The Rhetorical Analysis Of Barack Obama's Speech

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Barack Obamas speech target audience are the German citizens first however he refers to American and other European people as well . This speech has a few purposes for example he informs people that democracy is wonderful and Obama said that working together I very importantly for both countries for the economic and security reasons.

Barack Obama used a balanced phrase about Chancellor Angela Merkel “ from a child of the east to the leader of free and untitled Germany” which is saying that when Angel Merkel grew up she was in the eastern part of Berlin which was not united and a dictatorship but she went a long way and became a leader of a free and united Germany. Barack Obama contrasted both thing to show that she made great progress. He
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Barack Obama said “thank you for your extraordinary warm welcome , In fact its so warm and I feel so good that I am actually going to tack off my jacket” which is a play of word and a joke which was said to make the audience feel more comfortable with Obama. He said “we can be more formal among friends “ where he used personal pronoun “we” which made the audience feel as one with Obama. He also called the audience his friends which made the people feel more comfortable. Obama said that Berliners carved out an island of democracy which is a metaphor which shows that they did loads of hard work. Afterwards Obama used the rule of three and said they have rebuilt the Reichstag, they built the American embassy and the square where they are standing which shows that Germany is reborn. He said that the American embassy shows that Germany is reborn and he means that good relations with American is good and

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