9/11/01 will forever be remembered as one of the saddest, terrifying days in American history. This date will forever be imprinted on the minds of Americans who lost their loved ones, saw their city turn to chaos and their country in high distress and despair. The terrorist organization “al Qaeda” was responsible for this terror attacks hitting the world trade center and the pentagon, a couple of our most prized monuments. However, this could not bring the greatest land in the world to it’s feet, America is fiercer than that. In George Bush’s speech, addressed just 12 hours after the attack he lit a fire in the belly of Americans, he encourages strength and bravery in the people of the freedom land. He proclaims in his speech “these acts of murder were intended to frighten
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His worlds are convincing, determined and sorrowful. That said, he spoke to the people with the words they wanted to hear, where they all true is the question or was it just a ploy to put the people at bay by telling them what they wanted to hear and not necessarily what they needed to hear. Either way his speech goes down in history and the people who experienced 9/11 will now be asked questions similar to those who experienced JFK assassination and pearl harbors attack. Since there was so much weight on this situation he was tactful and effective in using rhetorical appeals to divert from one rhetorical situation the death, blood and despair to honoring a great land and making himself relatable. His tone and words were so powerful the people could foresee and visualize a better future one with rectification. Finally when Bush recites the psalms 23 he solidified himself in the hearts of all those who lost their husband, mother, neighbor or colleague and used religion as a commonality among all to incite compassion but also fight for all those who
His worlds are convincing, determined and sorrowful. That said, he spoke to the people with the words they wanted to hear, where they all true is the question or was it just a ploy to put the people at bay by telling them what they wanted to hear and not necessarily what they needed to hear. Either way his speech goes down in history and the people who experienced 9/11 will now be asked questions similar to those who experienced JFK assassination and pearl harbors attack. Since there was so much weight on this situation he was tactful and effective in using rhetorical appeals to divert from one rhetorical situation the death, blood and despair to honoring a great land and making himself relatable. His tone and words were so powerful the people could foresee and visualize a better future one with rectification. Finally when Bush recites the psalms 23 he solidified himself in the hearts of all those who lost their husband, mother, neighbor or colleague and used religion as a commonality among all to incite compassion but also fight for all those who