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TheComparisonbetweenObamaandKennedy'sInauguralSpeechThepresidentObamaisalwayscomparedwithKenedy,whoranks35thinthelistofAmericanpresidents.Theyindeedhavesomethingincommonindifferentaspects,forexample,theirinaugurals.ThisarticlewillfocusonthelanguagesandcontentsofinauguralsofpresidentObamaandKennedy.Firstly,Iwillcomparetherhetoricalfeaturesofthelanguagesofthesetwoinaugurals.Asweallknow,aproperuseofrhetoricwillmakeaninauguralsmorepowerfulandconvinced,whileapowerfulandconvincedinauguralswillinspirecitizensandmakeiteasierforgovernmenttogetthesupport.Soforallthepresidents,rhetoricalisverynecessary.WhencomparingtheinauguralsofObamaandKennedy,wecanfindthatbothofthemhaveusedsamerhetorical.Iwillexplainthemonebyoneasfollows:Parallelism:parallelismisaboutconsistency,andhavingallthepartsinthesameform.Inasentence,compoundverbsorotherwordsshouldbeinthesameform.IntheinauguralofObama,parallelismhasbeenusedformorethan40times.Forexample:Thetimehascometoreaffirmourenduringspirit,tochooseourbetterhistory,tocarryforwardthatpreciousgift.(para9)ThesamethinghappensintheinauguralofKennedy.Therearefourphraseswiththesamestructureletbothsides...inKennedy'sspeech.Antithesis:Antithesisistheuseofjuxtapositionwithtwooppositecharactersorideasinliterature,itisusedtoplacetheseopposingforcesparalleltooneanotherandtoseethetraitsineachone.InObama'sspeech,forexample,wheretheanswerisyes,weintendtomoveforward.Wheretheanswerisno,programwillend.InKennedy'sspeech,ifafreesocietycannothelpthemanywhoarepoor,itcannotsavethefewwhoarerich,therichandthepoorarealsoapairofantithesis.Metaphor:Itreferstoacomparisonbetweenunlikethingswithouttheuseoflikeoras.InthespeechofObama,wecanfindmanymetaphor,forexample,Ourjourneyhasneverbeenoneofshortcutsorsettingforless.wecanalsofindalotofmetaphorinthespeechofKennedy.byusingmetaphor,authorcanshowusavividimage,andthearticlewillbecomemoreattractive.Secondly,Iwillcomparethereligiousfeaturesfromtheviewoflanguagesofthetwoinaugurals.Asweallknowthatreligionisanindispensablepartofwesternculture.SoallthepresidentsliketodeliverytheirspeechesinthenameofGods.inObama'sspeech,hesaidthattheGod-givenpromisethatallareequal,allarefreeandalldeserveachancetopursuetheirfullmeasureofhappiness,andinthespeechofKennedy,religiousalsoplayanimportantpart.letusgoforthtoleadthelandwelove,askinghisblessingandhishelp,butknowingthathereonearthGod'sworkmusttrulybeourown.Thelastpart,Iwillbrieflycomparethetwospeechesincontentaspect.Ithinkbothofthespeechconveyasamespirit.TheybothstressafactthatAmericanisaunitedcountry,andeverycitizenshouldcontributetheireffortstotheirmotherland.Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou,askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.thisisthemostimportantsentenceinKennedy'sinaugural.WecanfindsamespiritinObama'sspeech.Whatisrequiredofusnowisaneweraofresponsibility--arecognition,onthepartofeveryAmerican,thatwehavedutiestoourselves,ournationandtheworld;dutiesthatwedonotgrudginglyacceptbutratherseizegladly,firmintheknowledgethatthereisnothingsosatisfyingtothespirit,sodefiningofourcharacter,thangivingouralltoadifficulttask.sointhecontentaspect,wecansaythatObamainheritthespiritofKenedy.FromthelanguageandcontentoftheinauguralsofObamaandKenedy,wecanfindmanycommonplaces,andwecansaythattheyarebothgreatspeakers.