Rhetorical Analysis of Jfk Civil Rights Address

The Civil Rights Address was one of the most influential speeches President John F. Kennedy has ever presented to the American people, and was one of many of his many accomplishments during his presidency. America was experiencing racial discrimination and racial inequality, and Americans needed a leader who would unite them. John F. Kennedy was a sincere, honest, inspirational individual whose duty was to influence equality to Americans. President John F. Kennedy’s address inspires and pulls on the passion of Americans; he wants all Americans to promote and protect and protect the rights that all men are free, he addresses this a sectional issue and that and our task; our obligation, is to make that revolution, and that everyone in America is special and should be treated equally. Kennedy accomplishes this through the use of pathos, logos, and ethos, the use of quotations, and creates an inspirational tone.
The use of pathos in Kennedy’s speech strengthens the idea of liberty and freedom which all Americans should have. He explains that we should promote and protect the rights that all men are free. Kennedy addresses to the nation that “this nation was founded by men from many nations and backgrounds” (2). Kennedy tries to pull on the pathos or passion of all Americans that we should unite as one nation; even though everyone comes from different backgrounds. Kennedy explains “the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened” (2). This is also an example of a synecdoche because Kennedy refers the word “men” as a representation of men, women, and children in America. Kennedy says that “every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated “(3). The words of freedom pulls on the passion that all Americans want to live in a free and equal community. The most important statement Kennedy addresses is that all Americans should enjoy the privileges of