Then President, Ronald Reagan, in the speech, “Challenger Disaster Address” declared that the nation must come together following the tragic Challenger disaster. Reagan supports his declaration by acknowledging the collective grief, praising the crew's heroism, and asserting their courage. The author’s purpose is to console and inspire in order to encourage the continuation of space exploration. The author writes in a compassionate tone for the American people and the nation.
Then President, Ronald Reagan, in the speech, “Challenger Disaster Address” declared that the nation must come together following the tragic Challenger disaster. Reagan supports his declaration by acknowledging the collective grief, praising the crew's heroism, and asserting their courage. The author’s purpose is to console and inspire in order to encourage the continuation of space exploration. The author writes in a compassionate tone for the American people and the nation. I think that in a situation like this, a national tragedy, it is necessary for a president to show support to those affected by the tragedy, but also to show that the work, of those to whom the tragedy occurred, won’t go in vain.
Later that night President Ronald Reagan came on air to give the State of the Union address and talk on the tragedy that had just unfolded. Through this speech President Reagan consoles the families of those who lost their lives, the American schoolchildren, and the American public as a whole. He also gives this speech to reassure America of the viability of the NASA program and the light in the future. By the use of rhetorical skill, including analogy, strong emotional appeals, and his position of power, President Reagan manages to convince America that despite the tragedy the benefits of keeping a space exploration program greatly outweigh the losses.
The Space Race was one of the most influential moments in the 20th century for the United States. During this time, then President John F. Kennedy delivers his message at Rice University Stadium through the visions of logical reasoning, ethics of authority, and the emotional appeal of compare and contrast to appeal to support NASA's and humankind's first ever moon landing. Kennedy begins his speech by referring to a logical perspective of human advances throughout the course of a half-century. In paragraphs 1 and 2, Kennedy claims that in the 50,000 years of recorded history of mankind, human technology has advanced at a rate never before seen. He mentions new discoveries such as nuclear power and airplanes becoming a common staple in public
On January 28th, 1986, Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States at the time, in his speech, entitled “Challenger Disaster,” addressed the Challenger Disaster. He supported this claim by first mourning over the tragedy, then he promoted NASA, also he tried to make sense of this calamity, and finally he informed the audience that the seven astronauts will never be forgotten and as a country we will be forever thankful for their service. Through Reagan’s use of tone, rhetorical analysis, and rhetorical tools he effectively persuaded America to mourn and appreciate the lives of the seven astronauts loss and to convince American people to continue their support for NASA and move forward as a country. Reagan unified America with his supportive
(Dennis 714) By giving the members of the space shuttle crew a recognition as “pioneers”, the speech was poised for a smooth transition from its nature as sincere eulogy into a rhetorical work with a deliberative occasion. As soon as audience received a message implying that Challenger was a beginning instead of an end and how discovery has its risk, Ronald Reagan was in a good position to elaborate his objectives on the space program. Surely, the transition between the bad news and the new hope is one of the greatest features of the speech.
On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University. In his speech, he used anecdotes, beliefs, and analogies to appeal for support of NASA. Kennedy starts with an anecdote about how if we compress the last 50,000 years of history into half a century, we realize how far we have come in such a short amount of time. This highlights human history and shows how the next natural step is to venture to the stars. In paragraph 4, Kennedy continues by talking about his belief that we are meant to move forward and make progress.
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Throughout American History we have won and lost thousands of battles, earned and spent trillions of dollars, suffered through tragedies, and rejoiced at our successes. One common thread, running through all of these events is that no matter how powerful we are or how low we sink, we must ultimately come together to move on and to grow. To me, American History is all about unity in times of destruction and despair.
“No matter what discomforts and expenses you had to bear to come here, there will be seven minutes tomorrow morning that will make you feel it was worth it,” said a NASA guide to a group of guests on the day of the rocket launch. The purpose of each of these articles have large distinctions between each other. The first article, “In Event of Moon Disaster,” by William Safire, is denoted to comfort the audience. The second article, “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness,” by Ayn Rand, has the intention to describe the amount of bliss and pride the nation as a whole felt that day. However, the purpose of these articles is tremendously impacted by how the authors present the subject to the audience.
35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in his speech, ‘Address at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Program’, he argues why the United States should be the first to venture into space while at a tour at Rice University. Kennedy’s purpose is to address why it is important to go to space and to be the first country to do so. He adopts a direct tone in order to convey the necessity of venturing to space to the American people, and he achieves this tone through the use of anaphora, epiploce, and multiple appeals to ethos. Kennedy starts his speech by making an introduction and moves into his main point by addressing how the country is ready to venture into space. After this, he states “This is a breathtaking pace, and such a pace cannot help but create new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers.
As Americans, we often pride ourselves on our strength. Our grandfathers survived the Great Depression and stormed the beaches of Normandy, and they did not complain. This refusal to retreat from a tough challenge is what makes us great as a nation. And as a result of our strength, we are natural leaders. As the world’s superpower, America has an obligation to lead the world in terms of ideas.
However, during the Space Race, some of the brightest minds of the time worked steadfastly to not only bring glory to their country but also advance the state of understanding of the universe. Regardless of how noble the goal was, critics declared it a waste of money and talent to pursue such fanciful and impossible notions. Against all odds of success, Yuri Garagin became the first man to ever reach space, proving to the world that dreams can become reality. A few years later, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon, and by doing so, he provided a huge advance to humanity's search for the origins of the life, yet many cynics stuck in
Throughout history America has had hundreds of transformative events that have changed the course of history through political, economic, and sociocultural effects. The most significant events aren’t the ones everyone remembers for being exciting but rather the ones that have impacted society and individuals the most. Many of these events that have shaped America most profoundly include wars, presidents, supreme court decisions, but they also include such events such as natural disasters, fires, and even scientific findings. Each event has not only impacted the time period it was set in but also may even still be impacting our lives today. By studying and analyzing America’s history one can learn the struggles and triumphs of a young nation that became the superpower it is today.
Cult and Cultivation of Heroism The Soviet Space Program created true heroes for the Soviet Union. The cosmonauts became icons of Soviet nationalism, as representations of the limits of human and, perhaps more importantly, communist endeavor. They were the first to send satellites and life into space and orbit, in both animal and human tests, which provided quantitative proof of Soviet success over Americans. Soviet propaganda often illustrated “firsts” of the Soviet Space Program, crediting them to the communist power of the Soviet Union.
