Rhetorical Analysis-Jfk's Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association

The speech that I decided to do is John F. Kennedy's Address to the Houston Ministerial Association. I will be using both external and internal criticism. With the external criticism I will be examining the time, the occasion, how the audience reacted, John F Kennedy's biographical factors and the effects of the speech. John F Kennedy came from a strong political family, was well educated, defended his country in WW II and received rewards for his courage and bravery, and along with his political career that lead him to the nomination for presidency in 1960. With in the internal criticism I will be looking at the invention, organization, style, and presentation. I will show how he used logical proof, ethical proof, and pathetic proof to sway his audience from viewing him as the Catholic candidate for presidency and how this speech contributed to his victory of the 1960 presidential election. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts; his parents where Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph Patrick Kennedy. He was named in honor of Rose's father, John Francis Fitzgerald, the Boston Mayor popularly known as Honey Fitz . Before long, family and friends started to call him Jack. John Kennedy comes from a very large family; he has eight siblings altogether. His great-grandparents came to America from Ireland and Jack's grandfathers were both prominent Boston politicians. Jack's Father worked very hard for his family, he started out in 1919 as a manager of Hayden, Stone and Co. where he became an expert in dealing on the Wall Street stock market, he became a multi millionaire and retried. In 1934 he was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as the chairman of the Security and Exchange Commission, and after serving three years, he was than appointed to the position of Ambassador to Britain. The Kennedys lived a very comfortable life; they had everything that they needed and more.
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