Speeches have been used throughout history. A speech is, “a form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose.” A speech typically is used for the purpose of persuasion, to give information, or to address a topic. These two speeches were given by authorities in governments and both addressed a topic relevant to their country. Although these speeches both have similarities and differences they were exactly what the audience needed. One of the important speeches, commonly known as the infamy speech is a speech given by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His speech was in regards to the Pearl Harbor bombing of the previous day. In his speech he is very straightforward, he immediately tackles the topic, bringing the subject of the Japanese into the first sentence. Throughout his speech he skillfully highlights all of the Japanese’s wrongdoings not only against them but other places as well. At the end of the speech Japan seems a true force to be reckoned with. His speech greatly impacted the congress, which was his targeted audience, convincing them to vote in favor of the war. Another infamous speech giver is Adolf Hitlers. He gave a speech to his …show more content…
Hitler was speaking to a dying nation, whereas FDR was speaking to flourishing nation that was aware of its success and the success of it government. Although FDR seems emotionless and boring compared to Hitler the American didn’t need a charismatic leader because they already had faith in their government and their president. At the current time Germany was at a state of complete devastation they needed a leader not only to believe in but to convince them to believe in themselves. Hitler convinced the people of Germany that they could still come out triumphant he was speaking to the losing party whereas Franklin Roosevelt was speaking to an empowered nation that battled through world war one and the great depression and came out