Obama's Acceptance Speech Analysis

First I read the speech, and then I watched the speech and both had a different affect on me. Before I read the speech I thought it was going to be incredibly boring and time consuming but as I read the speech I found that it wasn’t long and boring at all, I surprisingly enjoyed reading it, and it made a lot of sense. After I read the speech I watched the video and even though it was 50 minutes long, there wasn’t a second where I was uninterested or bored.

Obama has great character and style and really knows how to get a message across to people just by the way he talks, his jesters, pauses etc. Obama is exceptionally confident and this really get’s the audience interested in what he has to say. Obama indirectly tells America that America has done nothing to do with how bad America right now, it’s all Bush’s fault and America itself is not to blame. The government was corrupted and was not for the people at all. Obama is clearly a motivational speaker and has a way with words. They’re so inspirational and clearly can give America and even Canada hope.

At some points in his speech Obama actually incorporated the audience which is reader inclusion. And nothing makes an audience more interested and aware then including them in a presentation or in this case a speech. For example he says, “It's time for us to change America” or “if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education” By incorporating the audience this really shows that Obama is all for the people and his only interested in what is best for the people and America. From this speech Obama has really deeply connected with the audience in so many ways. At one part of his speech he had a whole list on rhetorical questions that really “wowed” the audience. Obama mentioned how he will end the war in Iraq responsibly, (key word responsibly) so he definitely will not be doing anything stupid like Bush. He also said he would finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

There is a big difference between reading his speech and actually listening to him and watching him. When you read the speech, it doesn’t sound as convincing, and persuasive, and it sounds just like any old boring speech. When you read the speech you don’t know how the writer of the speech would read it you don’t know when to pause, and there just isn’t any emotion created when reading it. On the other hand when you are listening to it or even watching it this is so much more powerful especially from a man like Barack Obama. You really have a better understanding of what he’s talking about, and you can really understand those little details that you thought meant nothing when reading it where it can mean a whole lot more when you are actually listening to it.

Finally, I found that watching this speech really gave me an understanding of what kind of person Obama is and how much he is going to change America for the better. Obama was in no hurry to finish his speech, even though it was a pretty long speech; he just took his time, paced himself and said what he had to say at a moderate speed. At the beginning of his speech and through his speech even though he was interrupted abruptly by the audience due to over excitement and applause he handled the situation well, he let them applause because he knows everyone is so happy for him and after a couple seconds he got right back to his speech smoothly and effectively. Obama made sure he got through to the audience the best way he could. With a speech as long as Obama's it's difficult to keep an audience interested but Obama seemed to pull it off.