Saturday, September 27, 2014

5: Analysis of "Faith in America"

The real truth behind this blog... I actually started this blog because it is part of my Writing class.  So naturally some of my posts will be about my writing assignments and here's the first of them.

I wrote my Rhetorical Analysis on an address given by Mitt Romney during his presidential campaign in 2007 titled, "Faith in America."  I thought this address would be interesting because I know that there are people who dislike the fact that Mitt Romney is a Mormon and there are people out there who don't understand what Mormons are like.  I wanted to see how he reacted to the views of other people.  I read through his address a couple times and it really helped me figure out what he used to help the people listening understand where he's coming from.  He used a number of strategies to convince the Americans that being a Mormon does not make him a bad American.  On top of that, he made it clear that he appreciates any and all of the different faiths out there in the nation.  What I thought helped him the most was when he specifically stated the roles that religion has in the government.  I think that really helped highlight his address.

I thought my paper turned out alright.  I did the best I could and thought my analysis were pretty thorough.  However, I do wish I had a couple more people read it over because what makes sense to me does not always make sense to other people.  But besides that, I spent a big chunk of time working on this paper and really liked learning about the insight that Mitt Romney has about faith in America.

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