Rhetorical Analysis Of John F Kennedy To The Moon

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President and CHief Executive, John f. kennedy, in his national speech,”to the moon”, promotes the notion of America to obtain the title of ‘the first country to reach the lunar surface’. kennedy’s purpose is to persuade the citizens of the United States to back the vision of lunar exploration.
He adopts an influential tone in order to persuade citizens that the united states should conduct the first step taken on the moon. as America engages in the space race, during the cold war, the nation's objective consists of leading the exploration of the moon.

Following the ideology of american justice, Kennedy believes that a moon “governed by...a banner of freedom and peace” serves a greater purpose than one governed “ by a hostile flag of conquest”.

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