Essay Sample on Governor Parson & President Obama Address Corona & Ebola

Introduction

The speeches are about the viral news of the Corona Virus disease and the Ebola disease. Corona's speech was staged at Missouri by Governor Parson who discussed the issue as his political and social responsibility. The Ebola speech was done by President Obama from the U.S. to attend the issue in West Africa. The speeches are 13 and 12 minutes long respectively and both were staged before the press conference and just a small audience where small audience is one of the precautions of the spread of the virus in the Corona case. The speeches are emergency speeches that try to encourage people to remain positive and take charge of their lives due to the contagious diseases. They both have an introduction, a clear state of what they are about and helpful content in them. Despite the speeches being steered by a basis of political power and responsibility, they could not carry all aspects of political conference speeches that begin with mentioning of names and political ranks or acknowledgment of power in the country. Due to the use of media as the main platform venue for the speeches, they are brief and straight to the point without much repetitions and explanations.

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Structure of the Speeches

The speeches contain all the basic parts of a speech, the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. They are well organized into a basic speech that attains major attention in a wider society than what would have been imagined. The parts are all short and brief to match the timing given for media display to have the most information possible. As a simple press addressed speech, the introduction would not take too long as it depends on the time spent on air. In these cases, the speech's introduction was simple and direct to the point. Governor Parson begins by "let me first start by saying I want to thank everyone for coming in tonight...". President Obama, on the other hand, begins similarly by, "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I want to thank..." The speeches proceed directly to the main content overview and that makes them sound organized in the introduction. The Governor says that there will be a session of asking questions after the speech which would propel the audience to listening more to detect the parts that may need clarification at the end of the speech.

The speech is also on matters arising that makes everyone extremely attentive to the grievous issue. Despite that, the governor still goes ahead to undertake the introductory part like any other informative speech that people's attention is something rare to find. In Obama's speech, he captures the attention of nice captivating words such as, "this is the largest international response in the history..." He recognizes the dangers and the hardships his fellow countrymen doctors face in moving to the affected areas to work with them which makes it even more appealing especially to the intended audience who knew America had minimal chances of getting the infections

The bodies of the speeches are informative and their flow makes them impossible to stop listening. On the governor's speech, the body is informative of the coronavirus updates of the other counties and more information about the government's intention to curb the issue. The governor is tactical and easy to convince the audience in the take on responding to COVID 19. It is until he has the audience dancing to his tune that he announces the restrictions that people should follow, such as, the advice not to have a gathering with more than fifty people. The arrangement of events seems perfect and the progress of the speech more captivating to listen to whether or not one is aware of what the governor wants to address.

On the body of the speech by Obama, various intentions are also evident to the audience such as what should happen if any other American contracts the disease and how the government is going to take part in the fight towards getting rid of Ebola. He makes it relatable to everyone by making them see it as a direct and indirect effect on the audience before beginning the main idea of how it is to be stopped.

The governor's conclusion is not very powerful. This is possible because some other persons are intended to address the audience after the speech about the matter. The part of questions and answers follow immediately after the speech and that makes it possible for the governor to forego a summed up conclusion because the discussion is still on. However, the conclusion is also on point only that it is too brief. It has the part of thanking the listeners and that is also a show that he planned for a conclusion too.

On the speech by Obama, the conclusion summarizes the speech and indicates an end of a session. This makes it necessary for a good conclusion which he gives. He shows the seriousness of the whole issue and the disaster that would accrue as a result of ignoring the call. By this, he gives a proper ending by recognizing the efforts of the doctors and he sympathizes with the affected communities. This closing is made more powerful by the proper closing by thanksgiving.

Content

In both speeches, they seem to have nice qualities of delivering speeches and they both manage to gain the attention of their audiences in the whole time they address them. They are fluent and confident and that makes it possible to listen to them and even submit to what they say. About the main idea of the diseases, they maintain track throughout the speeches and all the announcements they make are all related to the diseases and this makes it easy to flow with the content. They both seem well versed with the virus effects and ways they can spread. They are both able to list several ways to stop the respective diseases from spreading even without necessarily reading and this makes the audience confident in the speech.

They are both able to put fear of the disease to the audience. By this, they achieve proper response in their announcements giving restrictions to the public and the public is even in support of the idea when the time to give orders comes by. It is by proper speech that they can make them interesting to listen to and with the help of the threat by the bad news, all the attention is given to them. They both are conscious of the normal audience tend to lose patience, and due to this, they make their speeches point after point and making them as concise as possible. A good speech should have an informal touch and in this speech, the governor seems to seem to make it his business that his people are safe. Showing the interest of others ahead and relating to their problems makes the audience feel secure within the speech and feel that it is their immediate actions that decide whether or not the speech yields positive fruits which by now they already wish the course well.

Delivery

The delivery of these speeches seems to be quite a success. They show authority in the speech and having to relate with their audience in the solemn moment of his speech contributes to their total success. The audibility of the language and the speed rate of the speeches are all perfect. Listening to these speeches is therefore made easy as audibility is comfortable and without any hiccups. The speech by Obama is made more enjoyable to listen to also by the use of beautiful language and figures of speech. Despite having to read the speeches, they try their best to maintain eye contact and even make use of their memory to keep their eyes on the audience for a satisfactory period.

Conclusion

For proper speeches, there are several characters in the society whose speeches are awesome to listen to and adhere to the rules that govern nice speeches. The speech by Obama and that of Parson are good examples of simple speeches that try to follow all the rules that lead to successful deliverance of speeches. However, no one is always perfect and therefore sometimes even in good speeches one or two errors are observed. A good example of an error made in a speech is where Governor Parson keeps the audience waiting as he moves around looking for the script which can lead to suggestions that he is only reading a script he knows nothing about.

Reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uQMh21omac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWrjuRRy4M