Jimmy Carter delivered a speech on July 15th, 1979, that originally intended to focus on the serious energy crisis America faced at the time, but he instead surprised the nation by delivering a speech on the America’s crisis of confidence instead. In “The Crisis of Confidence Speech”, he addresses the country saying that the biggest problem the nation faces at the time is that it lacks the will and confidence of the people to do great things. At this time the nation was in the midsts of the Cold War with the Soviet Unions as well as Middle Eastern problems led to major spikes in oil prices. The nation has lost hope and his address proves that he listens to their concerns and makes the nation believe that the country is indeed a great place
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Through the uses of an uplifting and hopeful tone he establishes hope back into the American people, as he asserts that nothing can stop this great nation since it has faced the terrors of the past and it can do it again. Through the use of logic that this nation has suffered hardships in the past and has triumphantly overcome them, this added phrase gave the American people reassurance that it can do the same again, pride in their mighty country, and much-needed faith. The installation of American Pride repeats in the essay when Carter reverts his speech back to the energy crisis. In order for this nation to better itself, it desperately needed to fix the energy crisis that had taken control of the nation. To get people involved in the energy conservation efforts, Carter asks that the American citizens “take no unnecessary trips, to use a carpool or public transportation whenever [they] can park [their] car one extra day per week, to obey speed limits, and set [their] thermostats to conserve fuel. Every act of energy conservation is more that common sense... It is an act of Patriotism” (10). Patriotism is embedded deeply in our nation, so it was a clever move by Carter to insert the concept of energy conversation as Patriotism since he knew more people would
Through the uses of an uplifting and hopeful tone he establishes hope back into the American people, as he asserts that nothing can stop this great nation since it has faced the terrors of the past and it can do it again. Through the use of logic that this nation has suffered hardships in the past and has triumphantly overcome them, this added phrase gave the American people reassurance that it can do the same again, pride in their mighty country, and much-needed faith. The installation of American Pride repeats in the essay when Carter reverts his speech back to the energy crisis. In order for this nation to better itself, it desperately needed to fix the energy crisis that had taken control of the nation. To get people involved in the energy conservation efforts, Carter asks that the American citizens “take no unnecessary trips, to use a carpool or public transportation whenever [they] can park [their] car one extra day per week, to obey speed limits, and set [their] thermostats to conserve fuel. Every act of energy conservation is more that common sense... It is an act of Patriotism” (10). Patriotism is embedded deeply in our nation, so it was a clever move by Carter to insert the concept of energy conversation as Patriotism since he knew more people would