The Day Of Infamy Speech Analysis

Everyone in the world faces adversities. These can be small or large challenges; they can be brought upon by others or from life itself. Anyone that is faced with adversities must overcome them in order to progress as a person. There are many that have overcome their adversities and progressed in their lives; a famous few are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida, and Caitlyn Jenner. Adversity can be found anywhere affecting anyone; adversity can be found in the white house affecting the President. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced adversity presented to him when he made the Day of Infamy speech to address the country, mourn the losses of many Americans, and reassure the people of their safety after the Pearl Harbor attack. Roosevelt had to address two challenges in his Pearl Harbor Address. Roosevelt had to address the sudden, planned hostility by Japan and the doubt of domestic security for America. In his address Roosevelt spoke of the many predetermined attacks of the Japanese stating:
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The internees also showed great creativity in the actions they took to overcome the lack of resources in the camp. The internees were able to overcome the adversity presented to them by the camp by working around what supplies they had. Many women would wake up early and use buckets to get hot water for laundry; all internees would race everywhere from the mess hall to the showers. Many internees, especially Uchida, contacted friends outside the camp to give them supplies to help out. In Uchida’s memoir the reader is given a clear image of what the internees went through and how they survived the camp; how the internees were able to use their severely limited supplies intelligently to maintain decent living conditions, and how the internees had to fight for the resources they