Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Logos in JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech
JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis speech employed logos in order to properly convey a message to the listeners. JFK opens first with the reiteration of his promise to have Cuba monitored, and that this monitoring was increased once there was hard proof that Russian involvement on the island was exceeding basic self-defense aid, which was the original extent of aid as promised by the USSR. He goes on to explain how the base was constructed and what the potential US missile targets were. Throughout the speech, JFK also goes on to explain how the actions taken by the USSR are in direct opposition with what the USSR had said that they were doing and that these were a safety hazard to the USA. After making all of this abundantly clear, he then presented his proposals for the USSR to stop this conflict. JFK manages in this way to explain step by step as to why the missiles are bad, why they are wrong, and then what needs to be done about them.
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This is a really good explanation of the concrete evidence JFK provides throughout his speech. I agree that his structured format and direct language appealed to logos in the audience.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this text appeals to logos in the audience, and I think its important that JFK first acknowledged the previous promise to have Cuba monitored. This statement is targeted at the audiences logos to promote a focus on conflict resolution. JFK immediately takes responsibility instead of scapegoating the problem onto others, thus the effectiveness of his argument is multiplied because he is able to direct the attention of his audience so effectively.
ReplyDelete-Race Saunders
I agree that this text does use logos to properly convey a message. Your analysis really helped deepen the understanding of which part of the speech was logos and how JFK spoke with facts to get the people on his side about the topic.
ReplyDelete-Billy ROsenberg
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