WRA-130 Ellie Jensen

I thought this speech was well done because Nelson Mandela was such an iconic figure in history, its inevitable to be saddened by his loss but Obama did well to attempt to immortalize him. So that the audience is left with a feeling that he is still with us. Somewhat satisfying the wishes of his audience. By noting all the historical and monumental changes this man has brought to the world he is not only respecting the man of honor but he is reminding the audience about the spiritual sense that Mr. Mandela will not leave us becuase he is remembered through his great sacrifice and success.

I feel that is an important portion about a speech because just like Martin Luther King's speech, he also identifies with solutions to the obvious wishes of his audence making himself more relatable also bringing the audience closer as a whole finding a common ground makes something almost seem more impactful. Also Obama uses Mandela as a personal tactic finding things in common and compare between the two saying he lives by Mandela's philosophy attempting to put a positive self image into viewers and future voters. He repeats powerful and uplifting terms frequently such as insperation which is a tactic for impressing upon the audience what message Obama would like his speech to depict. Overall I thoght it was a little long for my taste and dragged on a few repetitive topics, but it was well done.