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Rhetorical Analysis Of Speech On September 12, 1961 By John F. Kennedy

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The idea of space and the exploration of it is still a fairly new topic to most people. Even today, there are still conspiracies on whether or not the moon landing is even real. But before any of these conspiracies could even start, America’s exploration of space needed to be pioneered by John F. Kennedy. In his speech on September 12, 1961, delivered at Rice University, Kennedy appeals to both Americans’ emotion and trust in order to convey his message that space exploration is worthy for Americans to invest their time. Kennedy tried to build trust and credibility with the audience by acknowledging that space exploration will not be easy. For example, in paragraph 3, it states, “Surely the opening vistas of space promise high costs and hardships,
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