Perspectives

In what follows, we will look at a few additional aspects related to President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address which will give you a broader perspective on the speec…

...

Current issues

The speech was delivered in 2015, when the speaker had only two more years of mandate as US President. When analyzing it, you should consider whether the issues the speaker discussed improved or if his proposed reforms were implemented.

If you look at the US today, you will discover that not many of the issues discussed have changed or improved. For example, unequal pay and lack of sick leave and maternity leave are sti…

...

Textual perspective

To gain a broader perspective on the speaker’s rhetorical style, we encourage you to look at other speeches by Barack Obama such as his announcement speech from 2007, when he announce…