Eleanor Roosevelt was as much of a political figure as her husband. She stood up for the nation in a time of trouble - pressed for the establishment of fundamental rights for all types of Americans, at times when they themselves were forgotten by the country. And, although she had passed at the time of this speech, First Lady Claudia Johnson seeks to immortalize her memory. Throughout, Johnson uses not only anaphora, but also defines a sense of 'true morality' through quotes from authorities, showing how Eleanor's actions abide to this ultimate selflessness. Johnson then finishes her speech, extending her audience to all of humanity through a call to action to keep Roosevelt's memory alive by standing up for what is right. Johnson began her …show more content…
This ethos helps establish this claim of morality, which Johnson then uses to support Roosevelt's character. Johnson had previously discussed how Roosevelt contrasts modern politicians who "are afraid to defend an unpopular truth", additionally noting how Roosevelt took action even when it went against the norm, inspiring others to do so in the process, and thus displaying how Roosevelt herself abides by the aforementioned moral code. Johnson does this once more with the quote from Dr. Sam. John. regarding courage, which claims that "unless a man has virtue, he has no security for preserving any others". Here Claudia once more utilizes authority to establish an aspect of morality - this time courage. Claudia displays Roosevelt's actions on this front through a repetitive sentence structure beginning each sentence with "She" followed by an action Roosevelt did. This catalogues Roosevelt's benign deeds, establishing how she was a moral being. Beyond this, the sentence structure used shows how Roosevelt actually acted in response to issues, displaying how she was not someone, displaying how she was not somehow above anyone