During the years of World War II, the United States of America was faced with the Great Depression, economic depression, domestic and foreign crisis. The 32nd president of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt, nicknamed “FDR”, guided the nation to recovery through a consequential time in American history, with his combination of confidence, optimism, and political background. In his twelve years of being president, FDR aided bringing the country back to a better state. In the year 1937, FDR said his “Quarantine Speech” in which he wanted isolation for the country and also in 1941, FDR delivered his State of the Union address to Congress in regards to his vision for a postwar world founded on four basic human freedoms: freedom of speech,
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FDR’s “Four Freedoms Speech” went beyond the regular freedoms insured by the American constitution and claimed the new rights as American values in which later became symbols for Americans to rally around during terrible times of World War …show more content…
When analyzing these paintings, one has to keep in mind that the United States of America had recently gone through literal hell and back –depression, wars, droughts, economic decline and was just climbing out of a serious great depression. When choosing to depict “Freedom from Want” Document 1, Rockwell chose a Thanksgiving dinner to paint as a symbolic moment for the American people where in this image, three different generations surround this Thanksgiving table. All the individuals are cheerful and happy to be there, showing the thankfulness for having one another and containing the ability to endure various kinds of wants, such as physical, emotional, and spiritual. FDR had a different interpretation of “Freedom from Want” Document 2, which he believed was a right to an adequate standard of living and having food, clothing and housing. Rockwell’s interpretation of “Freedom from Fear” Document 3, was based upon children having no fear of the world due to the fact that they have two loving parents to tuck him them into their warm, comforting
FDR’s “Four Freedoms Speech” went beyond the regular freedoms insured by the American constitution and claimed the new rights as American values in which later became symbols for Americans to rally around during terrible times of World War …show more content…
When analyzing these paintings, one has to keep in mind that the United States of America had recently gone through literal hell and back –depression, wars, droughts, economic decline and was just climbing out of a serious great depression. When choosing to depict “Freedom from Want” Document 1, Rockwell chose a Thanksgiving dinner to paint as a symbolic moment for the American people where in this image, three different generations surround this Thanksgiving table. All the individuals are cheerful and happy to be there, showing the thankfulness for having one another and containing the ability to endure various kinds of wants, such as physical, emotional, and spiritual. FDR had a different interpretation of “Freedom from Want” Document 2, which he believed was a right to an adequate standard of living and having food, clothing and housing. Rockwell’s interpretation of “Freedom from Fear” Document 3, was based upon children having no fear of the world due to the fact that they have two loving parents to tuck him them into their warm, comforting