In his speech “A More Perfect Union,” president Obama
seemed very trustworthy and credible. He introduced his family history after making
a brief description of the history of the US and some racial issues that had
happened in the history of US such as slavery.
He said that he is “the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman
from Kansas” and he was raised with the help of a white grandfather and a white
grandmother. His portrayal of his family
makes people to believe that he is able to understand the situations and
thoughts of both black Americans and white Americans which makes him sounds
credible and likable to both black and white Americans as well. He also said that he has gone to some of the
best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations, which
made him sound credible and wise since he has education and experience with
poverty, people tend to listen to people like Obama. He also revealed his religious believes as a
Christian when he later talked about Reverend Wright that would people how also
believe in Christianity would have more similar feels when reading.
For the podcast “Ally's
Choice,” I would say that the author is actually the narrator Lu Olkowski.
She did not portray herself too much in the audio since she was the one
who was going to portray Clarice
Shreck and her two daughters. But
she did talk about how she met with Clarice Shreck, she wanted to see how would
Obama’s campaign go in the country area of Ohio where racial problem might be
called out. She kind showed her credit
as a participant with event that has something to do with racial problems. She also introduced the history of where
Clarice lives and historically talked about the reason that created stories of
Clarice, which showed her knowledge.
In President Obama's speech, "A More Perfect Union," he causes the audience to feel many different emotions. One in particular he seems to focus on is anger. We can see this when Obama says, "At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." This brings about anger because of the racist intentions behind those comments. Another emotion he conveys is the feeling of trust. This can be seen when Obama says, "...we are truly one." This creates a sense of unity between the audience and President Obama while also making it known that he has all of their best interests in mind.
ReplyDeleteIn the podcast, "Ally's Choice", narrator Lu Olkowski portrays the emotions of rage and sympathy. Rage is created when the mom, Clarice Shreck talks about how "the white kids at that school would hang up signs saying go home niggers." This is obviously very offensive and has the power to make the audience upset or even disgusted. Sympathy can be seen when one of the two daughters tells her experiences that she carries with her from her school. One of these experiences being when she says, "I got made fun of all the time..." and when people told her "she's dirty because she's from East Jackson...".