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Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball

1. The audience showed great concern and interest in Lou Gehrig’s speech.  They accepted his resignation from baseball, however they were also very supportive of how he was stating, “I am the luckiest man alive”, even though he had a disease which stopped him from playing baseball.  Lou Gehrig adapted well with the audience, he did have a couple moments where it seemed like he was going to cry, however being a strong man he held his emotions in and completed his speech which the audience cheered for.

2.  Lou stated that he received a bad break, however he considers himself to be the luckiest man alive.  He used logic by expressing that he had a great career, great support behind him which he identified as his family and friends.  The emotion that as the speech concluded demonstrated that everyone looked up to Lou for being such a strong man and not letting his disease conquer him at that time.  Everyone was supportive of how he resigned his place in baseball.

3.   There were aesthetic elements, the way that Lou carried himself through his speech with great emotion and the way that he spoke.  Lou was very proud of his life everyone gave him a great life and support.  Lou used beautiful prose stating, “I got a tough break, but I’ve got a lot to live for”.

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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

1.  The interests of the audience were that many dead brave soldiers were being given a land in which they fought on.   Where the mean fought during the Civil war, there they lay.  The audience was interested in what the President Lincoln had to say.  It seems that the audience was supportive by the President’s speech because he was stating that the brave men had died not in vain, because of their efforts people in America will be treated as equals.  I believe that President Lincoln adapted we’ll given his carefully thought out speech.

2.  I believe that President Lincoln expressed himself by stating that we have seen what war does in America, and that we should learn from it and learn how to treat each other as equals.  He also stated that the government would remain on Earth, and will be ran by the people.  He brought logic by expressing what has occurred and how Americans will learn from the occurrence and move forward.  The resulting had emotion in the speech, because many have died for the freedom of this nation and we will learn from our mistakes and be thankful for what the brave soldiers did for this country.

3.  President Lincoln was able to give a great speech about battle in Gettysburg, and he was able to inform the people that we should learn from what had occurred and try to make America a better place.  President Lincoln did give a great speech that was led by a great conclusion, and all of his points were followed in perfect organization.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream"

1.  The interests of the audience were freedom.  Dr. Martin Luther King was addressing how Negros were promised freedom 100 years ago and still freedom hasn’t come.  The audience was very supportive and some were hostile.  Most of the audience was very supportive with Dr. King’s speech.  The speaker adapted well, because he was mostly receiving positive feedback throughout his speech.  This was an issue in which African Americans felt very strongly about and wanted their freedom, they wanted to be treated as equals.

2.  Dr. Martin Luther King expressed his purpose by stating that the US is in debt with the African American’s due to an insufficient funds check that has been long overdue.  He uses this expression as an example that African Americans were promised freedom and they still aren’t free.  Dr. King was able to use logic by speaking about how everyone should be treated as equals regardless of the color of the skin.  He also stated that people should be judged by their character or how they act not by their skin color.  The resulting emotion of the speech was an overwhelming sense of Joy and Happiness.  Finally someone had spoken out and expressed the frustrations of the African American community.

3.  Dr. King’s speech was tightly woven.  Everything that he discussed had supporting facts that African Americans were promised freedom, and now it is time to make that real.  The speaker did use a lot of repetition, he wanted to make sure and speak about the concerns of the people.  He also wanted to make it clear that slavery should be over and African Americans should be free at last.  They should be treated as equals as they have been promised so long ago.  His speech was not only beautiful, but extremely powerful, and he would be very happy to know that his dream came true.