“Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future.” Especially when you are a president, that legacy is what citizens look upon and it could impact their lives magnificently. John F. Kennedy, who was the president of the United States at the time, is described through the three documents about his inauguration with different styles. The three documents are, “Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961”, which is Kennedy’s well known speech, “Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On”, by Eleanor Clift, the article appeared in January 2011, first on the Web site “Daily Beast” and then in Newsweek, she reports on what intimates of JFK remember from that cold January day, and a photograph,
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Kennedy, they have similarities and differences in their styles of writing like diction and syntax, tones and moods, and appeals on the audience.
Even though the three documents talk about a similar topic and purpose which is describing the legacy of John F. Kennedy through the inauguration, they have different use of syntax, and the way the authors organize the texts or image. In the first document, Kennedy and his writer wrote the speech with short paragraphs with one to three sentences to emphasize each topic he says, like bullet points. For example, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” By putting this sentence by itself, Kennedy emphasizes the idea of how liberty is important even more. The second document is similar to the first, the reporter uses paragraphs for each person that was at the inauguration just like how Kennedy uses short paragraphs for each ideas. By separating it into many paragraphs, it illustrates each person’s point of view instead of a whole. For …show more content…
These two appeals are very important in the 3 documents because it’s relating to the president and the United States so they have to be trustworthy so people would look at it. For example, He establishes ethos by offering America as a partner with the “citizens of the world” to champion the “freedom of man.” Kennedy also establishes his ethos by using words that get people’s respect like “Fellow citizens” or “Sister republics”, words like that show that he looks at citizens and republics as really close people, as family. Unlike the first document, the third document establishes ethos by showing, “Former presidents Eisenhower and Truman with their wives, Mamie and Bess; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird; as well as the new first lady, Jacqueline, seen at the lower left in her signature pillbox hat.” This illustrates that many important people attend to Kennedy’s inauguration, which means he’s going to be a good president. Similar to the third text, the second text shows its ethos by naming different sources from different people. For example, the reporter writes “Kathleen, the oldest of the Kennedy grandchildren, watched the swearing-in from the camera platform facing the ceremony…” and ‘I remember scooting up to see what I could on a small TV.’” The reporter cites her work by giving specific background of the speaker of the information. Now, for the pathos, it is very much the
Kennedy, they have similarities and differences in their styles of writing like diction and syntax, tones and moods, and appeals on the audience.
Even though the three documents talk about a similar topic and purpose which is describing the legacy of John F. Kennedy through the inauguration, they have different use of syntax, and the way the authors organize the texts or image. In the first document, Kennedy and his writer wrote the speech with short paragraphs with one to three sentences to emphasize each topic he says, like bullet points. For example, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” By putting this sentence by itself, Kennedy emphasizes the idea of how liberty is important even more. The second document is similar to the first, the reporter uses paragraphs for each person that was at the inauguration just like how Kennedy uses short paragraphs for each ideas. By separating it into many paragraphs, it illustrates each person’s point of view instead of a whole. For …show more content…
These two appeals are very important in the 3 documents because it’s relating to the president and the United States so they have to be trustworthy so people would look at it. For example, He establishes ethos by offering America as a partner with the “citizens of the world” to champion the “freedom of man.” Kennedy also establishes his ethos by using words that get people’s respect like “Fellow citizens” or “Sister republics”, words like that show that he looks at citizens and republics as really close people, as family. Unlike the first document, the third document establishes ethos by showing, “Former presidents Eisenhower and Truman with their wives, Mamie and Bess; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird; as well as the new first lady, Jacqueline, seen at the lower left in her signature pillbox hat.” This illustrates that many important people attend to Kennedy’s inauguration, which means he’s going to be a good president. Similar to the third text, the second text shows its ethos by naming different sources from different people. For example, the reporter writes “Kathleen, the oldest of the Kennedy grandchildren, watched the swearing-in from the camera platform facing the ceremony…” and ‘I remember scooting up to see what I could on a small TV.’” The reporter cites her work by giving specific background of the speaker of the information. Now, for the pathos, it is very much the