John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address: Giving Hope To the World
On Friday, January 20, 1961 President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Barely beating Nixon in an election that was very back and forth throughout the race, this forty-three-year-old man is still the youngest man to ever be inaugurated into presidency. By 1961, America was struggling greatly with racism, inequality, and economic hardships, while trying to fight communism across the world. Many American’s at the time were getting extremely scared by the idea of another big war, seeing as the tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was at its greatest point. American people needed a strong, reassuring leader to keep them striving forward and that’s what they felt they were …show more content…
By outline, it was expected to demonstrate his commitment to help his partners around the world, and protect those allies from all the troubles they may come across, with peace. Kennedy used pathos in his speech to target all of the American and international people straightforwardly and they would arrange themselves into a group to feel united. JFK engaged with so many people personally with this address while also making them feel like the world and humanity should be working together as a whole. About halfway through the speech Kennedy said, “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.” Again he is using terms like, “us” to give a feeling of unity and he give America great hope for advancements and accomplishment he plans to achieve with them by his side. John F. Kennedy again tries to give hope to his people and the rest of the world by making a statement on the Cold War. He said, “two great and powerful nations [cannot] take comfort from our present course.” With this statement, John is trying to help the whole world realize that the track they are on could not lead to anything good. He gives a new idea of working together and “that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self- destruction.” This was a statement of peace not only in America but in the entirety of the world that fought the idea of war that will lead to self
On Friday, January 20, 1961 President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Barely beating Nixon in an election that was very back and forth throughout the race, this forty-three-year-old man is still the youngest man to ever be inaugurated into presidency. By 1961, America was struggling greatly with racism, inequality, and economic hardships, while trying to fight communism across the world. Many American’s at the time were getting extremely scared by the idea of another big war, seeing as the tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was at its greatest point. American people needed a strong, reassuring leader to keep them striving forward and that’s what they felt they were …show more content…
By outline, it was expected to demonstrate his commitment to help his partners around the world, and protect those allies from all the troubles they may come across, with peace. Kennedy used pathos in his speech to target all of the American and international people straightforwardly and they would arrange themselves into a group to feel united. JFK engaged with so many people personally with this address while also making them feel like the world and humanity should be working together as a whole. About halfway through the speech Kennedy said, “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.” Again he is using terms like, “us” to give a feeling of unity and he give America great hope for advancements and accomplishment he plans to achieve with them by his side. John F. Kennedy again tries to give hope to his people and the rest of the world by making a statement on the Cold War. He said, “two great and powerful nations [cannot] take comfort from our present course.” With this statement, John is trying to help the whole world realize that the track they are on could not lead to anything good. He gives a new idea of working together and “that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self- destruction.” This was a statement of peace not only in America but in the entirety of the world that fought the idea of war that will lead to self