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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, I believe that FDR did make the right decision to ask Congress to declare war on Japan. During the beginning of World War II, the United States were isolated and not involved in the war between the nations. We were detached from the violence. After the bombing, our country was thrust into the war. America was not expecting for an attack to happen on American soil, this event was tragic and shocking. Japan cannot assume America would give in after destroying the harbor and families’ lives. Declaring war was the right decision to defend our country, quickly win victory, and cost the least lives of our soldiers. Pearl Harbor may looked like a success for Japan even though it would eventually come

“December, 1941, a date which will live in infamy …. no matter how long it may take to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.” This famous quotation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech was used to show that America is strong and nothing would stop America until it has absolute victory. In President Roosevelt's’ speech, he used ethos, pathos, and logos to show how Japan was a threat to America and to assure the nation that it can overcome any obstacles if the people work together.

The famous speech, Pearl Harbor address to the nation by Franklin D. Roosevelt (president at the time) shows us a vast amount of rhetorical appeals: Pathos, Ethos, and Logos to the nation. This speech announced to us that the intended audience and the persuasion used in order to change the peoples’ minds to defend our nation. The Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation speech was given to tell the U.S. that Japan has initiated war by attacking Oahu, Hawaii; while also attacking islands on the Pacific coast. Roosevelt addressed to the nation the stance we must take in order to protect ourselves from Japan and from attacks in the future. It was also revealed that Japan deliberately planned and attacked Hawaii do to the distance between each other. The Japanese ambush caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. It was then that America made a move to attack the Japanese Empire on December 8, 1941.

Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan, gaining worldwide headlines, giving millions unanswered questions, the speech, Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation was given one day after the event. On December 8th 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to be remembered today, by using rhetorical devices and figurative language to strongly picture his message to the public, making great use of parallel structure, personification, parallelism, and climax ordering to enforce his key point of wanting Americans to stand up against the Japanese forces for the deliberate actions done towards there peaceful country, with no threat or hint of war or of an armed attack. With hopes of gathering support for the decision to declare war on Japan.

As not only President but Commander in Chief, Roosevelt had an obvious ethical appeal to the general public, and his advice concerning war involvement and interpretation of this event will forever depict most American’s view of the attack. Seeing as ethics aren’t in question here, it was not necessary for Roosevelt to spend much time proving himself trustworthy. However, he does show strength and courage in the midst of in a time of fear and dismay. He also plays on the values of Americans by

“December 7th 1941- A date that will live in infamy.” This opening statement is the first powerful line said by President Roosevelt to the American people after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This greatness of this opening line will be forever be ingrained in the minds of every American citizen, especially the people who lived during the most significant war of the 20th century. The bombing of Pearl Harbor is an event that can never be forgotten, and President Roosevelt’s speech in response to this appalling attack is just as significant. The objective of this speech was to urge Congress to declare war on Japan. Roosevelt’s speech after Pearl Harbor is one of the more recognizable and important speeches in all of American history. His speech incorporates bountiful instances of rhetorical devices, such as logos, pathos, and ethos. By analyzing these rhetorical devices, one is able to see Roosevelt’s vigorous use of emotion, his strength in addressing his character and reputation rather than focusing too heavily upon appeals to logic and reason, ultimately to get the result he wants from his audience. The profound power of this speech resonates with all who read and hear it.

There are many similarities and differences between the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. One attack was committed by terrorists and the other was committed by a government. After Pearl Harbor, we entered a world war, and after the terrorist attacks, we invaded another country. Both Attacks were grave threats to our national security.

Both text show that america was attacked from terrorist. One similarity is that both attacks happened 60 years from each other. Also that each attack was planned months before the attack. Another is the president sent out the military to to investigate the situation or help those in need. Last similarity is that many lives were lost during both tragic events like someone's father, uncle, son, and even friend.

Could you imagine being a kid in the 1940s? Sitting in your living room on a Sunday afternoon waiting by the radio to hear your favorite radio talk show host, but instead the President’s voice comes through the airways and announces a national state of emergency. How would you feel? How would you react? What would you do? As President Roosevelt delivered his speech he had two main points that he wanted to relay to the nation. The first point was to encourage Congress to formally declare war on Japan. Insisting that the attack was just a start to the many more to come. The second point was to gather the support of the American people; in the war efforts that he was proposing, President Franklin used major American cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans as examples to show the American people that if one United States territory could be attacked, so could their neighborhoods. Both points touched their intended audiences. Moments after the speech Congress approved the declaration of war on Japan. The news sent a shockwave across the country, resulting in a tremendous percentage of young volunteers into the U.S. recruiting offices across the nation.

On December 7, 1941, the United States was dumbfounded by a Japanese attack on a Hawaiian naval base. One day later, President Roosevelt spoke to the country about the abruptness of the attack and his call for war. For the United States, this was the final push to fight Japan and Germany. Three days prior, a note addressed to the White House arrived stating that Japan was looking at Hawaii as a potential point for conflict. Conspiracists claim that Roosevelt had ignored the note and suggested that he would then have a reason to declare war on Japan. Robert Stinnett was at the harbor the

He makes it seem like the Japanese are evil while the United States should uphold good for all. Roosevelt knows the events will affect his country, but is also bigger than just the United States. He also takes blame and as the leader he should try to fix his mistake by declaring war.

In order for President Roosevelt to get his point across to the United States citizens and other governments was to have a demanding and serious tone. The tone of Roosevelt’s speech had to be extremely serious because United States military and citizens were in danger. Japan had lied to the United States government and tricked them to believing they were allies. The tone of the speech is one of them most important structures because if President Roosevelt were to be funny or happy then the citizens of the United States would not feel safe. Also, when Roosevelt is speaking serious and demanding the other countries who see the speech become more scared as they are intimated. President Roosevelt uses a serious tone to show examples of how the country of Japan lied to the United States to insure that American’s will agree with his decision to declare a state of War.

Words alone do not have all of the power. One must look at the circumstances or kairos surrounding what is being said. When Roosevelt gave this speech, most of the world had already been thrown into World War II. Most of Europe had already been experiencing the damages of war for multiple years. Battles and sieges were taking place from Britain to Russia, before Japan and America had even entered the war. In fact, according to "China, Invasion of (1931, 1937–1945)", Japan had been at war with China since the country invaded in 1931, before entering World War II. In Europe, the main forces were Italy

However, when we saw Britain in trouble, it was hard for Roosevelt to not stay out of things, which angered some Americans. Nonetheless, we granted the Lend-Lease Act, which let us give Britain military supplies to avoid being invaded by Germany who had already invaded numerous territories including France and Poland. Our supplies boats were being intercepted by the German U-boats, so the war of the Atlantic began. Eventually, Hitler took the U-boats out of the ocean, which let us bring supplies to our allies (now Britain and the Soviet Union) without any interventions. While all of this was happening, America had been turning into a military supplies producing nation, which upped our federal budget tremendously. “Overall, conversion to war production achieved Roosevelt’s ambitious goal of “crushing superiority” in military goods.” (Roark, 838) While this was happening, Japan was planning to ensue their takeover over the Asian Empire. When the US cut off ties with them in hopes of them deciding to calm their aggression, they avenged themselves by attacking Pearl Harbor. This led to the declaration of war from America. “The Japanese scored a stunning tactical victory at Pearl Harbor, but in the long run the attack proved a colossal blunder.” (Roark, 832) The Japanese flourished for a while but the battle of Midway was the turning point, putting the Japanese at a disadvantage for the rest of the war. When Roosevelt became deathly ill with heart disease, he let Harry

The supposed neutrality from the perspective of the Roosevelt administration was short lived, if one were to even look to consider it lasting for that long. In Franklin Roosevelt’s declaration of neutrality in 1935, he went into detailing for the public an establishment of ideals that can be understood by the average American people along with plans for expansion of measures in case this situation were to have increased. To reinforce the ideals expressed in this piece of legislation, Roosevelt implemented his surreal sense of confidence into the “Fireside Chats”. His brilliance was clearly to blame, in a positive way, for the impact that these had on the American people. In a way that still defied american discontent with Roosevelt’s hintings towards intervention, Roosevelt had a way with words nonetheless. It was in the way Roosevelt dictated his phrasings, it was in the way that he introduced pronouns, as trivial as this may have sounded, into his Fireside Chats. The progression of the Fireside Chats established a consistent theme of Roosevelt’s clearly effective presentation of himself to the American Public. In great contrast with Wilson, Roosevelt was able to empower the public through a sense of sheer confidence that was beyond any capability of Wilson. Roosevelt, when delivering his Fireside Chat on the war with Japan in 1941, he frequently used phrasing where he talked directly with the people, ensured that they knew that “we are now in this war. We are all in it…