On April 11, 1962, U.S. steel manufacturers raised the price of steel by 3.5 percent. President John F. Kennedy held a news conference regarding the hike in steel prices. In the conference, John F. Kennedy uses allusion, diction, and repetition to regard the high steel prices.
In paragraph one, he uses diction “it would” to add to the tension and build fear because it affects the companies and the nation’s depression. If the nation is unable to buy steel and steel products due to high prices, it will cause the national economy to deteriorate, it will result in economic difficulty for citizens and an economic disadvantage for the nation within the global market. For example, If the companies increase their prices in steel we as the people wouldn’t buy it. Which the company's income will decrease that will cause them to slowly bankrupt. “Some time ago I asked each American to consider what he would do for his country and I asked the steel companies…” Kennedy is saying this at the very end because it’ll make the companies lower their prices in steel. …show more content…
“Some time ago I asked each American to consider what he would do for his country and I asked the steel companies. In the last 24 hours we had their answer.” The fact the he says that now he indirectly pressures the companies in to doing the right thing. It’s more of a moral obligation to the