Rhetorical Analysis Of Johnson's Speech

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This document is about what our society is turning into, the things we can do to change it, and the people who are going to affect it the most. This is a speech that a man gave to college students. He spoke to persuade the students of some things. His speech was also about a lot of negative things that are happening to our country.
This speech was given in 1964. The audience were college students of the University of Michigan. He gave them facts, and statistics of how America has changed over the years, and how it plans to change. There isn’t good quality of things anymore. Johnson the speaker wants the students to know that their generation can fix that. He speaks about the growth of the population over the years. He spoke that statistics show that in 1970 there will be five-million more students enrolled then in 1960. The classrooms will become over crowded, and there will not be enough teacher qualified to teach. The people who are qualified are not getting paid, and the people who are getting paid are unqualified. The cause of there not being enough teachers is because there isn’t enough people going to college. A lot of people are unable to afford it.
The kids of today will determine what happens in the future. Soon the people that control our government will be the teenagers, and college students of today.
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He spoke in an understanding language for the students, using basic terms, and explaining things thoroughly. He didn’t use hard government terminology, instead he used informal terms that were understandable for the basic person. He began his speech by saying that he has came from the Capital to speak about the future of the country. “The purpose of protecting the life of our nation and preserving the liberty of our citizens is to pursue the happiness of our people. Our success in that pursuit is the test of our success as a

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