JFK Inaugural Address Analysis

were to strengthen their relationship and commitment with the people. They outlined their assurances to the citizens of the United States along with the governance and gains that they would expect for electing them. However, each man had a different specific purpose. Each inaugural address was specifically audience centered bringing out a direction of achievement and the intended message to the addressee (Zarefsky, 2014). The specific purposes of the inaugural address by President J. F. Kennedy was a reflection of his life experience and core beliefs with the intentions of inspiring the citizens of America to embrace the acts of sacrifice. The inaugural address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt had specific purposes of providing a way out to the Great Depression as well as inspire hope in the future of the Americans. The inaugural speech by President Barrack Hussein Obama had a specific purpose which was a clear message of hope for the citizens of the United States. He sought to assert his commitment in supporting economic recovery and that as a nation, would overcome the difficult times.
Each president used many of the same supporting …show more content…
The inaugural speech by President Barrack Obamas employed heavily the reasoning through analogy. For instance, President Barack Obama expressed the historical importance of his African American heritage in his address. He stated that “And why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take the most sacred oath” (Meisel, 2001). He generates a sympathetic reaction from the addressees through introducing himself. President Barrack Obama uses the above-mentioned reasoning through analogy to present himself to the audience as more real for the reasons of the honesty and sincerity in his