Rhetorical Analysis Of John F. Kennedy's Speech

Since John F. Kennedy’s speech, the United States is no longer seriously fighting against communism. Today, the United States is seriously fighting against terrorist groups like ISIS. One thing that has stayed the same since John F. Kennedy’s speech is the United States’ passion to fight for liberty across the globe. In Kennedy’s time, the United States was fighting for people’s liberties in communist countries, and now the United States is fighting for people’s liberties in Syria. Since Gianna Jessen’s speech on abortion, the amount of abortions that have taken place have only increased. The topic of abortion has only become more heated and abortions themselves are more common and accepted in today’s society. Something that has stayed the same since Gianna Jensen’s speech was given is that Planned Parenthood is still funded by the government. In addition, the argument for abortions being legal is spearheaded by the fight for women’s rights. …show more content…
In Kennedy’s speech he addresses his audience in an encouraging way. He wants the citizens of the United States to continue fighting for the liberty and freedom of people across the globe. He reminds the audience of how the founding fathers of the United States fought for their own liberties, and he asks his listeners to join that historic effort. Overall, he desires for the citizens of the United States to continue fighting for people around the globe like past generations have been doing. On the contrary, Jessen asks her audience to deter from the path that the United States is on in the sense that she wants them to fight from a pro-life stance. She urges her audience to join her in her fight for defunding Planned Parenthood. Unlike Kennedy, she uses her personal experience to emphasize her point of view. She uses her own survival from saline abortion to prove her points that Planned Parenthood is an evil