John F Kennedy Speech Rhetorical Analysis

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John F. Kennedy in 1960 won a presidential election against well-known and former Vice President Richard Nixon. This period in history was a tense one, the Cold War was becoming a real threat. John F Kennedy was a person who wasn’t supposed to win the election, he was someone that was supposed to lose. Many factors that were against him were that he was Catholic, he was rich, and he was young. These factors didn’t really give him any real shot at becoming president. He with adversity came through, proved many people wrong, and shut a lot of mouths. Ethos, pathos, logos will be the comparison and analyzes I will be conducting to try to fully understand this historical speech in history. During his inauguration he almost immediately establishes ethos: “Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, “Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal as well as change.” (John F. Kennedy). …show more content…
His words are tough yet meaningful, he is harsh yet honest. That makes one think of what exactly he was going through fighting the establishment to win the presidency. Many would think that he would try to enrage his counter parts in the Republican Party by celebrating that he won. In fact he does the opposite, his words show unity and they show that he basically wouldn’t be able to do it alone.” So let us begin a new remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate”. (John F.