President Ronald Reagan talked about the January 28, 1986 Challenger shuttle incident instead of on the state of congress and the grief it threw on our country. President Ronald Reagan was the speaker. He was the 40th president and head of the NASA space program. He was born in 1911 and died in 2004. He was also an actor in a large category of movies. When the shuttle exploded in 1986, it reminded people that bad things can happen to anything and anyone. We learned from that experience because we now check every part of our space shuttles, no matter
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He didn’t use very negative words although he used words like grief, pain, mourning, and tragedy. He also used some positive words such as remembered, courage, heroes, and joy. He didn’t say these things with much speed because it was such a sad occasion, he wanted what he sayed to sink into people hearts and minds. He didn’t use foul language in his speech, he didn’t go off topic during his speech, and he only talked about the incident of the challenger.
President Reagan had a very somber and sad look on his face, he looked mostly at the camera because there was no crowd, the crown was through the camera. He didn’t do a lot of moving, mainly head bobbing and moved his arms and shoulders a little bit. He took deep breaths occasionally and paused in between thoughts. He spoke with about the same volume in his voice throughout, but he spoke with a authority very few people can speak with.
My overall impression of President Reagans challenger address was that it was really heart felt, touching, and was something the people needed to hear in that time of distress. Not many people could give a speech like he did and deliver it with such efficiency. As the head