Winston Churchill is no more a strange figure to us. He was one of the former Prime Minister of England. The same goes to Adolf Hitler who was a prominent orator and leader of the German Nazi. There lays few similarities between these two leaders especially their speeches.
Churchill’s speech ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ in 1940 and Hitler’s speech at the Berlin Sports Palace in 1941 share some common features. Both speeches show good persuasion skills. Churchill kept inspiring his people to keep on fighting whereby, Hitler was defending his own people by telling them the benefits that they did not get to enjoy. Besides, both of them did not criticize their foes. Hitler did not criticize British. Churchill was talking about the sacrifice done by British soldiers.
In terms of language, both used simply structured sentences so that their messages can be grabbed by all their audience regardless of social background and age. They also created sympathy to get the attention of their audience. Hitler explained about the sufferings that German was going through during the war. Churchill was emphasizing on the death of uncountable number of their loyal soldiers.
All these are very effective features to get people to support them. We can adopt and adapt some of the characteristics of these good speeches. We can use them in our coming speeches. I am sure that they are going to be useful and fruitful. A good speech is always a well prepared one.
Churchill’s speech ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ in 1940 and Hitler’s speech at the Berlin Sports Palace in 1941 share some common features. Both speeches show good persuasion skills. Churchill kept inspiring his people to keep on fighting whereby, Hitler was defending his own people by telling them the benefits that they did not get to enjoy. Besides, both of them did not criticize their foes. Hitler did not criticize British. Churchill was talking about the sacrifice done by British soldiers.
In terms of language, both used simply structured sentences so that their messages can be grabbed by all their audience regardless of social background and age. They also created sympathy to get the attention of their audience. Hitler explained about the sufferings that German was going through during the war. Churchill was emphasizing on the death of uncountable number of their loyal soldiers.
All these are very effective features to get people to support them. We can adopt and adapt some of the characteristics of these good speeches. We can use them in our coming speeches. I am sure that they are going to be useful and fruitful. A good speech is always a well prepared one.
I just wonder how all great leaders have all same characteristics in common. The way they deliver their speech, their intonation, style and persuasive skills are really mesmerizing. Eventhough Hitler and Churchill were dictators, I admire their leadership skills.
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