Obama's Speech

Obama’ s Speech

Catalina L.

09/15/12

    The Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech of Barack Obama in 2012 is important since it decides if Obama can remain as the president of United States for four more years. Obama organized the whole speech carefully, and his speech is excellent overall.

    Obama delivered his speech well. He enunciates clearly, and had meaningful hand gestures. However, people can find that Obama has too much hand gestures when we look aside of the podium. The facial expression is serious, but can be more emotional. The vocal variety is great, because there are no monotones in Obama’s speech. Additionally, there are few filler words found in the presentation. Obama made several long pauses for suspension. Moreover, after every joke or when audience starts cheering, Obama waits for everyone to quiet down instead of continuing his speech.

    The content of Obama’s speech is overall excellent. First, he thanked everyone who supports him and convinced his daughters, which is a humorous and enthusiastic beginning. When he gets into his topic, Obama first talked about the past four years when he was first elected to be the president. He used several sentence parallelisms to express his strong emotion, and explained he is running for the second term president not for himself, but in order to improve the life of United States citizens, such as rebuilding the economy on a stronger foundation. He also gave some examples about people who gave him the hope. Obama tells everyone about tasks he is willing to complete for the next four years if he is elected. He also mentions other problems that are not yet solved.

    Obama tries to convince people to vote for him since he wants to improve the economy, build new plants and buildings and create new energy that can power America’s future. He believes that future is filled with hope; he believes that hope gives him spirit, and he will make the future of his country wonderful.

    The speech of Barack Obama convinces every single person who hears it, and we should believe that our world will be improved if he is the president of United States.