We Go To The Moon Speech Analysis

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The speeches used: John F. Kennedy, [referred to for the duration as ‘JFK’], on his speech, ‘We Choose to Go to the Moon’, at Rice University, in Houston, Texas, on September 12, 1962 (2008). The second speech is by Nick Vujicic - his TedTalk initialed, ‘Overcoming hopelessness’ (2012). As JFK started his speech, he was greeted with excitement, and thanked everyone for being there. Nick however, he went straight into his life-story and background, without any pleasantries. JFK created a connection with the audience by saying: “We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, and a state noted for strength, and we stand in need of all three” (2008). Both Nick and JFK had different age influences. “Nick was born in …show more content…
There was a sense of American pride in JFK’s face, and Nick’s soft-spoken Australian accent as they spoke. Both men showed strong conviction, a trait of both countries. Throughout JFK’s speech, he effectively reached both men and women in the audience. Nick’s speech had a specific target of (high-school aged) young people+. You can see the different roles that JFK and Nick held within the 50-year gap that existed between each speech. JFK is speaking about launching a man on the moon for the first time, and all the president’s office plans to make the project a reality. Whereas Nick is a motivational speaker. Both speeches showed traditional values, motivating the viewers, and inspiring them in their goals. The main content from Nick was him sharing how he is trying to “change obstacles into opportunities”. As he said: “We are born with pain, we need to strive for hope. We have a choice to be angry about what we have, or appreciate it”. JFK shared that the project of sending man to the moon, was one of the most important things he would work on during his time in the office of the presidency. This quote from William Barkley, that Nick shared, sums up both speeches well: “The greatest two days of anyone’s life is the day you were born, and the day you knew why”