Who is the author/speaker?
- The author and speaker in this speech was Nelson Mandela. With this speech he was sworn in for President of South Africa just before giving this speech. He had the power to give this speech because he was democratically elected and fought for everything that the people wanted. He became president at the end of a time called the apartheid, this is when the whites of France were still in accompany of the country and treating the people of South Africa unfairly, similar to the peoples fight in America with the Civil Rights Movement. The speaker brings the biased of opposition of the apartheid. You could feel his opposition and wanted for the fortification of the country.
What is his/her intention?
- His intention is to bring the people together with pride for their country. Knowing that the country has been through a lot he intends to bring the country together despite their differences.
What is the message?
- The message of the speech is that although the country has been through a lot the people can still be strong and that is what he intends on letting them do. He wants to build a country stronger than the one they had before. The speaker uses the logos that it is their time to succeed. Feeding to peoples logical thinking that the world should be peaceful and not the way it was.
Who makes up the audience?
- The people of the country who supported him and probably those who did not support him as an activist. He has spent over 20 years in jail so these people had been waiting for him to get out so that he could take reign on the people who supported him so much.
What is the form/structure in which it was conveyed?
- The form in which it was given was in front of thousands of people, in front of the capital. He stood hand in hand with the other people of the government whether they be black or white. He gave the speech in a way that uplifted peoples pride and helped them see the outcome that could come of him being president.
What persuasive and rhetorical devices are used to accomplish the goals?
- The speaker uses historical allusion, word choice and visual drawings. The historical allusions used in the speech are used by they refer to the passed triumphs of the country. Using the example of adopting the bill of rights, the citizenship rules created. Using these to boost his speech and inspire the people to see that some change has been made but more can be made. For word choice he used strong phrases like “we will all rise” , “we raise our country and its people from the morass and apartheid.
Does the message/speech/text succeed in fulfilling the author's or speaker's intentions?
- I believe that it does because this speech was given at a time where South Africa had just made it through a lot of fighting and war. This was something they had been fighting for a long time, Nelson Mandela himself spent way to many years in jail for this cause and still stayed in the heart of the country and had his mind set on the goals he would have liked to reach.
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