William J Cook described this as follows: “A moon landing was to be attempted on the fifth Apollo flight. In an otherwise awful year, it would be a singular event that brought Americans together, however briefly” (Cook 2). It was clear that John F. Kennedy’s speech was powerful, because he not only accomplished the original goal of sending a man to the moon, but also lead his nation to victory by doing so. The fact that President Kennedy rallied all of these people together and finished with the goal going above and beyond proving he was an accomplished