Lincoln Memorial

and non-Jewish communities, primarily due to the fact that a museum dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust would be built in the United States, who did little to stop the Holocaust from occurring.” (Source E) Such as with the proposed Holocaust Memorial Museum in the National Mall, some citizens may take offense from the monument. This can cause an uproar of complaints as well as a loss of business to the companies around it. Additionally, the funds spent to build the structure will be wasted.…

deep sacrifice has been made and the location, along with the price, is reasonable. A monument should be constructed when a deep sacrifice to the country has been made; “all the names of those missing and killed (57,000) must be part of the memorial;...” (Lin) This evidence shows that those 57,000 people that either went missing or were killed made an enormous sacrifice for the United States. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten due to their braveness for stepping up and answering the…

Throughout much of history commemorating people became primary evidence of important events and important figures portrayed during that time. From small statues to enormous temples, it shed light to the type of role or power the person held. Most of these commemorating items were built in order to show the power of the person and for a place of worship for future people/citizens, due to their religious views or rituals. The mummy portrait of a woman and the bust of a woman, were both very…

On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that went, “down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” King’s optimism and use of emotional appeal, metaphor, and repetition launched the civil rights movement towards success. Throughout the speech, King used metaphors and figurative language not only to explain ideas in a relevant way, but also to create pathos, or an emotional response, in the…

The three elements to compare and contrast “The Gettysburg Address,” and I Have a Dream Speech” is with the purpose, structure, and rhetorical devices of the speeches. The purpose of the speeches are similar and both different. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war.” “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. He is saying that even after slavery was over the colored is still not free. “We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote.” The purpose…

in use in The Gettysburg Address are diction along with syntax, Lincoln manipulates these strategies in a way in which acts as extremely effective. The speech incorporates seventy four percent of one-syllable…

Abraham Lincoln’s Jeremiad Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address in the Spring of 1865. With Lincoln’s use of biblical references and his overall providential interpretation, the second inaugural address was less presidential and more theological. The address did not reflect the typical format of a presidential speech, but rather the structure of the jeremiad. The jeremiad is a form of sermon that became popular among the Puritans in New England in the latter half of the…

Although 100 years apart, both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy helped to heal a divided nation through moving and inspiring speeches that vigorously employed literary devices. Lincoln grew up in the country, with nothing more than a second-grade education to carry him through, having to make his own way in life; Kennedy grew up as the son of a rich stockbroker and politician private schools before attending Harvard and traveling the world, and yet, they both became two of the best presidents…

In both speeches written by each Lincoln and Obama, all three rhetorical appeals were used. Lincoln and Obama used logos, pathos, and ethos to keep their audience engaged with their speech. Both speeches had an impact on the audiences in different ways. By using these appeals, Lincoln and Obama kept the attention of the audience. Though ethos, pathos, and logos were used by both speakers, Obama presented them in a way that was a little more effective on the audience.. Obama states, “We honor…

for unity. One man in particular was the president during the devastating time, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was both elected in the beginning of the Civil War and towards the end of it. He had given his mandatory Inaugural Address' during these two elections and, especially in his Second Inaugural Address, spoke about a certain controversial issue in both. This issue was the division of the United States. Lincoln was in favor of having the same united nation that America was for years until…