In his “Inaugural Address”, President John F. Kennedy uses pathos to convince the audience of the benefits of democracy and the spreading of its principles. Throughout his speech Kennedy uses specific techniques to arouse powerful feelings of nationalism within the listeners. One of these techniques is parallelism. He exclaims that this time in America is, “...symbolizing an end as well as a beginning…” because a new chapter in history is about to commence (2). He attempts to excite them at the prospect of changes that will strengthen the United States and diffuse Democracy to the other nations of the world. He does this through the comparing of the past and present to two opposite things. Gaining the support of the American people was key
