In the paragraph beginning on page 2 and ending on the top of page 3, Kennedy uses the
word "torch" as
John F. Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United
States. In January 1961, when Kennedy gave this speech at
his inauguration as president, the Cold War was raging
between the United States and the Soviet Union. Fear of
communism and its threat to democratic principles was
widespread, and people feared that deadly nuclear
weapons could be used at any moment
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural
Address
a symbol of inherited civic responsibility
a simile comparing America to other nations
a metaphor for modern innovation
We observe today not a victory of party but a
celebration of freedom-symbolizing an end
as well as a beginning-signifying renewal as
well as change. For I have sworn before you
and Almighty God the same solemn oath our
forbears prescribed nearly a century and
three-quarters ago.
an allusion to old-fashioned values
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