Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Loss
In a way, Reagan plays fast and loose with the motif of loss. He sort of tosses it back and forth like he's playing with a grapefruit or a floppy puppy or something.Certainly not at a loss for word...
Sharing
It seems Reagan is channeling Æsop's "Fable of the Bundle of Sticks" here—the one about how a single stick breaks easily, but a bundle of sticks is profoundly stronger. He characterizes the Chal...
Faith
You know that song "Faith" by the late, great George Michael? It was Ronald Reagan's favorite. He and Nancy used to listen to it before going out, dancing around the White House using a miniature r...