Before continuing the discussion of the essay topic, I would like to talk about something that my classmates and I did this week. We were split into four groups with four members in each team to give a presentation about one of four great speeches. My group was assigned to do John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech, "Ask not what your country can do for you". I have heard about that quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." before, but I knew very little about the speech itself.
Even though we had the speech transcript, we were suggested to find and watch the video to see if we could find any additional information about the speech. In the video my teammates and I found that John F. Kennedy has succeed bringing the whole nation and the world together in unity to fight against war, poverty, and social issues. He promoted the Peace Corps movement, US space project to go to the moon, and has made many great political decisions such as dealing with the Cuban missile crisis. Unfortunately, he was assassinated and died as the youngest president to date. Many has considered him as a hero based on his action, and decisions that he has made during the time he led the United States. To me the brave decisions that he has made eventhough the people around him disagreed and the sacrifices that he has made for the country deserved him to be called a hero.
Image source: http://www.wbur.org/files/2012/01/0124_jfk-624x409.jpg
Reading material: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/11/23/chris-matthews-on-why-jfk-was-a-hero
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/jfk/section3.rhtml
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