Ronald Reagan Speech Rhetorical Speech Analysis

On January 28, 1986 a disaster that was never thought imaginable happened, during the launch of the space shuttle challenger there was a “malfunction”, one that would lead to the death of 7 brave crew member and leave the nation in fear. Ronald Reagan emotional speech addressing the space shuttle challenger tragedy calms the people of the nation and helps them understand that the best course of action is to move forwards and continue the space program in honor of the fallen heros. Reagan uses repetition, pathos, and Juxtaposition in order to sympathize with the American people and convince them that the right course of action is to continue Americas quest into space. At the start of his speech Reagan uses repetition in order to connected with his audiences to show he understands the fear, and sorrow that has engulfed them, and to show that the 7 brave crew members of the challenger would want the quest into space to continue. By the time Reagan gave his speech more than 85% of Americans were informed about the space challenger tragedy, many of the citizens were struck with grief, “we’ve never had a tradery like this… we’ve forgotten the courage it took …show more content…
Reagan uses repetition, and pathos to calm and gain the trust of the people, Reagan also use juxtaposition to show his audiences that the tragedy that occur was just a sad part of exploration and it was a sacrifices that they will honor. Since this speech in 1986 America has made major advancements in its space program and landing on the moon now seems like a very small giant leap for mankind compared to other new and larger project NASA has been working own. Would have America continue their quest into space without Reagan speech? Are these advance due to reagan