Wednesday, February 4, 2015

J.F.K Esaay

 

This  essay  is  about  John  F.  Kennedy.  He  had  been  president  more  than  a  thousand days.  He  had  a  wife  named  Jaqueline.  He  had  planned  a  disastrous  invasion  of  Cuba.  He  did  achieve  a  lot.  This  is  about  using  a  primary  source  and  secondary  source  to  see  how  they  relate  about  the  same  topic  and  what  are  the  differences.

 In  the  primary  source  and  secondary  source,  they  both  provide  the  same  information  on  when  he  died.  He  died  on  November  22,  1963.  They  also  provide  the  same  information  about  how  the  world  mourns  and  how  his  press  secretary  mourns.

 In  the  primary  source  the  tone  is  more  of  facts  and  opinions.  Or  a  fact  representing a  statement.  For  example,  ''The  sudden  death  of  the  young  and  vigorous  American  president  shocked  the  world.  Kennedy's  body  was  brought  back  to  the  white  house  and  placed  in  the  East  room  for  twenty-four  hours.''

 In  the  secondary  source  the  tone  is  more  of  how  the  Kennedy's  press  secretary  felt.  More  of  emotions  and  first  point  of  view.  For  example,  ''I  was  so  destroyed,  I  admired  J.F.K.  I  had  a  feeling  that  not  only  he  was  lost,  but  that  my  life  was  lost.''

Pierre  Salinger,  President  Kennedy's  press  secretary,  remembers  where  he  was  and  how  he  felt  when  he  heard  the  news  of  Kennedy's  assassination.  ''I  was  in  the  plane  reading  the  economics  papers  when  suddenly  somebody  came  and  told  me  the  six  cabinet  secretaries  had  to  see  me.  They  had  handed  me  a  wire  bulletin  saying  Kennedy  has  been  shot.''  He  presents  this  in  a  way  like  he  found  out  when  the  primary  source  states  that  he  has  been  shot  in  a  fact.
 
The  primary  source  says  how  the  world  mourns.  ''  Throughout  the  day  and  night  thousands  of  people  filed  past  the  guarded  caskets.  Representatives  from  over  ninety  countries  attended  the  funeral  on  November  twenty-five.''  Although  when  Pierre  Salinger  represents  himself  in  shock.  ''  The  plane  turned  around  and  headed  back  to  Honolulu,  and  I  was  instructed  to  take  over  the  communications  system  to  the  white  house  and  find  out  what  happened.''

 Another  way  it  shows  the  primary  source  is  different  from  the  secondary  source.  The    primary  source  is  filled  with  information.  It  said  where  Kennedy  was  buried.''Kennedy  was  buried  with  full  military  honors  at  the  Arlington  National  Cemetery  across  the  Potomac  river  from  Washington  D.C.

 Another  thing  I  noticed  that  was  different  was  their  titles.  One  of  them  is  named  Kennedy's  Assassination.  The  other  is  named  ''For  me,  it  was  a  dramatic  day.''  From  Kennedy's  Assassination  you  would  expect  how  he  died  and  realistic  facts.  From  ''For  me,  it  was  a  dramatic  day''  you  would  expect  emotions.  It  is  more  of  a  personal  essay

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