John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech to celebrate his victory on the presidential election in 1961 is a powerful and direct call to unite among the people of North America as well as the world. Kennedy addressed his audience with a strong call for unity and ethics, but not only his, but as a country, as a nation who must seek what is right for all people.
The statement that best explains how Kennedy uses a rhetorical technique to support his message is:
B) He uses repetition to emphasize change on the horizon for people who are struggling.
In structures like these we can see the use of repetition:
“To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends.”
“To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny.”
“To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required”
And in this sentence he presents his main idea: change on the horizon for people who are struggling:
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
