President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech Analysis Essay Example

Have you wondered what people might have thought when FDR said his speech about the bombing at Pearl Harbor? In this paragraph I will be trying to imitate what an American citizen might have thought at the moment FDR gave out his speech in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. If I was an American citizen that had heard the FDR speech it would affect me by thinking that the Japanese just want to deceive the U.S. to attack the U.S. for no reason and also me thinking the Japanese government just wants conflict with the U.S.. I might have thought that I might have thought that the Japanese just wanted to deceive the U.S. and attack us deliberately because, in part 2 paragraph 2 of the FDR “Day of Infamy” speech, it says, “It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope and continued peace.`` This means that the attack from Japan to the U.S. was definitely planned and during the time of planning Japan was deceiving the U.S. with false statements of hope. With this text it would make me believe that the Japanese Government just wanted to deceive the U.S. for the sole purpose of making us put our guard down to attack us. I might have also thought that the Japanese Government just wanted conflict with the U.S because in the “Day of Infamy” speech by FDR section 1 paragraph 2,3 it states that, “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941- a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.” This means that meanwhile both of the United States and Japan were still in negotiations toward the peace in the pacific but the Japanese government attacked the U.S. for little to no reason according to FDR. If I was an american citizen in the time FDR listening to his speech, both of these sections from FDR’s speech called “Day of Infamy” would affect me by making me think that Japan wanted to deceive the U.S. and attack us and also that the Japanese government just wanted to start conflict with the U.S.. In this paragraph I have tried to imitate what an American citizen would think if they heard FDR’s speech in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Works Cited:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt “Day of Infamy” speech, Library of congress, December 8, 1941.