Franklin Delano Roosevelt's The Four Freedom
Battling Fear and Oppression with Hope for a Superior Principle, Freedom
In his oral speech, “The Four Freedoms,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, receives many ovations from his audience especially as he appeals to the audience’ national pride and patriotism or supports human rights and freedom. He emphasizes words like “unprecedented,” “everywhere,” “threat,” etc. in order to convey the German’s oppressions on people’s freedoms and causes fear and distress worldwide. He uses the “Four Freedoms” as a cornerstone to manipulate and influence the American citizens and congress to join the war effort in Europe and send supplies to assist Great Britain in its fight again against terror. Finally, he brings his speech to conclusion as he brings hope to …show more content…
Angelou contrast “the beauty of freedom and the tragedy of [imprisonment]” (Thursby 184). The poem affirms the “faith and prayer for continued hope” that people used to endure their burdens. The free bird hears the grief of the caged bird, however it is either “helpless or indifferent to its plight” (Thursby 184). Even though, the caged bird will never know freedom, “its spirit remain[s] unbroken” (Thursby 184). Similarly, Franklin’s speech was notable because he emphasizes challenges of freedom, human rights, and the “plight of democracy” to promote the public to supporting his war policy (“The Four Freedoms”). He “defined the nation’s identity” as he insisted that the United States is responsible of defending individual freedoms across its borders (“The Four Freedoms”). He implement hope, after warning the nation of oppression, as he emphasize that as a unity the country can overcome any fear to spread peace, faith, and individual rights. Therefore, the common themes that unites the poem and the speech is freedom, oppression and distress, isolationism, and fear in general. The caged bird is isolated and oppressed, as it sings as a sign of hope in gaining its freedom, and the American nation is isolated, as it gains encouragement and hope that as a unity it shall overcome all threats and secure their freedom and national
In his oral speech, “The Four Freedoms,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, receives many ovations from his audience especially as he appeals to the audience’ national pride and patriotism or supports human rights and freedom. He emphasizes words like “unprecedented,” “everywhere,” “threat,” etc. in order to convey the German’s oppressions on people’s freedoms and causes fear and distress worldwide. He uses the “Four Freedoms” as a cornerstone to manipulate and influence the American citizens and congress to join the war effort in Europe and send supplies to assist Great Britain in its fight again against terror. Finally, he brings his speech to conclusion as he brings hope to …show more content…
Angelou contrast “the beauty of freedom and the tragedy of [imprisonment]” (Thursby 184). The poem affirms the “faith and prayer for continued hope” that people used to endure their burdens. The free bird hears the grief of the caged bird, however it is either “helpless or indifferent to its plight” (Thursby 184). Even though, the caged bird will never know freedom, “its spirit remain[s] unbroken” (Thursby 184). Similarly, Franklin’s speech was notable because he emphasizes challenges of freedom, human rights, and the “plight of democracy” to promote the public to supporting his war policy (“The Four Freedoms”). He “defined the nation’s identity” as he insisted that the United States is responsible of defending individual freedoms across its borders (“The Four Freedoms”). He implement hope, after warning the nation of oppression, as he emphasize that as a unity the country can overcome any fear to spread peace, faith, and individual rights. Therefore, the common themes that unites the poem and the speech is freedom, oppression and distress, isolationism, and fear in general. The caged bird is isolated and oppressed, as it sings as a sign of hope in gaining its freedom, and the American nation is isolated, as it gains encouragement and hope that as a unity it shall overcome all threats and secure their freedom and national