Their Finest Hour Speech Analysis

During World War II, the Nazi Germany was coming at full force attacking the countries that Britain, along with other allies as well, were defending. It was soon after that Germany had conquered those countries, that Winston Churchill came out with Their Finest Hour. It was a speech that discussed about the disastrous turn of events in Europe that had happened, as well as bringing up strategic ways to go on fighting Germany. There are two versions to this speech, a written and spoken one. They both have the same purpose, but are presented very differently. The two versions of the speeches are different in the way that they bring different emotions to you. Usually in spoken speeches, the speaker takes advantage and likes to add a lot of emotion and movement when reading a speech in order to grab attention; however the case was different in Churchill’s spoken version of Their Finest Hour. The reason why it was different is because Churchill does not have a powerful voice, so when reading the speech, it might’ve even been mistaken to some people that he wasn’t interested in the topic. In his written version, Winston comes out being more detailed which, to me, is able to catch your attention more that a person could continue reading it with more interest. …show more content…
The main similarity between the two speeches was that they both had the same purpose. That purpose was to inform the British people about what is happening regarding them and World War II, and what his strategic plan is to fight off the Germans. He gives the people a sense of encouragement that they can conquer the Germans. He says, “ If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.” This is included in both the written and spoken version of the speech, which is meant to encourage people to fight off Germany for a better way of