Currently the United States of America is on the forty-forth president and counting. John F. Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president and took office January 20th, 1961. Although Kennedy was one of the youngest by far for office, he led the Americans to new hope and leadership for the up-coming era. John Kennedy’s Inaugural address is an effective, optimistic argument to American Citizens through ethos, pathos, and logos.
Americans react with hope and optimism for the promises that Kennedy spoke. A continual reach for peace and endurance to fight on. Kennedy spoke with appeal to the values of the audience, and what they needed for encouragement. The many thousands of citizens stood there in the freshly swept snow to hear …show more content…
These moments are referring to something well-known, like a story, event or person to help the audience make a connection in comparisons, which are allusions. A “peaceful revolution of hope” will not be “the prey of hostile powers” in the nation (Kennedy). President Kennedy exercises that peace be brought over war, with the Anti-War Movement throughout the 1960s. In this time period there was a fear of the most powerful and advanced war yet to be known, “the hand of mankind’s final war” or nuclear (Kennedy). John Kennedy really reaches to the audience with the fear of “the end” and the Cuban Missile Crisis, but this is all a future tolerance potential at the time of the speech given. The real race began just before Kennedy took office and “explor[ing] the stars” became a competitive race for the United States and Soviet Union (Kennedy). Space Race was busted for the States to the Soviet Union reaching space first, although The United States did land on the moon first. Rhetorical devices such as allusions build credibility for the speaker, which gives the audience reason in why the speaker is truthful to explaining such …show more content…
Qualities for extrinsic ethos would conclude about how the author is qualified, location, kairotic moments, and the audience. Kennedy is most definitely qualified to speak out to all American citizens over his inaugural speech to take a stand on what he believes in in the nation in the furthering years. Inaugural speeches are given after the announcement of the Presidency, so the victor would give the inaugural speech, whereas the defeated candidate gave a concession speech. These speeches are given at the White House typically, therefore the location is something Kennedy took into consideration for his audience and tone of speaking out to all citizens. President John Kennedy understood the time frame in which everything was happening around him, and was able to incorporate kairotic moments into the speech, such as the space race, Anti-War Movement, and Nuclear war for example. Kennedy was able to address the aspiring audience with a connection to give faith and trust in the future by mentioning such topics close to the hearts and minds of the audience. Intrinsic ethos contains elements of credible sources, tone, grammar, and other characteristics that make up of a speakers chance to show credibility. There are examples of credible sources seeking the fact that topics are well researched and presented to the public in a professional tone for clear understanding. Extrinsic