Background
President John. F. Kennedy at this time was going to Europe to visit five Western European nations with his intension to spread good will and build American allies, Germany was his first stop. It was just a couple decades ago that the nation of Germany was trying to conquer the world in WWII with Adolf Hitler leading this mission. After Germany surrendered, Berlin was split into two nation, there was West and East Berlin. John F. Kennedy delivered his speech in West Germany, West Germany are allies with the United States at this. However, East Berlin was Communist territory, and for JFK to give this speech in such a hostile region outlines his support to West Germany. Right not JFK has been the President for roughly two and a half …show more content…
John F. Kennedy is the speaker of his speech, however, he does a translator (Heinz Weber) as well, and this translator needs to be able to communicate efficiently the words JFK is saying. The audience is West Berlin, which includes the citizens of West Berlin (approximately 450,000 people), German dignitaries consisting Konrad Adenauer (the German chancellor), Willy Brandt, and Otto Bach (President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin), Dean Rusk ( JFK’s Secretary of State), and Lucius D. Clay (the US administrator of Germany). The material of the speech is to boost morale support for West Berliners, as they are the closest to East Germany and have the consist threat of occupation. The occasion was the John F. Kennedy was visiting five Western European nations to build support and gain allies for the Unites …show more content…
JFK uses logos in his saying that lasting peace won’t be certain if one out of every four German don’t have the choice of free rights (JFK 1963). He wants democracy to be the choice that allows free rights, JFK does state that it’s not perfect but doesn’t need a wall to keep Germans from leaving. JFK uses pathos in the sense that how husbands and wives and brothers and sisters have been kept apart from each other because of this wall, his brings emotions to the West Berlin citizens because they can relate and probably have family on the other side that they miss. JFK uses ethos in the way that he talks about how all citizens have a right to freedom, this is something that is ethical. He is also ethical because he talks about how he wants “peace with justice” and how he wants Europe to be hopeful, these are all ethical contributor factors to boast his
President John. F. Kennedy at this time was going to Europe to visit five Western European nations with his intension to spread good will and build American allies, Germany was his first stop. It was just a couple decades ago that the nation of Germany was trying to conquer the world in WWII with Adolf Hitler leading this mission. After Germany surrendered, Berlin was split into two nation, there was West and East Berlin. John F. Kennedy delivered his speech in West Germany, West Germany are allies with the United States at this. However, East Berlin was Communist territory, and for JFK to give this speech in such a hostile region outlines his support to West Germany. Right not JFK has been the President for roughly two and a half …show more content…
John F. Kennedy is the speaker of his speech, however, he does a translator (Heinz Weber) as well, and this translator needs to be able to communicate efficiently the words JFK is saying. The audience is West Berlin, which includes the citizens of West Berlin (approximately 450,000 people), German dignitaries consisting Konrad Adenauer (the German chancellor), Willy Brandt, and Otto Bach (President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin), Dean Rusk ( JFK’s Secretary of State), and Lucius D. Clay (the US administrator of Germany). The material of the speech is to boost morale support for West Berliners, as they are the closest to East Germany and have the consist threat of occupation. The occasion was the John F. Kennedy was visiting five Western European nations to build support and gain allies for the Unites …show more content…
JFK uses logos in his saying that lasting peace won’t be certain if one out of every four German don’t have the choice of free rights (JFK 1963). He wants democracy to be the choice that allows free rights, JFK does state that it’s not perfect but doesn’t need a wall to keep Germans from leaving. JFK uses pathos in the sense that how husbands and wives and brothers and sisters have been kept apart from each other because of this wall, his brings emotions to the West Berlin citizens because they can relate and probably have family on the other side that they miss. JFK uses ethos in the way that he talks about how all citizens have a right to freedom, this is something that is ethical. He is also ethical because he talks about how he wants “peace with justice” and how he wants Europe to be hopeful, these are all ethical contributor factors to boast his