John F Kennedy

John F Kennedy

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Subject: Why Is JFK’s Speech Considered an Immutable Piece of Oration?

John F. Kennedy (JFK) was the 35^th president of the United States and has become one of the country’s well-thought-of and most famous leaders. Although his term was short (less than a thousand days), his words at his inauguration have been examined for years and will likely continue to be examined for years. JFK was the first Catholic as well as the youngest president to be sworn into office at only forty-three years of age. Among the many attributes that JFK is remembered is his ability to eloquently and seamlessly give a speech. This is one of the reasons his inaugural speech was delivered with such eloquence and charm.

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This proposal will analyze JFK’s inaugural speech because of its mastery of rhetoric. The speech is not only immensely profound but also extremely effective because, unlike most presidents in the past, the speech remains timeless. To this end, the proposal seeks to understand why JFK’s speech is considered an immutable oration. To bring out this enduring aspect of the speech, the final project paper will make a comparison of JFK’s speech against that of Barrack Obama and Abraham Lincoln’s speeches. These two speeches represent speeches made before and after JFK’s speech and were equally good in the opinion of this proposal. The project will seek to show how these three speeches relate and consequently draw conclusions based on the thesis statement. The final project will also analyze the rhetorical devices JFK used in constructing the speech and the manner in which these devices overlap in past and present inaugurals.

According to Windt (1987), the author points out in his book that JFK’s speech is among the few speeches that inspired tangible change. The author adds that the speech’s idealism, power, and lyricism called for Americans to take action and was a significant source of inspiration. Clarke (2004, 10) also notes that JFK was aware that his speech was an opportunity for him to represent himself in a way that Americans would admire him and be proud of electing him into office. He wanted to be remembered in the annals of history, and very few previous presidents cared more about their legacy and the history of the nation than JFK did.

The main purposes and ideas that were presented in the inaugural speech were aimed at meeting communists and bringing it to an end. The president also indicated that his purpose was to establish peace with the country’s adversaries. Also, JFK proposed that all countries needed to succeed in their fight against global issues such as war, disease and poverty. Lastly, the president reiterated the country’s support for the League of Nations. He focused primarily on foreign policy and did not dwell much on domestic policy. In the speech, JFK made it clear that attaining the goals outlined in the speech would not be possible within his term as a president or even during his lifetime. He called on the people of America to take it upon themselves to fulfil the purposes he stated and that it was everyone’s responsibility to start their individual effort at achieving the common objective.

In conclusion, in the final project, a direct quotation will be necessary to make comparisons and give weight to the final conclusions drawn at the end of the paper. Using close textual analysis in critiquing the speech will enable a close examination to be done, as this will look at the impact of the masterpiece on the audience.

Works Cited

Clarke, Thurston. Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech that Changed America. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company, 2004. 10. Print.

Windt, Theodore O., Jr., American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources, edited by Bernard K. Duffy and Halford R. Ryan, Greenwood Press, 1987, p. 247.

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ENG 122 – Long, Formal Research Paper Assignment

General Guidelines

For the research paper assignment, you will choose a piece of literature from our reading list as the focus of your writing. By the conclusion of Module 4, you should have already submitted to your instructor the title of your chosen piece and a statement of what particularly interests you about the piece (and whatever other details that assignment entailed). You were allowed to look ahead to Modules 5 and 6 (in the syllabus) to determine if any assigned readings from those modules interest you as a paper topic.

John F Kennedy

You should begin your initial research about your chosen literature with some biographical information about the author (this must be cited) then begin to read as much analysis of your particular selection as possible. When you are ready to begin writing your research paper, the biographical information should be very brief as an introduction to your literature. Discussions of the author must not dominate your paper. It must be a small part.

Keep in mind that the purpose of your paper is to critically analyze your chosen work, focusing on some aspect of the overall work that helps to define and unify a central argument. Possible research questions (that will be answered by your claim and proven with your arguments) might include:

• What is unique about the work that makes it worthwhile?
• What technique(s) does the author use?
• What argument(s) are central to this piece?
• How effective are these argument(s)?
• What is unique about the way the writer presents these argument(s)?
• How do the writer’s techniques help define this piece as literature of importance?

These questions are not all inclusive but should serve as a guide as you are researching and reading. Requirements

Your finished paper should adhere to the following requirements:

• 2000-word (minimum) scope
• One primary source (chosen piece of literature)
• No less than three credible, ACADEMIC scholarly secondary sources (research), one of which must be for the biographical information about the author. Three secondary sources are the minimum. DO NOT USE TERTIARY
• CORRECT use of in-text documentation and Works Cited page (MLA 8th edition format)

Wikipedia and other WWW sources are not always reliable and are therefore not permitted. You should be able to find biographical information and some critical sources from the online library databases. Critical sources that you find online should be from previously published articles in reputable scholarly journals that can be found in an academic database.

The importance of a careful, methodical writing process should not be underestimated here. If your research paper is not solidly grounded in each of these steps, your final product will be inadequate. Be sure to use your instructor as a resource (for how to do the assignment, not as a quotable source in your paper); After exhausting your other sources (Library writing tutors, C.A.V.E. writing tutors, Tutor.com writing tutors), contact him as needed during the formative stages of this paper to ensure that your work, albeit “rough,” is also efficient and substantial.

Submission

A COMPLETED first draft (not a rough draft) of the research is due by the conclusion of Module 7. You will submit the document electronically to (1.) the D2L Courses Assignment folder and (2.) as an attachment to the Module 8 Discussion board for everyone in the class to see. YOU MUST DO BOTH TO RECEIVE CREDIT. There is no partial credit for only submitting in one place.

In Module 8, each student will read another’s paper and complete a COMPLETE and thoughtful, constructive, and insightful peer review by Thursday. Based on this review, you should make revisions to your final draft of the paper and submit that final draft to the appropriately-labeled D2L Courses Assignment folder by the conclusion of the module (always on a Sunday). More information about the peer review process is included in Module 8.

• Part 1 of the Final Project – Project Proposal