The Comparison between Kennedy's and Obama 's Inaugural Speeches

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1、TheComparisonbetweenObama’sandKennedy’sInauguralSpeechesPeoplealwayscompareBarackObamaandJohnF.Kennedy,the35thAmericanpresident.TheyalwaysnameObamathesecondKennedy.Indeed,ObamaandKennedyhavesomethingincommoninmanyaspects.Here,Iwouldliketocomparetheirinauguralspeeches.Beforecomparingthetwospeec

2、hes,itisnecessaryformetotalkaboutthesituationwhentheywereelectedasAmericanpresidents.ItiswellknownthatSovietUnionlaunchedtwosputniksintoorbitin1957,whereasAmericanlaunchesendedinfailureformaytimes.ItseemedthattheUnitedStateswaslaggingbehindinthespacecompetition.Americanpeoplelosttheirconfidenc

3、einAmericangovernment.In1961,JohnF.Kennedyinaugurated.AstoBarackObama,weknowthatAmericaneconomywasingreatdepressionwhenhetookoffice.In2007,Americansubprimecrisisbegantoemergethroughthewatersurface.Then,itgraduallyspreadtotheglobe.Manybigfinancialinstitutionsaroundtheworlddeclaredbankruptcy.Ala

4、rgenumberofAmericanpeoplebecamejoblessandhomeless.Americanunemploymentratereachedarecordlow.Atthattime,AmericawasstillinvolvedintheIraqwar.Firstly,Iwouldliketotalkaboutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthecontentsofthetwoinauguralspeeches.Iwillexplainthemasfollows:Similarities1、encouragedAme

5、ricanpeopleandthepeoplearoundtheworldtorebuildconfidenceinAmericangovernmentandsupportthenewgovernment.InKennedy’sspeech:“thetorchhasbeenpassedtonewgenerationofAmericans”“weshallpayanyprice,bearanyburden…toassurethesurvivalandthesuccessofliberty.”InObama’sspeech:“TodayIsaytoyouthatthechallenge

6、swefacearereal.Theyareseriousandtheyaremany.Theywillnotbemeteasilyorinashortspanoftime.Butknowthis,America-they’llbemet.”“Weremainayoungnation.”2、bothmentionedthattheworldhadchanged.InKennedy’sspeech:“Theworldisverydifferentnow.”Indeed,thesetupoftheworldhaschangedin1960s.TheUnitedStatescannoth

7、oldNO.1spotintheworld.SovietUniondevelopedveryfastandcaughtupwithandsurpassedtheUnitedStatesinsomefields,especiallyinaerospaceindustry.ThenationalliberationmovementsinAsia,AfricaandLatinAmericawereontherise.Amulti-polarstructureofthewor