Rhetorical Analysis Of John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address

In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech, the tones of promising and inspirational allows the american citizens to put their faith and trust in him and leaves a lasting impression on Kennedy which could influence them more. Kennedy’s inaugural address was one of the shortest ever, but it is also regarded as one of the most powerful speeches to be given in american history. Kennedy is able to address his words to the american citizens and people abroad which brings these people together to achieve his cause. Kennedy acknowledges his goals and duty as the president and gives a broad visual of how he is going to lead the nation through the use of visual effects.
The use of syntax in Kennedy uses allows him to reach the people listening to his speech. …show more content…
Being only recently elected into office, it is very crucial that he connects with his audience or else he loses all of their trust. He constantly reminds them that he is a “fellow american” and a “fellow citizen to the world” to present himself as an equal person to his audience. By establishing this connection with his audience, Kennedy can begin to open up on the topics he wants to address to his fellow people and how he wants to change it. As Kennedy goes on in his speech, he uses “we” and “us” when emphasizing a point to constantly remind his audience that he is one of them and that they all have the same problems they want to fix. His audience begins to have promising vision and begin to believe that Kennedy’s cause is something worth fighting for. Kennedy presents his audience with the choice of “abolish all forms of human poverty” or “all forms of human life.” He makes it clear that they have to make a choice and also makes it clear which cause he is fighting for. Kennedy has gained their trust and by presenting these choices to his audience, they are more likely to follow Kennedy’s cause of ending human poverty