...Rhetorical Analysis of President George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” On September 11, 2001 the United States was tragically struck by a series of terrorist attacks that left many people dead and many fearful of the future. The President of the United States at the time, George W. Bush, addressed the nation shortly after the attacks in his “9/11 Address to the Nation,” which was aired across the country to ease any fears amongst citizens and to assure that he was qualified to handle such a dire situation. In his speech, Bush uses organization, tone, and diction to achieve his purpose of connecting to his audience on a more personal level. In his Address, Bush discusses the events of 9/11 in a chronological and orderly fashion, helping...
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...9/11 Speech Rhetorical Analysis Essay The setting of this speech was September 11, 2001 and our former president during the time, George Bush, was addressing the nation about an infamous terrorist attack on the twin towers in lower Manhattan, New York, The Pentagon in Washington D.C, and flight 93 that landed in a field in Pennsylvania. The towers took up over 16 acres of land and both stood at 1,362 feet with 104 floors. The terrorist attack on the twin towers had the most fatalities with 2,606 that perished. Flight 93 obtained 44 fatalities including the 4 hijackers. The pentagon was attacked on the west side of the building, which was thankfully under construction that day which led to no casualties besides the terrorists. The president had to address the nation about what was happening and help people understand the importance of keeping our nation safe. The president got the attention of the nation with his opening sentence. Bush said, “Today our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and...
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...George Bush Speech Analysis Name: Institution: George Bush Speech Analysis In the evening of September 11 the year 2001, George Bush addressed the United States of America upon the incident of the terrorist attack that had occurred about 12 hours earlier. The attack would define the presidency of Bush that would lead to the changes in the foreign policies of America, the Iraq and Afghanistan interventions as well as years of how to combat terrorism controversies. The president wanted to assure Americans that they still had a functioning government, listing the support from other nations in the terrorism fight and promise and vow to bring those who were involved to justice. That was when men who were 19 in number colluded and worked together to highjack four airplanes that were heading for California. The essay below looks into the various aspects of the speech that the president presented mainly to comfort as well as encourage the Americans despite the attack, in the speech. It looks at the impacts of the address, his resent on the incident, his personality, in addition to his efforts to assure American citizens of the government’s industrious steps to protect them as well as the impacts that the speech had after the proposed counterterrorism measures that involved developing a robust national security as discussed in the paper. The President of America, George Bush addressed upon the unfortunate events of 9-11 that had unfolded in 2011 the month of September...
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...Avery Jarosh Rhetorical Device Essay In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Antony speaks at Caesar’s funeral and uses this time to persuade the people to ignore Brutus’s speech and prove that the Conspirators should pay for their crime by speaking positively of the conspirators. In President Bush’s Address on 9/11, President Bush tried to explain that as a country, we will remain united and strong, also that we are going to do everything possible to find the terrorists and punish them for their evil acts. Both of these speeches use pathos to be more effective reaching out to the people and get them on board. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses many examples of pathos to get the public to feel a greater connection with Antony as he is giving his speech at Caesar’s funeral. One example is when Antony’s “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar/And [Antony] must pause till it [comes] back”(Shakespeare 132). When the public is able to see see an emotional side of a person, it is a shock. Most upper class are stoics and when Antony starts to break down, it makes them feel as if they can connect with him. His “heart in the coffin with Caesar” shows that when Caesar was killed, a part of him was also killed and the public sympathizes with him, Shakespeare uses these words to emphasize the emotional attachment Antony has with Caesar. Also, when Antony tells the people that “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept”(Shakespeare 131), he is trying to...
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...On 20 September, 2001, President George Walker Bush addressed the Nation in a Joint Session of Congress, in the wake of the terror attacks upon America on 11 September, 2001. At this time in history, the United States needed direction and support for how it was going to deal with the most costly and bloodiest terrorist attacks in the Nation’s history: the American people demanded the President address the Nation after the attacks, and nine days later, the President delivered his speech. Across the country, emotions ran high in America and many were in constant fear for their lives and their country. “Is another attack coming?” “What will be the next target?” “Could this be the end of the world?” many pondered. Throughout the country the airlines halted service, the New York Stock Exchange temporarily suspended its operations and nearly every television station around the country relayed the latest news covering the latest developments in those uncertain times. The American people prodded answers from their leaders, “Who’s responsible?” “Why did they do this?” “What’s next?” So when President addressed the nation not only did he have to answer those questions, but he also had to quash fears and reinstill a sense of pride and stability in the American people. Hailed by many, “The speech that made the Bush Presidency,” the President utilized several techniques, explicit and implicit, that had effectively neutralized public fears and persuaded the people toward collective action....
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...George Bush’s speech addressing the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, one of the most crucial attacks against the United States in the countries’ history. At the time he addresses the nation, the attack was already over. Bush’s career started as governor of Texas in 1995 and in 2000 he resigned as governor of Texas, to run for the presidency. He was the president of the United States at the time of the attack on the World Trade Center. In the speech address by former President Bush, he tries to persuade the American people that the country was attacked by terrorists and that he is doing everything in his power to help the citizens of the nation. He talks about how America was attack because they are known for their opportunities...
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...the existence of a lone superpower nation which easily dominated the other countries of the world in terms of military strength and international economic and political influence. With this never-before-seen position of power in the modern, globalized world came the heightened importance of American foreign policy decisions, and the world waited to see how the US would react to being thrust abruptly into this role of the unipole of world power. The first test of US foreign policy as the sole superpower would actually come before the official dissolution of the USSR (though it had been in steep economic decline for some time), when Saddam Hussein lead the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. US President George H. W. Bush would place this conflict into perspective for the countries now looking to the US for leadership in his address to a joint session of Congress and the nation on September 11, 1990, and it was then that he most famously claimed that the US would strive to establish and protect the concept of a New World Order (NWO): “We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective -- a new world order -- can emerge: a new era -- freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace”. The cooperation to which Bush refers is the ability of the countries...
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...Address to the Nation 9/11/2001 The address to the nation was given to the American people following the events of September 11th 2001. It is credited for inspiring the American people to pull together and rise up to the challenge of moving forward after such a tragedy. At the beginning of the speech the camera starts off a little left of center with President George W. Bush sitting at the Presidential desk with his hands calmly folded. He simply says “Good evening.” “Today our fellow citizens, our way of life our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks.” This speech is a great example of how a single person can bring a nation together using emotion (pathos) and authority (ethos). This speech appeal to the emotions of the Americans at the time is one of its strongest attributes. President Bush personalizes all of the victims with Americans by listing their jobs and referring to them as our children, our fathers, our mothers and friends. He also recalled very horrifying events in vivid detail which helped the listener relive those events over in their mind. He also reassured the public he would find and punish those responsible for the events of that day. He then quoted Psalms and closed with “good night and God bless America.” Sitting at the executive desk of the President in the oval office is the very symbol of ethos in America. This tells us that he is the leader of the free world and that there is no one more powerful than...
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...With any U.S. president there are going to be achievements and also controversies. The last two presidents the United States have elected into office have had to deal with major national crisis as well of the other burdens and responsibilities of being president. Each president has had very defining events and decisions of their presidency that they will be remembered for and that have made lasting changes for the United States. In 2001 George W. Bush became one of the few U.S presidents to win the Electoral College vote, but lose the National popular vote. He lost the National popular vote by more then half a million voters. Most people believe if you win the National popular vote you win Electoral College vote, and in most cases that does happen but for the first since Benjamin Harris’ presidency Bush won with 271 electoral votes. He needed 270 to win. In his first State of the Union address in 2001, he vowed to end racial profiling. In 2003 although not completely affective or airtight he issued an order to about seventy law enforcement agencies calling for an end to racial and ethnic profiling. This was the first ban of its kind. One of Bushes first policy decisions was on the matter of abortion. He decided to reinstate the ban on aid to international groups performing or counseling on abortion. Former President Ronald Reagan originally initiated the ban, which was a controversial political matter that was in and out of affect for over 25 years. The ban was rescinded during...
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...President George W. Bush was in office during the 9/11 attacks. This was a tragic moment in the United States history and the future of American foreign policy! This is what the President had to say in his address to the nation “On the morning of September the 11th, 2001, our nation awoke to a nightmare attack. Nineteen men armed with box cutters took control of airplanes and turned them into missiles. They used them to kill nearly 3,000 innocent people. We watched the twin towers collapse before our eyes, and it became instantly clear that we'd entered a new world and a dangerous new war”1. The President starts of by reminding the people of the United States of how the terrorist took down the twin towers and killed innocent people. Now there seems to be a trend when the word terrorism and innocent appears. Not implying that the 9/11 victims were not innocent, but that there is always an innocent group when a terrorist group attacks. At the end of the paragraph President Bush has declared a new type of warfare and how it won’t be like anything the United States has dealt with. The president goes on to state this new type of war, “The terrorists who declared war on America represent no nation. They defend no territory. And they wear no uniform. They do not mass armies on borders or flotillas of warships on...
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...Since 1993 Americans have faced new forms of globalization, new technologies, and new modes of warfare. President Bill Clinton was one of the presidents that had to deal with the challenges facing the post-Cold War world. He incorporated globalization as the key to economic prosperity and showed his eagerness to promote and defend the U.S national security. As globalization impacted the nation by bringing new opportunities and posing additional challenges. It promoted international cooperation and free trade among nations. However, globalization brought many problems like rapid industrialization, water pollution, climate change, and the destruction of primeval forests. Globalization thrust American business outward, bringing a new population of immigrants to the United States. Immigration also made an impact on the American Society since 9/11. Since the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which repealed discriminatory as the country experience a wave of immigration comparable to the turn of...
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...THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS AND AMERICA’S FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SECURITY MEASURES [pic] By Latisha Gant Table of Contents I. Introduction A. How has America’s Attitude toward terrorism changed after September 11, 20011 B. What are people and Government reactions to terrorism after 911? C. Why was America’s Protection Agency Homeland Security Formed? II. Balancing American Civil rights and Against Terrorism A. What is American Census and Attitude towards Terrorist Security Measures? B. What is the political thought of American’s civil right attitudes after 911? C. What is the impact of Post 911 terrorist event and Iraq War on civil rights and Terrorism? III. Recent Trends in Americans Excepting New Security Measures as a Way of Life A. What is the impact of terrorism on American and global way of Life? B. What are the disadvantages and advantages of heightened Homeland Security Measures? C. What do people fear terrorist attacks or civil rights infringements the most? V. Conclusion THESIS STATEMENT This research paper will focus on the balancing of the relationship between American civil rights and America’s fight against terrorism. Terrorism has changed the way we use public transportation, travel in airports and train stations, eat in hotels and restaurants see movies, almost everything we do can be attacked by terrorist in America today. Terrorism by terrorist like Bin Laden and Al-Quada have influenced...
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...U.S. Government after 9\11 Markel Limbacker Kaplan College Abstract The U.S. Government has made many changes to the way it handles everyday functions. The acts of September 11, know as 9\11 made the government look at things differently. When the two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers located in the middle of New York City the government woke up from its sleep that day. The security in the U.S. did a complete turnaround and the USA Patriot Act was born. U.S. Government after 9\11 Since the attack on American soil the government issued the USA Patriot Act. This was created to deter and punish terrorist acts in and around the United States. It was also designed to enhanced law enforcement and the way it handles investigations. The USA Patriot Act gives the government more power in controlling attackers. It gives more awareness to those in charge in protecting the government and its people. USA Patriot Act: The act was made to unite and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. This was the main reason the act was created on October 26, 2001. The act allows the government to monitor money laundering, financial crimes, and finances of terrorists groups. It allows the government to monitor banks across the United States. Laws have been created to monitor bank officials inputting data into the system that will alert the government of it’s actively. Anything that looks suspicious...
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...Compare and Contrast Essay#1 Even though 9/11 and the bombing of Pearl Harbor were two different events, they both hurt the U.S. There are two speeches that I am going to compare and contrast. The first one is,” Infamy” spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The second is ,” 9/11 Address to the Nation” spoken by George W. Bush after the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. The time periods for these two speeches are different in many ways. The first speech,”Infamy”, was given on December 8, 1941, while the speech,”9/11 Address to the Nation” was given on September 11, 2001. The time period for the first speech is in the 1940’s where the military wasn’t at its strongest, and also the Battle of Britian had also just...
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...citizens and ultimately leading to changes in anti-terror approaches and operations in the U.S and around the globe. (www.fbi.gov). Before 9/11 occurred, the U.S was encountering a period of peace and economic boom. This fostered the illusion that International Relations were of no great significance in the wider arena. The American public and political classes were unconcerned with previous attacks on the World Trade Centre in 94, the attack on the USS Cole, and the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Attacks of 9/11 and the fall of the World Trade Centre’s marked the beginning of the real 21st century. (Brown 04). 9/11 was not simply an act of terror but the most destructive single act of terror since World War 2. Many in the Islamic community saw the attack, as an attack on “the symbolic heart of global capitalism” (Brown 04). 9/11 galvanised the American people, and less then 12 hours after the attacks, president Bush formally declared a “war on terror”. Overnight America’s relationships with Russia, China and India improved. Britain and Australia were also seen as close allies. President Bush and his supporters stressed the need to go on the offensive against terrorists, to deploy the U.S. military, and to promote democracy in the Middle East. (Gordon 07). The U.S is fighting a war on terror and must remain on the offensive. The Bush administration feel, that U.S. power is the foundation of global order, and the spread of democracy and freedom is the key to a safer...
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