Shanksville Speech Analysis

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Assignment # 1- President Clinton’s Shanksville Speech

I believe Clinton's speech for the 9/11 memorial was good. It was pretty straight forward, and to the point. Clinton tone was raspy and calm. Upon listening I felt the sincerity of his words. Clinton comparing the passengers on the plane on 9/11 to the spartan accepting their fate against the enemy with bravery. In this battle the soldiers lost their lives but their loved ones were saved in quote, “but the casualties they made and the time they bought saved the people they loved”. In comparison to the 911 passengers the people sacrificed their lives. “ “They saved the capitol from attack, they saved god knows how many lives.

Clinton’s body language was clear and certain. The pauses

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