Roosevelt's Speech Analysis

Throughout the speech, Roosevelt depicts the Japanese Empire as the enemy, however, he fails to include how American lives would be impacted. Thus, allowing Americans to feel disconnected from the incident and refuse to act due to the lack of patriotism. By inserting this quote, he forces Americans to see the possibility of their treasured freedom be forcibly taken from them. As an accredited Army and Navy commander, his statement of the potential reality that Americans can face by the expanding and destructive Japanese Empire, forces the audience to make the Japanese attack personal. Afterwards, he allows a small pause for the audience to react. In turn, the audience presumably grows anxious or angry and will look for vengeful solutions for