Obama's Acceptance Speech

After watching and reading Obama's Acceptance Speech I was astonished at his ability to get the message across with such power and emphasis. After watching him speak I've realized that Obama's speech shows a lot about his character and style. His voice let alone persuades my thoughts and how Americans can think. The attitude that Obama puts toward rebuilding America is so effective, and rallies many allover America toward him. At the same time I've noticed that Obama involves diction in this speech with the repitition of words, this had a major impact toward the persuasion of the audience. Most importantly he's confident and poise during his speeches, always addresses everyone in the audience. Obama also involves anecdote by retelling a lot of past experiences during his life.

Obama's success during his speech involves his ability to use rhetorical, literary and narrative devices that has helped him get his message across to the world. The one thing that impressed me the most was the criticism of the "Bush Administration." Personally I hate Bush and for Obama to get out on the stage and reveal the mistakes of the past presidential term. His ability to hammer McCain based on the Bush Administration was also great because it showed how McCain agreed with Bush 90% of the time. This was an amazing strategy because it helped him basically destroy the McCain & Bush policies.

Obama's ability to use abstract ideas sounded well during his speech. At the same time Obama let known his plans for change when he becomes President of the "United States of America." Reader Inclusion was also an essential part during his speech, this makes the audience/reader feel like a group and makes everyone involved. Obama always refers to Americans as a whole and considers all Americans as family. " I am my brothers keeper...,etc." “And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.” This was my most favorite quote during his first speech because it involves everyone.

Lastly, I also found that watching or hearing the speech greatly enhanced my understanding of the speech because it gives me two tools. Difference wise, I actually felt the same way as I was reading because of Obama's choice of words. However, I enjoyed listening to the speech because of the way Obama presented his speech, his ability to get the message across with clarity played a major role in the success. Most importantly he made sure that every single part of his speech was heard & understood by the audience.

Gowtham