Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our
resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it -- so long as we seize it together. What is President Obama’s purpose in this section of the speech? to inform the American people about his plans for the future of the country to highlight to the American people the importance of personal success to inspire the American people to collectively work toward a better future to show the American people that success is more fulfilling as a group
The purpose of President Obama in this section of teh speech is to inspire people to collectively work hard toward a better future. Option C is correct.
In this speech, Obama contrasts the tough past they endured facing difficulties they had to resolved by proving themselves resilient; to the present which shows a slightly recovery which will advance if all Americans join their efforts and work together for the improvement of their country.
"My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it -- so long as we seize it together."
The phrase was borrowed into English in the 1500s by people who made a formal study of logic. For them it meant a conclusion that does not follow from the statements that lead to it. But we now use non sequitur for any kind of statement that seems to come out of the blue
