While I was watching Michelle Obama’s speech at the
Democratic National Convention, I was trying to analyze her content, rhetoric,
and passion. However as I watched, I
found myself being drawn in, forgetting my analysis, simply captivated by her
ability to weave stories and connect with the audience. I believe that this is what makes a great
speech – being able to draw in an audience while still getting a point across,
and Michelle’s speech did just that. As
she told stories of her and Barak’s childhood, she humanized herself and her
husband, cracking jokes and revealing the journey that they have been through,
all the way up until the presidency. At
this point, she began to talk more about Obama’s policies, focusing on the ones
that were successful and that are relatable to the average American. This structure played to her strengths,
building on her personal connection to the president, and ramping up to a few
hard-hitting points while you were still emotional from her stories.
Personally, as drawn in as I was, I saw much relevancy in
her tales of hardship. It made me
further realize just how disconnected other presidential candidates oftentimes
are from the struggles of everyday people, no matter what they might say during
the campaign trail. On the flipside, it
also reminded me that Obama has actually come from a lower class, and has had
to experience hard times and has had to grow and move on in life, which in my
eyes, makes him a much stronger candidate.
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