...Obama’s Yes We Can Speech ________________________________________ January 8, 2008. I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we'd have accomplished what we did here tonight in New Hampshire. For most of this campaign, we were far behind, and we always knew our climb would be steep. But in record numbers, you came out and spoke up for change. And with your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment - in this election - there is something happening in America. There is something happening when men and women in Des Moines and Davenport; in Lebanon and Concord come out in the snows of January to wait in lines that stretch block after block because they believe in what this country can be. There is something happening when Americans who are young in age and in spirit - who have never before participated in politics - turn out in numbers we've never seen because they know in their hearts that this time must be different. There is something happening when people vote not just for the party they belong to but the hopes they hold in common - that whether we are rich or poor; black or white; Latino or Asian; whether we hail from Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina, we are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction. That is what's happening in America right now. Change is what's happening in America. You can be the new majority who can...
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...Barack Obama: Back to school On September 8, 2009 was Barack Obama visiting Wakefield High School. Barack Obama held a Speech “Back to school event” for the first day at school on national television. In this Speech he stressed the importance of education. He would spread a message across the country: do not give up, do not quit because: “you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country” (l.63-64). The rhetoric in this speech that Barack Obama held to all American pupils is a classic way of build-ing it up: The opening is first. Here Obama says hello and talks about the first day in the semester. Then the narrative, which is some background information. Here Barack Obama talks about his own experience as a pupil. After the narrative comes the argumentation. In the argumentation is all the main weight of the speech. He talks about obligation, the future for the students and so on. Then the ending is coming. Here Barack Obama concludes what he expects from all the students Barack Obama starts off by addressing the audience personally in the very first line, “Hello every-one – how's everybody doing today?” (l.1). He sets the scene and reaffirms his authority not just as the most powerful man in the world but, more importantly, as an equal. That Barack Obama uses ethos creates a much more personal relationship between him and the listeners. After Barack Obama has welcomed all of the students at Wakefield High School and the rest of the American pupils, who...
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...an effort to make the most of what they are offered in life. President Barack Obama is very aware of this and has made it an important subject and goal in his presidential career to inspire youngsters in the right direction, both for their own sake and their country’s. Barack Obamas’ speech “Back to School” at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia was held in September 8, 2009. The age of the present audience varied to children from kindergarten and all the way up to twelfth grade. In addition to that, the speech was also broadcasted to students all over the country. The audience is obviously extremely great, and the speech will therefore have a tremendous impact on several individuals. The first thing Obama seems to focus on in his speech on the first day of the children’s school day are in fact the children themselves. He speaks directly to them, and initiates the whole thing by telling everyone that being nervous is perfectly normal. He has obviously tried it himself when he was their age. Very easily he finds a way to make everyone relate to him by telling stories from his own life. Barack Obama did not grow up under the best circumstances. He was raised by a single mother whom was very passionate about doing what was best for her son. She even sought to homeschool Obama, when he wasn’t at school. She wanted to make sure he would have the best possible future. This particular section of the speech did quite possibly have a good impact on certain students who probably...
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...Analysis President, Barack Hussein Obama is a great speaker and knows how to defend his case. He is capable of capturing an audience and make them listen to what he has to say. he has become such an important man for many Americans, but how come his speeches are so great? What is it that makes people listen to him and believe everything he says? It is a known fact that Barack Obama can capture his voters with great speeches. To know what it really is that make him such a great spokesperson we will be analyzing one of his speeches. In this case, I’m going to analyze a speech by him, called “A More Perfect Union” that he held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in March, 2008, where the US Constitution also was written in 1787[1] “A More Perfect Union” is a speech by Barack Obama where we see the true message that he wants to bring us. He shares his ideas to help American’s to succeed based on a unity within the people. His ideals go beyond people’s gender, religious beliefs, race, color or sexual orientation, as long as people can come together we will be able to accomplish a lot and keep moving forward. A big part of the speech is about race. What Obama tries to say is that people are missing the big picture and that people have too much focus on race and diversity that if they do not start to change that then it will have big consequences in the future, like going back in time where slavery was normal. Barack Obama’s speech echoes the rhetorical concepts of...
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...Essay about President Barack Obama’s speech “Back to school” Education is enormously important. The wish of having a good education system and people who freely use it is not something that only a few countries want or wish, but almost the whole world takes aim at this. The focus on education has particularly in the United States big mentions and support. The current Government, which are sitting on the power right now, has this area high on their list of upcoming plans for the future of the US. President Barack Obama has therefore also this topic involved in most of his performances and in most of the speeches he makes. Therefor, it’s definitely an option for the President to talk about the education topic in his speeches, which we also see in one of his speeches from 2009. This speech was held in Arlington, Virginia on September the 8. Obama visited Wakefield High School and presented his speech in front of a lot of older students, but also upcoming students, who was just about to start in a new step in the school system. As mentioned earlier, a clear point in President Barack Obama’s speech is how important the role of education has. This may also be the most important point he tells his audience about. He explains how, in this century one only can count on being considered for a job if one has an education. One can’t just expect that a job will appear and choose one, if the person has no proper education. Therefore will many good properties and abilities of the people...
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...Barack Obama – Speech On October 1, 2015 several people were shot and killed by a man at Oregon Community College. On the same day Barack Obama gave a speech. First of all the speech was gave to express Obama’s grief, – but he wanted more than just to show empathy. Obama presents a clear message - of changing the U.S gun laws - in his speech Obama delivered his speech to the press , so therefore all Americans are his receivers. In his speech Obama argues against the 2nd amendment, which gives every American the right to be armed. Obama blames the 2nd amendment for the recurrent mass shootings in America. To convince his receiver Barack Obama uses several rhetorical devices, which this paper will analyze. “I'd ask the American people to think about how they can get our government to change these laws, and to save lives, and to let young people grow up.” In this sentence Obama clarifies his message about changing gun laws. He also emphasizes who his audience is; “the American people”. Furthermore, the quotation is an example of his use of the appeal form pathos. He mentions young people and their right to grow up, which most Americans can relate to. Another example of the appeal form pathos is the phrase in the speech, where he mentions “American families, moms, dads, children, whose lives have been changed forever.” Here Obama not only mentions family members so that everyone can relate to them, he also emphasizes that it is the American families and therefore...
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...President Barack Obama begins the speech with a purpose of putting a bid in for the 2012 presidential election. He starts off with the large success in halting the Taliban and the Iraq war. Following statements prove he has a strong sense of middle class awareness and the gradual rise. He then moves along to the stock market rising again for the first in a long time since its slow decline. President Barack Obama states that nearly four million jobs were lost in the six months before he took office; he has created 3.2 million jobs in the last 22 months. One of the things that President Barack Obama leans heavily on is the uproar and rise of the economy. Since he was put in office he has filled 3.2 out of the 4 million job deficit that he was elected into, last year American businesses created the most jobs since 2005. Making a 2 trillion dollar deficit cut and putting “wall street accountable and responsible for any further mistakes so a crisis like this never happens again”. With over one million jobs at stake and after a bailout for General Motors when they were near the verge of imminent collapse he has turned them around to be the largest automobile manufacturer once again. President Barack Obama believes in keeping American thriving with other American businesses such as, new manufacturing and American energy. It is no longer cost effective and as efficient as it used to be for foreign imported goods at the cost of our economy. President Barack Obama then talks about...
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...Barack Obama’s victory speech After four years of criticism against Barack Obama, won the status as president for the next four years, despite an unemployment rate of 7,8 %. Because of Obama’s inability to move America forward. These four years, a period of economical decline, has concluded people have lost their home, and been kicked out on the streets. The American people have lost their trust. With four years of despair, Barack Obama managed to be reelected as president. Barack Obama had to make a victory speech to regain, a normally optimistic American people, believe. He did so, by reminding the American people, as one nation the United States can come out strong on the other side of the global financial crisis. I will discuss which rhetorical features Obama have used to regain the American people trust and believe. Barack Obama is a rhetorical genius. He uses a non-formal language so every citizen in the US can understand Barack Obama’s victory speech. He appears emphatic by appealing to emotions. “And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter…. Had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.” ll. 33-36. He uses the appeal form to emotions, pathos, and therefore gets the people of America attention by using a touching story, about a young girl fighting leukemia. It is an every parent’s nightmare, facing your child struggle...
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...Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event President Barack Obama held a speech for school students at Wakefield high school in Arlington, Virginia back in 2009. Obama's focus in the entire speech was about the importance of education and the young peoples enthusiasm for education. The speech was for students in all ages since the main message in the speech ”you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country”. Obamas main intention with his speech was to get the students to think the entire future of the country was depending on them, so the importance the students will get of the speech is hopefully a good motivation, so they will work harder for a brighter tomorrow and a promising future. But a good education does not come by itself it requires hard work and willpower. Barack Obama. The President. A president who has a lot of electors because he knows how he can get them. He starts his speech asking, “Hello everyone – How’s everybody doing today?.” Already there he has their attention. He can be a very formal guy, but in this occasion, is he very informal. He tries to sound more personal than professional in his speech the huge different in age from kindergarten to high school makes it hard for Obama to reach the whole audience. He involves the receivers and talks on a level where pupils from kindergarten can understand without he makes the speech boring for seniors in high schools. The president does not sound like a higher authority...
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...A More Perfect Union By Caroline Jensen We all know that Mr President, Sir Barack Hussein Obama is a great speaker and knows how to defend his case. We all know that he’s capable of capturing an audience and make them listen to what he has to say. We all know this and we all think this is why he has become such an important man in the American lives, but how come his speeches are so great? What is it that makes people listen to him and believe everything he says? It is a known fact that Barack Obama can capture his voters with amazing speeches that makes more sense than math does once it gets explained. To know what it really is that make him such a great spokesperson for America, we must analyse one of his speeches. In this case, I’m going to analyse a speech by him, called “A More Perfect Union” that he held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in March, 2008, where the US Constitution also was written in 1787[1] “A More Perfect Union” is a speech by Barack Obama where we see the true message that he wants to bring out. He tells about his deal for America and its success that is based on a unity within the people of America. For him, it does not matter what gender, religious background or race that you have, as long as people come together to unite in their, once, promised union and keep moving forward. A big part of the speech is about race. What Obama tries to say is that people are missing the big picture and that people have too much focus on race and diversity that...
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...Further Oral Activity: Barack Obama 2012 Victory Speech Task: Analyze the rhetoric used in the speech. This is a Special News report on the 7th of November - President Obama has won second term the elections for president of the USA - we are now live in Chicago at the McCormick Centre , where President Obama just held his victory speech, and I am going to do a quick analysis of what the newly re-elected President said. It is an absolute pandemonium after Barack Obama has just delivered a 20 minute speech, during which he expressed his gratitude towards his family, his friends, his supporters, and laid out his vision of what America has already achieved, what it can achieve and what it will achieve after he has been re-elected President of the United States to Mitt Romney with 281 electoral votes to 191. Through the use of various rhetorical tools like Anaphora, rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses, President Barack Obama delivers a speech through which he fully expresses ideas like the American dream and the future. Similarly to other speeches of his from the past, as for example the 2008 speech at the Democratic Convention, this one contains different forms of repetition and "between the line political views" - for example in the first paragraphs he purposely begins his sentences with the same couple of words - "You'll hear", "We want...", "That's ", followed by his ideas for the future of...
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...Introduction: The intention of this research paper is to establish that President Barack Obama is a high-minded leader. This composition is aimed towards those who are uncertain whether they support our current president. In this research paper, the question, “Is Obama a great leader? “Will be answered. To support the main question of this paper these questions will also be answered: Does Obama have influence, has he created a positive change, Does he exhibit integrity, Does he have well-defined priorities, and does he display the quality of vision? Mythology: The method of research used in determining whether president Barrack Obama is a good leader was as follows: First, defining what traits a good leader exhibits. Through the article “Great Leaders grow deep roots: six characteristics of exceptional leaders” provided great insight in explain what a good leader is. Second, by researching speech given by Obama the quality of his leadership was able to be determined. Then, a variety of articles were investigated though the internet. Finally a number of blog post where sifted through to experience the opinions of others. By this method of research a wide range of thought was gathered on Obamas leaderships skills. Research: Many sources were used to derive a conclusion on Obamas leadership character. Below our the sources with their Claim, Evidence, and reasoning. Barack Obama in the speech, “American rhetoric” claims that America is a great country full of oppurnitys but...
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...In Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union,” we see the true message behind his speech. His ideal for this country and its success is based on a unity within the people. No matter what race, gender, or religious background people have, we all must come together to unite our once promised union and move forward. The goal that Barack Obama intends to resolve is the coming together of all people to see the problem as a whole, rather than focus on the small judgmental flaws of the individual. A big factor in Obama’s speech is race. He speaks of the people having much focus on race and diversity within the union, that people are missing the big picture. Obama believes that the people must attack this problem now, instead of setting it aside for a future outbreak of the situation. Racial conflicts are still a big factor in America. The past issue of segregation and slavery has caused people to lose focus of problems that will have an effect on the union as a whole. Barack Obama believes that people of all races can overlook the past racial differences and further the unity of a more perfect union. Caucasian and African Americans will see that discrimination is in the past. Americans will help provide future generations with opportunity, and will come together to benefit all of America as a perfect union. I agree with the vision and message of the Obama speech, “A more Perfect Union.” I agree with the fact that people today in America are still held back with...
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...Despite the employment of writers Barack Obama wrote this speech himself. In the speech “A more Perfect Union” Barack Obama wants to locate the truth in his own up comings and also in the audience. He discusses the race in America in a logical manner but is also very sinecure at the same time. He needs to clear the air with the American people. With previous information involving the church that Barack Obama attends there was an issue with his pastor Rev. Wright. The comments made by him did not go well with others and these statements reflected back on Obama in a negative way. His pastor made comments about race and discrimination some even said he is a racist. In the speech he is connecting the past with our present time. Presidential candidate Barack Obama came across a problem that some may say he would not be fit for precedence because of this situation. He wanted to clear the air up with the American people. He first established this with the use of irony to the constitution. This is effective because we have a black man running for president. In our constitution they state that they wanted to be free from England, but once they came to America there were people who purchased other people. In the constitution...
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...those things above. Back to school Every time we all hear about how important it is to finish an education. People without an education do not have the same possibilities, as the people who worked hard to finish it. Making it through the whole education system and getting started with working and developing the place around you, is important for everyone, no matter if they believe in it or not. Barack Obama wants to make this clear for the students at their first day at school at Wakefield High School in Arlington. The speech has a typical composition for a speech of this kind. Barack Obama starts by making contact to them all. Then he talks about how that he can understand how they are feeling at their first day at school and that he have tried the same things back in his days. Then the main point is coming, that everybody has to take responsibility and get things done and work hard. He ends the whole point by asking what people should remember them for, which gives all of the students a lot of responsibility for their own lives. During the whole speech, Barack Obama uses a lot of pathos. One clear example is the national feeling that every American has “If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.” (line 63). This national sentiment makes the students think once again about what they are going to do, because nobody will quit their country, and especially not the American people. He also uses...
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