Franklin D Roosevelt Japanese Speech Analysis

Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War on Japan Early morning of December 7th 1941, the first of nearly 200 Japanese aircrafts took off from carriers located of the Hawaiian Islands. Their destination being Pearl Harbor. Japanese planes had bombarded the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The next day December 8th 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, asked congress to declare war against Japan in the speech he shared. The speech that was probably his most memorable speech. Soon after, the United States entered World War II. The speech was hardly necessary. Millions of people across the United States had been hearing about the attack on the news. These people shared the president’s outrage and commitment on defending the country. Young men hurried to recruiting stations the next day. Wearing or not wearing a uniform you were enlisted in the war effort. Various documents have been out talking about this important event in our country’s history. The United States and the Second World War is the title of the document I will be talking about. To begin with, by the writer of this document stating that he …show more content…
Why? Because due to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s anger, what he probably first thought was of fighting back. No one would let something like the attack on Pearl Harbor pass. And I say thoughtful process as well, because as president you have to think about the pros and cons about entering a war. Due to his decisions, there must have been more pros than the cons. Furthermore, the speaker of the speech was responding to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He shows the reader that he is sure on what he is deciding to do with a positive attitude and a strong voice. He is letting people know why he is making those choices and he is trying to make the people feel the same way as he does but, the people were already furious at the Japanese for making such