President John F. Kennedy, concerned with the effect of ruthless steel companies, gives a speech at the news conference in April. 11, 1962 as an effort to impede rising prices set by the trusts. Kennedy uses rhetorical devices such as pathos, tone, and logos to persuade the audience to take action. Throughout his speech, President Kennedy uses pathos to appeal to the sympathetic and emotional side of the people. He mentions Berlin and Southeast Asia, two countries where it seems problems there do not directly affect us and follows it with the phrase, “we are asking reserves to leave their homes and families for months on end,” making it personal by connecting it to the people of our country (line 10). The quote, “and four were killed in the
