Help please The lesson explains that the main idea of Kennedy’s speech was to convince his audience to, “welcome the job of defending freedom.” He does this by “addressing fears”, “reaching out to adversaries”, and “reaffirming the nation’s strength and ideals of freedom”.

Take “reaching out to adversaries” for a moment. Analyze the speech looking for evidence of how Kennedy reaches out to adversaries. How does reaching out to adversaries in this way support his main idea?