Why does president kennedy talk about the weather and football teams in his speech?

He did this to make his speech more relaxed and lighter. That way the audience would feel closer to him, because that would bring the appearance of a normal guy to the president.

Their goal was to create an atmosphere of camaraderie, so people might think, "The president worries about the weather and watches football. This guy is people like us." So people would identify with him and he would gain their trust.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.

the answer to the blank is recite