Abraham Lincoln in the speech, The Gettysburg Address, renders to the American people that he wants everyone to come together and remember the people that lost their lives fighting for their country. Lincoln supports his claim by explaining why Americans owe their gratitude and appreciation to the fallen soldiers, for without them they would have never won the Civil War. The author’s purpose is to motivate the American people to acknowledge and memorialize what the fallen soldiers had done for them in order to convince the Americans that the soldiers died a good, useful death and that they will never be forgotten. The author speaks in admiration for the soldiers to emphasize how much they will be loved.
In the second paragraph Lincoln wants the audience to remember the fallen soldiers that have died after the Battle of Gettysburg and during the civil war. Lincoln achieves this by asking his audience a rhetorical question, whether the nation (U.S.A) will be able to bounce back from a minor setback or not. By using this he brings to his speech a feeling of morality, as the people need to continue the dead’s task to honor them.
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The repetition of “of the people, by the people, for the people” shows how his whole speech is dedicated to the citizens of the United States of America. His purpose is to persuade the audience to set aside their differences in order to heal the nation, and by addressing the citizens personally, he accomplishes that. Lincoln also utilizes anaphoras in his speech. In the second sentence of the third paragraph he states, “But, in larger sense, we cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we cannot hallow--this ground”. Here, he is emphasizing “we cannot,” meaning the citizens of the U.S. cannot forget the fallen soldiers who fought in the civil war. He is trying to convince the audience that their deaths were not in vain, and were for the good of the