Kennedy Inaugural Speech Analysis

Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address talk about freedom and what being free means to the citizens of the United States. However, Roosevelt’s speech talks about what freedoms people have and why we need to be free, whereas Kennedy’s speech is about why we fight for our freedom and how we need to give aid to those who are fighting to keep their own freedom. These are two different aspects of freedom. At the time Roosevelt gave his speech “Four Freedoms” World War II was happening and people were losing their freedom. One of the first points that Roosevelt makes during his speech is this, “No previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today”(2). This is his call to action, his way of getting the

He also uses the words both sides to speak about the things we could be doing instead of planning to kill and attack each other, “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts...and encourage the arts and commerce.”(18). This part of his speech is about nuclear war and how we need to use science not to find ways to kill others but to explore the world around us and eventually space. During his speech, Kennedy lets the world know that we will not back down from the fight until peace is accomplished and that we will not let our hemisphere be controlled by anyone but us and that we are the masters of our own land. Kennedy believes that peace has to be made by both sides and that to do so we need to be willing to support those in need.In conclusion, these speeches are very different from the historical events that occurred, to the reason for the speeches were given. Even with those differences, the citizens of the United States were inspired to use their freedom to fight for the freedom of