A Rhetorical Analysis Of Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union

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In 2008 Barack Obama had a problem and found himself in trouble while he was losing voters. Obamas Reverend Jerimiah Wright was making anti-American statements offending a lot of people. Because of this incident Obama made the speech “A More Perfect Union” on March 18, 2008 using some rhetorical devices to help motivate and persuade the voters he lost.
Obama is stating one of his proposals as running for president and keeping the legacy of presidency and wat is done. He mentions he is still fighting against racism but also fight for America as it has been fought for, for years. “To continue the long march of those who come before us” (1) . Obama used this ironic statement to show that in past in African American history they used to march but now that isn’t necessary. He showed that this is ironic because we all won’t physically march but what he was intending is we will “march to success”. “A march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring, and more prosperous America” (1). This quote really stuck out to me because he used the word more 5 times. This repetition of words caught my eye …show more content…
He is explaining that history shows that whites are wealthier than blacks in some parts of areas. Obama choose to use the phrase to draw attention to his listeners and un known voters in the alliteration. By drawing attention and using the letter p a lot will make the listeners attention towards him as he continues to explain the lack of economic opportunities. When Obama says “legalized discrimination” (4) I’m sure it also drew attention to him but also he said this because it is a very ironic statement. He brought something up that was in past that made something very illegal and made it legal, They did this because it contains the hostility against blacks. This also affects his voter because him bringing up the past and the history of African Americans and how they are treated shows them that he actually
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