In an attempt to accentuate his perspective that we need to pay any price, bear any burden, meet any friend, and confront any hardship, to assure the survival and success of liberty, JFK used the combination of rhetorical methods-simile, parallelism and rhetorical question- to plead audience to take himself aside. JFK starts off his speech by using simile. In the seventh paragraph, he displayed the stupidity of those who abuse their power which engulfed themselves. There is no denying that desire itself will do harm to people. By doing so, the author created cogent appeal to pathos, which conveys the better understanding of his pursuit: creating a peaceful world. “Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger” referred
