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Unit 4 Inaugural Addre
by John F.Kennedy
Teaching Points I.Background information II.Structural analysis III.Text analysis IV.Rhetorical devices I.Background information 1.John F.Kennedy Kennedy’s Childhood Kennedy’s Youth
Kennedy’s Love Story Kennedy’s Family
Kennedy’s Political Career 1960 Presidential Election Kennedy as President
(January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963)Aaination and Burial A List of Facts about Kennedy The youngest elected president at 43 years old, and the youngest to die in office at 46 years old.Of Irish descent and the first Roman Catholic President.The first President born in the 1900's.The first president who had served in the U.S.Navy.Nicknames: “JFK”;“Jack”.The only president to win a Pulitzer Prize.Kennedy’s Books
1940: Why England Slept.The twenty-four-year-old son of the U.S.ambaador to England aees the reasons why Britain failed to rearm during the 1930s and its implications for the United States.1956: Profiles in Courage.Kennedy's testimonial on behalf of eight political leaders' tests of conscience earns the Pulitzer Prize as well as attention for the budding politician and future president.Later reports indicates that Kennedy's friend and advisor Theodore Sorensen is the book's actual author.I.Background information 2.Presidency and Inauguration
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The English version http:// http://www.daodoc.com/american%20constitution The Chinese version http://www.daodoc.com I.Background information 3.Cold War
The Cold War was a period of time, not too long ago, in which strategic and political struggles existed among nations after World War II.At any given time during the Cold War, the tensions between two countries rose to what could have started World War III.II.Structural analysis Part 1(Para.1-5): A general statement of basic political goals Part 2(Para.6-10): Addreing different groups of allied nations and the United Nations Part 3(Para.11-19): Addreing the adversary Part 4(Para.21-27): Appealing to the citizens of America and of the world to support and sacrifice 1.Type of literature: political speech
2.Objective of a political speech: to explain;to convince;to persuade 3.Using the following methods for force, vividne and emotional appeal: 1)parallel structure 2)repetition of important words and phrases 3)antithesis 5)appropriate use of words 6)often-quoted statements/from Bible III.Textual Analysis 1.Employing suitable rhetorical devices and words to create the desired emotional impact 2.Clear order and appropriate tone to the different groups he is addreing 3.Employing Biblical style deliberately Appropriate use of words To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge…(P.9)
To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request…(P.11)Biblical language …our forbears fought is still at iue around the globe…the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.(P.2)Let the word go forth from this time and place…(P.3)Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation(P.22)IV.Rhetorical Devices 1.parallelism 2.repetition 3.antithesis Parallelism …born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace….(para.3)…pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend….(para.4)Parallelism The mediocre teacher tells.The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates.The great teacher inspires.--William A.Ward The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself.The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.--Charles Caleb Colton Tell me and I forget.Teach me and I may remember.Involve me and I will learn.--Benjamin Franklin Repetition of phrases To those old allies…
To those new states…
To those peoples…
To those nations…
(paras.6, 7, 8, 10, 11)Let both sides…
Let both sides…
Let both sides…
Let both sides…(paras.15-18)Antithesis United, there is little…Divided, there is little…
(para.6)If a free society cannot..who are rich.(para.8)Let both sides explore…divided us.(para.15)Paraphrase And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still…(Para.2)
Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal, but today this iue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.This much we pledge—and more.(Para.5)
This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.United, there is little we cannot do in the host of cooperative ventures.(Para.5)
United and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint undertakings.But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.(Para.9)
We will not allow any enemy country to subvert this peaceful revolution which brings hope of progre to all our countries.…our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace.(Para.10)
The UN is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the instruments of war have surpaed and exceeded the instruments peace.…to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.(Para.10)
We pledge to help the UN enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate would continue to be in effect.…before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.(Para.11)…before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can now release, overwhelm mankind.…yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war.(Para.13)
Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as poible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankind’s final war.So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakne.(Para.17)
So let us start once again(to discu and negotiate)and let us remember that being polite is not a sign of weakne.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.(Para.17)
Let both sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of the frightful things it can do.Each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.(Para.21)
Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country.With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go force to lead the land we love.(Para.27)With God’s bleing and help, let us start leading the country we love, knowing that on earth we must do what God wants us to do, let history finally judge whether we have done our task well or not but our sure reward will be a good conscience for we will have worked sincerely and to the best of our ability.
