How Franklin Delano Roosevelt Saved the Nation

By 1933, the country had already gone through over three years of a financial downturn. Statistics and researches uncovering the deepness of the Great Depression were amazing. More than 11,000 of 24,000 banks had fizzled, decimating the investment funds of contributors. A great many individuals were out of work and looking for jobs; other millions were working at jobs that barely gave money. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of America in 1933 won against Herbert Hoover came in when the nation was in a crisis of inflation because of the difficulties that the citizens were undergoing. The declining money markets in the nation influenced the preceding progress of financial-economic diversity, and in this way, the president was reliable in improving the trade merchandise internationally. Rising unemployment impacts the faith in the businesses and also the individual levels in the nation. The challenges that have prevented the advancement of the country are; limited jobs, inadequate trading strategies, poor schooling, environmental racism, corrupt politicians, and socio-economic aspect.

Financial problems emerge because of unethical or deceptive utilization of open resources, and along these lines, procedures must be spread out to guarantee legitimate usage of these resources. As a person, one of the fundamental needs is to impart in all viewpoints, and that is the reason many people successfully utilize rhetorical strategies to convey their thoughts that will help in decision making. The key focuses in the president’s speech were; the diminishing worth of goods, increasing taxes, unemployment, a decrease of cartels in the government, overseas and worldwide trade, and the poor agricultural market. Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his in his first inaugural address in a time of crisis and persuades his audience by emotional appeal, by providing logical reasoning and showing an understanding of the issues people were going through.

The audience should be involved in all aspects of the speech and draw their attention to increasing the effectiveness of the speech and articulate the ideas and problems facing the population. The opening speech in the first paragraph, presented by Roosevelt, depicts the people's high expectations of the depressions they are experiencing, thus establishing the president's ethos to win their trust. For starters, he presented the nature of the present situation, which emphasized the standard of average citizen’s living conditions in the country, he says that he“will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels”. In this case, God is the provider and the initiator of everything in his leadership that concerns the needs of the individual (Prasch, 2014). The recognition of the truth of the people and the strategies to uphold that truth represents a sense of ethos since the expectations of the audience should be compiled in order to increase the trust of current and future leaders. As a result, the audience is very confident that action will be taken to guarantee that their problems and the crisis that submerged the nation are reduced and, if possible, exterminated.

Roosevelt expresses the reasoning behind the United States of America's progressing circumstances. The challenges faced by the citizens; he noted the rise in value, the rise in prices, the problem of unemployment, the business problems faced by the farmers, and the low trade practices that have depleted the foreign exchange and left the country with weak developments. Roosevelt firmly understands the problems of the kind that actually affect the entire society and guarantees the people of his leadership to work with them. The logical approach would make the audience understand and grow a lot of confidence in accountability offered by the new leadership. This makes the voice strong by incorporating ethics, pathos, and logos. Thanks to the climate of confidence generated, Roosevelt’s word articulations resonate with the viewer. Therefore, given the despair that consumes the entire population, people receive the knowledge favorably due to the mistrust generated by the previous leadership. He quickly develops ethos and reputation and demonstrates throughout the entire speech; pathos and slogans were also a strong rhetorical element that increased Roosevelt's speech's efficacy. Each rhetorical device used by the president, as observed in his address, is powerful but more effective when combined as it produces comprehension on a go.

The first inaugural speech delivered by Roosevelt when the nation was in recession gives hope and trust to the populace after a long-suffering effort from the previous leadership. The public receives knowledge from the president-elect with deep trust and anticipation. In his address, Roosevelt understood the country's challenge, recommending to the people the solid tactics and measures that will lead the nation in the right direction. The president focuses on ethical issues that will be enforced by his government to ensure that the entire population embraces and follows positive and important behavioral facets. Change is inevitable particularly in a transitional form of government, but in terms of its ethnicity, economic status, and religion, the change should always meet the needs and aspirations of the entire population. Through his address, Roosevelt reveals an outstanding and the right kind of leadership that all world leaders need to imitate in order to meet the peoples' aspirations and needs. In all respects, acts will prevail to allow good development in the country and the world at large.