President John F Kennedy’s speech on the hike of steel prices tell of the steel tycoons absurd selfishness in a time when selflessness is necessary from every citizen, and how they will only hurt America by raising steel prices as steel gets cheaper to manufacture. Kennedy’s purpose is to get the people fired up over these steel tycoons’ being irresponsible with their power. He adopts an angry and even disappointed tone as he tells of this, and uses very charged words to convey his meaning. In the first section of his speech, Kennedy relied on a lot of feeling empathy toward the American reservist, soldier, and the military in general to make his point. He mentions the crisis going on in Asia and Berlin, the beginnings of trouble in Viet Nam,
