The Speech_Ayla

The Speech E-Magazine Ayla Saruhan

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I dedicate this magazine to my grandma Carla because she is the one that let me bring her story to life.

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Table of Contents

• Story Board and Evidence

pgs. 4-10

• Historical Narrative

pgs. 11 – 12

• Afterword

pg. 13

• About the Author

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• Bibliography

pg. 15

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Story Board 1. (Beginning) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A, J.F.K is about to give a speech on live T.V about the Soviet Union sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. 1962, October, 22nd. Dad, Charlie, Mom, Julie, Me, Carla, Sister, Paula, Brother, Dick, Brother, Bill, Brother, Mike.

5. (Middle) As a necessary military precaution, J.F.K has evacuated guantanamo base in Cuba of the dependants. 5, not allowing any other foreign powers to have military presence.

2. (Beginning) Feeling, the soft cushions from the couch, and the smooth fabric covering the couch. Smelling, the leftovers from baked chicken. Tasting, the leftover fried chicken in her teeth and having a dry mouth. Hearing, J.F.K’s voice on the B&W T.V. Seeing, J.F.K sitting at a desk in B&W on the T.V.

6. (Middle) Flashback to the start of the speech where J.F.K starts speaking about how the Soviet Union has started to send ‘offensive weapons’ to Cuba, pointed at all the Americas. Not scared, because she thinks it will be solved without violence and she believes that she will be safe either way.

3. (Middle) J.F.K talks about how the 1930s taught the U.S, ‘aggressive conduct if it is allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war’. Prevent the use of these missiles. To take further action initial steps, strict quarantine over Cuba is being initiated to check all boats and ships going into Cuba, from wherever, if found to be holding offensive weapons will be turned and sent back to wherever they came from.

4. (Middle) Quarantine will not be extended to denying the necessities of life. Close surveillance of Cuba and its military buildup. The U.S armed forces were told to ‘prepare for any eventuality that might occur’. It shall be the policy to acknowledge any nuclear missiles, launched from Cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an act of aggression by the Soviet Union against the United States.

7. (End) The Soviet Government unarms all nuclear weapons in Cuba and sends them back to Russia, in addition the U.S takes their nuclear weapons that were pointing at Russia from Italy and Turkey.

8. (End) my grandma’s realization at age 15 was...

Enlightenment: We shouldn’t allow the Soviet Union to take over countries.

Side note (The U.S was in defcon 2, 1 step away from nuclear war)

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Historical Narrative Packet

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up with to stop the Soviet Union from sending nuclear missiles into Cuba?

I ask myself. s I rub my hands across our brown colored couch, I feel the soft cushions. I smell the baked chicken that my mom made for dinner just an hour and a half ago; it smells like grease and gravy. I taste the leftover chicken in between my teeth, and my mouth is dry. I hear my heart beat, like the steady bass drum from a song and I hear John F. Kennedy talking in a monotone voice in the background, still giving his speech. We live in a 2story house in Dayton, Ohio, our house is surrounded by trees and leaves in a small neighborhood. I look around and see my younger sister, Paula, she is sitting next me; I wonder what she thinks about all of this, mean, what would this seem

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e will be setting up a quarantine over Cuba to check all boats and ships for any ‘offensive weapons’.” States John F. Kennedy confidently, sitting at a desk in his black and white suit, while my family and I watch him on our black and white television. ’ve heard from a lot of my friends that John F. Kennedy is one of the best presidents so far.” I tell my parents. es, many people do believe that, it’s just personal preference.” My mom Julie replies. his is the solution that John F. Kennedy has come

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like to a 13-year-old girl? Is she scared? I look in front of myself and see the 35th president, still sitting at his desk on the black and white T.V, still talking.

“When will this speech be over?” I wonder. e all remember the 1930’s and from that we learned that aggressive conduct if it is allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war.” John F. Kennedy continues, “However, the quarantine will not extend so far as to deny the necessities of life.

We will keep close surveillance on Cuba and its military build up. The U.S armed forces have been told to prepare for any eventuality that might

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think that. The Soviet Union will listen to the U.S and they will both take away all nuclear weapons that are pointing to each other's areas, if the U.S even has missiles pointing at the Soviet Union. realize now that we shouldn’t let any country just walk in and take over other countries or place nuclear weapons in different countries to potentially bomb other countries or areas. We shouldn’t let the other countries do this because if we let them do this, then they will become more and more powerful and we will not be able to stop them, I don’t think anyone will be able to stop them because they will have all the prepped missiles and all the strategic locations.

Everyone needs to keep an eye on each other because different countries can’t trust each other anymore, this is very sorrowful because we are all humans, we are all equal, and we can’t even trust each other.

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Map showing the radius of the missiles that could have potentially been launched.

occur.” John F. Kennedy explains.

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’m supposed to be scared

right? Am I supposed to be nervous? Why am I so calm? What’s wrong with me? This is a dangerous situation considering that nuclear bombs could reach any of the Americas within minutes. Plus, we live within 20 miles of a target for nuclear missiles. I’ll just go with the flow. As I think about this, I just shrug and refocus my hearing to the black and white television. sa necessary

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precaution we have evacuated all dependent’s from the Guantanamo base in Cuba. We have also not allowed any foreign military power to interfere.” remember around 10 minutes ago, at the start of John F. Kennedy’s speech he had told us about how the Soviet Union was sending nuclear warheads to Cuba pointed to all the Americas. I remember not being scared at the start of the speech either because I trusted that the U.S would be able to solve this without violence, and I still

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Afterword On October 22nd, 1962, J.F.K, the 35th president gave a speech on live T.V in the U.S about how the Soviet Union was sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. If the missiles were launched from Cuba then they could have reached any of the Americas within minutes.

The U.S had decided to set up a blockade around Cuba, checking all ships and boats heading to Cuba for any ‘offensive weapons’. If the U.S found any nuclear weapons on the ships, they would turn the ship around and send them back to where ever they came from. Even though this was a strict quarantine, J.F.K announced that the U.S would not deny any necessities of life from the Cuban people.

Rudolf Anderson, Jr. was the only person documented to die because of the Cuban Missile Crisis; he was shot down by enemy fire over Cuba while he was in his U-2F spy aircraft, trying to look down on Cuba to see what the Soviet Union was setting up.

In the end the Soviet Union disassembled all missiles in Cuba and were sent back to Russia, where they came from. It was later found out that the U.S also had missiles pointing to the Soviet Union that were disassembled and sent back to the U.S.

Rudolf Anderson, Jr Age 35

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About the Author

Ayla Saruhan is a 7th grade student at IICS. This is her tenth year at IICS. Ayla Saruhan’s passion is photography and she lives with her brother, mother and father in a house in Istanbul, Turkey. She was born in Istanbul and has lived there her whole life, so far. Her mother is American and her father is Turkish. Her mother’s family lives across the United States of America and her father’s family lives throughout Turkey. She likes to read fantasy books and spend time with her family during the weekends and her free time.

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Works Cited: A map of Cuba and part of the Americas. Digital image. BBC. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.

John F. Kennedy sitting at his desk giving a speech on live television for all of the United States to see.

Digital image. The Nation, Investing Progress Daily. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.

John F. Kennedy. Digital image. Bartleby.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Digital image. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

Image of the Soviet Union covered with the Soviet Union Flag. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

"Cuban Missile Crisis." Britannica School. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.

"Cuban Missile Crisis." EBSCO. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

"Cuba and the Cold War." BBC. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.

Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

"Rudolf Anderson Jr." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

Credit to my brother, Sam for logo creation.

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