The main focus in the speech is the educational equality, Mandela talks about how he wants a better education for everyone whether they’re black or white. The tone of his speech is serious, but also hopeful and optimistic, he has hope for South Africa and he wants to change things for the better, and the people need to have hope too so they can all work hard for their goal. As the first black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela is a trustworthy person, people trust him to do the right thing, and they trust him to fight for them and for their rights, and that’s why the forms of appeal in the speech is mostly ethos. He also uses pathos talking about the Soweto Uprising and about the youth and especially Hector Peterson, a black South African school kid who was shot and killed by the police that day and a picture of him dead in his father’s arms went viral. In the speech, Mandela uses inclusive language, which means, he uses “we, us, our” to include everyone in the message he’s trying to send to the people. The rhetorical question of this speech is “So Where To Now?”, Mandela does not expect people to answer this question. He askes the question three times in his speech, the first time he asks it to reflect on the things that happened on June 16, 1974 “"So whereto now? In the sacrifices that were borne by Hector Peterson1 and many other young people, there seemed to lie an answer. That the destiny of the youth was the grave and the hangman's noose, detention and long terms of imprisonment, exile and banishment.”. The second time he asks it, he addresses the problems that the youth and the people were facing in the past during apartheid “"So whereto now?", the answer of the youth and people of South Africa was: to battle, to struggle, to more bravery.” But the last time he uses it is to give them hope, to encourage them to move forward to achieve their goal. “Let us together answer the question, "So whereto now?", with a new youthful determination to learn, to build and to live life to the full. The country thirsts for your talents and energy.” Mandela wants the youth to receive this message because they are the future of South Africa, and he hopes that they will continue his doing in the future. “I wish to use this opportunity to send out an invitation to the youth of our country to be a full part of the exciting transformation that we are engaged in.”

Hovedfokus i talen er uddannelsesligestilling, Mandela taler om, hvordan han ønsker en bedre uddannelse for alle, uanset om de er sorte eller hvide. Tonen i hans tale er alvorlig, men også håbefuld og optimistisk, han har håb for Sydafrika, og han vil ændre tingene til det bedre, og befolkningen skal også have håb, så de alle kan arbejde hårdt for deres mål. Som den første sorte præsident i Sydafrika er Nelson Mandela en troværdig person, folk stoler på ham til at gøre det rigtige, og de stoler på ham til at kæmpe for dem og for deres rettigheder, og derfor er appelformerne i talen mest etos. Han bruger også patos til at tale om Soweto -opstanden og om ungdommen og især Hector Peterson, en sort sydafrikansk skolebarn, der blev skudt og dræbt af politiet den dag, og et billede af ham død i sin fars arme gik viralt. I talen bruger Mandela inklusivt sprog, hvilket betyder, at han bruger "vi, os, vores" til at inkludere alle i den besked, han forsøger at sende til folket. Det retoriske spørgsmål i denne tale er "Så hvor skal nu?", Mandela forventer ikke, at folk svarer på dette spørgsmål. Han stiller spørgsmålet tre gange i sin tale, første gang han beder det om at reflektere over de ting, der skete den 16. juni 1974 "" Så hvad nu?I ofrene, der blev båret af Hector Peterson1 og mange andre unge mennesker, syntes der at ligge et svar. At ungdommens skæbne var graven og bøjlerens løkke, tilbageholdelse og lange fængselsstraf, eksil og forvisning. ”. Anden gang, han spørger det, tager han fat på de problemer, som ungdommen og folket tidligere stod over for under apartheid "" Så hvad nu? ", Svarede ungdommen og befolkningen i Sydafrika: at kæmpe, kæmpe, til mere tapperhed. ” Men sidste gang han bruger det, er at give dem håb, at opmuntre dem til at komme videre for at nå deres mål. ”Lad os sammen besvare spørgsmålet,” Så hvad nu? ”Med en ny ungdommelig beslutsomhed om at lære, at bygge og at leve livet fuldt ud. Landet tørster efter dine talenter og energi. ” Mandela vil have de unge til at modtage dette budskab, fordi de er Sydafrikas fremtid, og han håber, at de vil fortsætte med at gøre det i fremtiden. "Jeg ønsker at benytte lejligheden til at sende en invitation til vores lands unge til at være en fuld del af den spændende transformation, vi er i gang med."