{text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} SPEECH INTRODUCTION {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} OBJECTIVE {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} The Berlin wall separated the communist controlled East Germany from West Germany but also came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Eastern and Western Europe, and more importantly between the United States and the Soviet Union. Reagan’s speech was meant to persuade the Soviets and Eastern Europe for peace in Berlin but ultimately he intended to extend his motives throughout the world. His speech contains many buried motives and yet many obvious ones too. Throughout his entire speech Reagan speaks about freedom and democracy being the most beneficial way for a society so that they can increase chances of a better life. Like his introduction he uses a lot more pauses and emotive images like calling the wall a “scar” which reminds the Germans of their frustration yet shows that he empathizes with them. His speech can be seen as an attack against the Soviet Union in many ways. His speech promoted the United States ideal of democracy against the Soviets. His objective may have been to end the Cold War between the two. He talked about the collapse of the Berlin Wall but that could be seen as an analogy representing the fall of the Soviet Union as well. Reagan then goes on to talk about how West Berlin has come back from devastation and that the Berliners rebuilt their city from ruins but that “The Soviets may have had other plans.” This is another attack on the Soviets. {text:bookmark-start} ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS {text:bookmark-end} The main organizational pattern that President Reagan uses in his speech is the problem-solution pattern. When you look at the overall speech he speaks a great deal about the freedom and prosperity of East Germany...