Franklin D Roosevelt Inaugural Address Summary

Franklin Delano Roosevelt explains that “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” (1933) in his monotone inaugural address, he addresses that the problems our country has is from actually “material things”. Roosevelt gets his point across by using analepses, anaphora, hyperbole, hypophora, and etc. Roosevelt's belief is that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, and in order for the public to believe him as well, he has to support his main belief with extreme pathos. Also with the pathos he uses, Roosevelt uses a buoyant, optimistic, and gently paternal tone laced with a hint of humor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born to a wealthy family in 1882 on the 30th of January. Until the age of 14, Roosevelt was schooled by tutors and governesses. …show more content…
He ran for New York state senate, as a democrat, in a place that had been strictly republican (for 32 years). Roosevelt then won the sit an an astonishing democratic landslide. Two years later he was re-elected, and Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson, and became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, which was the same place is idol, Theodore Roosevelt, used to catapult himself into presidency. While Franklin was gaining personal and professional success, he became diagnosed with something tragic. While vacationing in Canada, Roosevelt was told he contracted polio. The polio virus destroys nerve cells in the spinal cord, and that causes muscle atrophy and paralysis. During this hard time being a victim of polio, he fixed his political and physical self. Roosevelt taught himself to walk short distances in his braces and tried hard not to be seen in his wheelchair in public. During the Great Depression, Roosevelt saw this as an opportunity to run for president. During his first 100 days, President Roosevelt proposed an economic reform called the “New Deal”, for the American public. Which involved price regulations, AAA, CCC, and employment to young unmarried men. By 1936, the economy showed improvement and

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