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Essay / FDR's First Inaugural Address, The Fog of Fear: Alan...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a very interesting life. He was the 32nd President of the United States. He was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley of New York. His parents were James Roosevelt and Sara Ann Delano. Surprisingly, his parents were sixth cousins. He went to Harvard College and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He then married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin. Together they had six children. Anna, James, Franklin, who died less than a year after birth, Elliot, Franklin Delano Junior and John. Eleanor left the White House after widespread rumors about her affairs. She didn't even come back to help him when he was in such poor health. In Alan Axelrod's interpretation of Roosevelt's first inaugural address, his points about fear being a fog, being interested rather than afraid, and lifting the fog and moving through a situation rather than being overwhelmed, are all valid. The first valid point Alan Axelrod makes in his interpretation of Roosevelt's first inaugural address is that fear is a fog. This is legitimate in many ways. In...