Kristin Rincon
Composition II 1302-480
January 31, 2011
Portfolio 1 RoughDarft
"Today, it is not just Kennedy but the America that elected and then mourned him that is
unfamiliar. Historian Daniel Boorstin's first book, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson,
explained the third president by trying to ``recapture'' a vanished ``Jeffersonian world of ideas.''
Three decades later, Kennedy's America is equally distant. And it is ``lost'' to us in some measure
because of the changes that took place as a result of the way he was elected, the way he governed
and the way he died."
According to Barone and Hetter America has greatly changed since the death of JFK "Today,
it is not just Kennedy but the America that elected and then mourned him that is
unfamiliar. Historian Daniel Boorstin's first book, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson,
explained the third president by trying to ``recapture'' a vanished ``Jeffersonian world of ideas.''
Three decades later, Kennedy's America is equally distant. And it is ``lost'' to us in some measure
because of the changes that took place as a result of the way he was elected, the way he governed
and the way he died."
This bit of information is important because America did change dramatically after the death
of JFK because the way he did things in office made a deep impact on people. He was close to
ending a terrible war and being assassinated before he could accomplish that made people lose
hope.
The purpose of this speech was for JFK's inauguration but also he "subordinated the
legal arguments that had characterized his earlier discourse of civil rights, emphasizing instead of
the moral imperative."(Pauley, 106)During this time was when people were trying to end racial
discrimination in public education, economic life, and at the ballot box. JFK's speech addressed
the issues of the previous president did not fix. Mostly of racial integration.
"Today, it is not just Kennedy but the America that elected and then mourned him that is
unfamiliar. Historian Daniel Boorstin's first book, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson,
explained the third president by trying to ``recapture'' a vanished ``Jeffersonian world of ideas.''
Three decades later, Kennedy's America is equally distant. And it is ``lost'' to us in some measure
because of the changes that took place as a result of the way he was elected, the way he governed
and the way he died."
According to Barone and Hetter America has greatly changed since the death of JFK "Today,
it is not just Kennedy but the America that elected and then mourned him that is
unfamiliar. Historian Daniel Boorstin's first book, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson,
explained the third president by trying to ``recapture'' a vanished ``Jeffersonian world of ideas.''
Three decades later, Kennedy's America is equally distant. And it is ``lost'' to us in some measure
because of the changes that took place as a result of the way he was elected, the way he governed
and the way he died."
This bit of information is important because America did change dramatically after the death
of JFK because the way he did things in office made a deep impact on people. He was close to
ending a terrible war and being assassinated before he could accomplish that made people lose
hope.
The purpose of this speech was for JFK's inauguration but also he "subordinated the
legal arguments that had characterized his earlier discourse of civil rights, emphasizing instead of
the moral imperative."(Pauley, 106)During this time was when people were trying to end racial
discrimination in public education, economic life, and at the ballot box. JFK's speech addressed
the issues of the previous president did not fix. Mostly the moral imperative of racial integration.
Burner, David. John F. Kennedy and a New Generation. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988. Print.
Giglio, James N. The Presidency of John F. Kennedy. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas,
1991. Print.
Lane, Thomas A. The Leadership of President Kennedy. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1964.
Print.