Rhetorical Analysis Of Eisenhower's Farewell Address

On the day of January 17, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his last speech as a president. He used the speech to say farewell to his years of being president and to encourage us to keep making America greater. America getting greater will at least keep peace, to foster progress in human achievement, enhance liberty, dignity, and integrity among people and among nations. In Eisenhower’s speech he says, “Our people expect their president and congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the nation.” If congress and the president were able to agree on most topics or maybe even all it would make things easier for our future and for decisions to be made. He used pathos when explaining this. It gives people a feeling of relief when they can trust their president and congress to make …show more content…
Eisenhower had said some wise word about this problem. He said, “In meeting them, weather foreign or action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties.” If the amount of crime peaceful and have less chaos. In saying this, he is using logos to show that it makes more that we have decreases America would be so much better. We would seem so much more sense that we do away with the crimes that America has. They are costing us great pain and we would be so much better without them. The rhetorical strategies he used were, weasel words and plain folks.
The speech says,“Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction.”Being ready for anything that comes our way is a big part in being a great nation. He is trying to make the people feel as if they should ready for anything that might happen. This is an example of pathos because people feel safe when they are ready for everything. In this he uses avante Garde and plain folks to appeal to the