Kennedy And Castro: Emotions that move the world

Bruno Betancourt Del Toro   A01376339

THESIS STATEMENT:

The use of emotional appeal on speeches characterizes John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro and their impact on societies.

INTRODUCTION

Fidel Castro. John F. Kennedy. Two very different nation representatives. Two similar speakers. Emotions lay between words of them, and hidden messages and phrases emphasize their speeches´ propose.

BODY

We can see the use of emotional appeal by both of them in two very specific speeches. The “Ich bin ein Berliner” by JFK in West Berlin. And, in the other hand, the speech given by Fidel Castro inside the United Nations. They both use phrases and examples that makes the listening crowd go crazy. In Berlin, John F. Kennedy shows the support of the United States towards capitalism and West Berlin, and in the UN, Castro talks about equality, freedom, education, and other values.

Both presidents have a lot of similarities between their speeches, both of them use their point of view of the world to create a very emotive environment. They both use lots of emotive phrases and words to create this environment that makes the people shout their names. For example, the simple fact of JFK saying that every capitalist nation, including the United States, and every person, including him, is a Berlin citizen, makes all the people that listen to him very emotive. That´s another similarity between the two speakers, since Castro also uses several statements that make the people very emotive, for example; “A nuclear bomb may kill hungry, sick, and ignorant, but it will never finish with the hunger, sickness, or ignorance.” These are only two examples…

Other examples of phrases that create this emotional environment may be…..

CONCLUSION