Rhetoric+Analysis


 * __CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS SPEECH BY JOHN F. KENNEDY __**

 1). This statement made is using Logos because Kennedy is using facts and figures to make a stronger impact on the people about the current situation.
 * Tone: ** Serious and Empowering
 * Target Audience: ** The American people and other countries; especially Cuba.
 * Ethos (E): **
 * 1) By saying "I promise" Kennedy reaches out to the people of America making it obvious that he is on their side 100%.
 * 2) This statement uses ethos because Kennedy uses words such as "we" and "our" which is finding a common ethical understanding with the people, showing that both the President and the people are on equal ground.
 * 3) When Kennedy addresses the citizens of Cuba, he is going down to their level and sympathizing with the past matters they have had to deal with. He calls them his friend, and understands their situation. This creates a common understanding between the citizens of Cuba and America.
 * 4) Comparing the democratic values of American to the potential democratic values of Cuba, shows ethos by American putting themselves into a situation that the Cubans may be in. This is making the relationship between Cuba and America an amiable one.
 * 5) “My Fellow Citizens” compares the people with American on a common ethnic background.
 * 6) Put Americans on the common background of the American characteristics such as “courage as a nation and our commitments around the world.”
 * Logos (L):**

1). By Kennedy stating, "an explicit threat to peace and security of Americans" he is using Pathos because he is trying to tap into the American people's emotions, especially fear. 2). By using the words, “threat to peace” listeners of the speech will actually feel their peace threatened by tapping into the fear of Americans of being attacked, and their peace to be potentially threatened.
 * Pathos (Pa):**

1). Kennedy stating "can tolerate deliberate deception and offensive threats on the part of any nation" is using ceremonial rhetoric because he is condemning the present situation. 2). This is using ceremonial Rhetoric because Kennedy is condemning the present situation on the matter of that the new weapons that Cuba owns are not in the best interest of the people but only to undermine them.
 * Ceremonial (C):**

1). This statement uses Forensic Rhetoric because Kennedy is critiquing actions that have taken place in the past, and saying that Cuba is in the wrong because Americans have never taken the same actions as they have in battle. <span style="vertical-align: baseline; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2). Kennedy speaks of past events that the Cubans have suffered through, analyzing both the events that took place, and the actions of the United States. By analyzing the past it makes this excerpt forensic.
 * Forensic (F):**

1). This statement is using political Rhetoric because Kennedy is making a statement about the country's future decisions and discourse. <span style="vertical-align: baseline; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2). This speaks that by not doing an action, or making the decision to take action would be the greatest danger of all. <span style="vertical-align: baseline; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3). Speaking of not ever surrendering to submission, to convince listeners to make the choice of action and defeat to achieve peace and freedom.
 * Political (Po):**