George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” was a speech, which was given after the catastrophic event that occurred on September 11, 2001. Two airplanes were hijacked and were crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the whole world. He addressed this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, highlighting how America’s freedom was attacked. Thousands of innocent people died while thousands of people were wounded. After the event, President Bush sent out special forces to investigate who was responsible for this, so they can give them the punishment they deserve. This speech was to show that the United States is a strong country, explain why this incident occurred, as well as to bring
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Bush leads into the comparison of America, to the steel in the buildings that were demolished by the planes crashing into the buildings. “They cannot dent the steel of American resolve” emphasizes that the terrorists can dent the steel in the buildings, but they cannot dent the overall steel and strength of America (Bush 1). The dangerous acts executed by the terrorists were to get America frightened. Little do they know, America is a strong country and they would not let anything hinder their confidence and safety. Furthermore, President Bush proclaimed that America was a “brightest beacon” America was chosen to be attacked due to our success, also our bright future (Bush 1). This shows that other countries are jealous of the prosperity America possesses and they want to bring America down to the ground. These terrorists killed thousands of people in an attempt to demolish America, but America handled it by staying sturdy like steel. Bush’s use of metaphors helps visualize how strong America is, and that it will continue to remain …show more content…
To get the people to rise together as one, he doesn’t just point out the people that were killed in the event, but he got everybody in the country to get involved. The repetition of the word, “Our,” centers the tone of the speech more towards the whole United States instead of just the specific group of people that died from the event (Bush 1). This gets America essentially stronger because it targets America as a whole, making America come together and become more powerful. Another word Bush used a lot was, “For,” he repeated that word, wanting everybody in America to pray for all of the people that were a victim of the tragedy. Having all of America pray for the victims brings America that much closer together resulting in America gaining more strength. President Bush’s intentions were to bring up the hopes of America as well as to bring them together and make them
Bush leads into the comparison of America, to the steel in the buildings that were demolished by the planes crashing into the buildings. “They cannot dent the steel of American resolve” emphasizes that the terrorists can dent the steel in the buildings, but they cannot dent the overall steel and strength of America (Bush 1). The dangerous acts executed by the terrorists were to get America frightened. Little do they know, America is a strong country and they would not let anything hinder their confidence and safety. Furthermore, President Bush proclaimed that America was a “brightest beacon” America was chosen to be attacked due to our success, also our bright future (Bush 1). This shows that other countries are jealous of the prosperity America possesses and they want to bring America down to the ground. These terrorists killed thousands of people in an attempt to demolish America, but America handled it by staying sturdy like steel. Bush’s use of metaphors helps visualize how strong America is, and that it will continue to remain …show more content…
To get the people to rise together as one, he doesn’t just point out the people that were killed in the event, but he got everybody in the country to get involved. The repetition of the word, “Our,” centers the tone of the speech more towards the whole United States instead of just the specific group of people that died from the event (Bush 1). This gets America essentially stronger because it targets America as a whole, making America come together and become more powerful. Another word Bush used a lot was, “For,” he repeated that word, wanting everybody in America to pray for all of the people that were a victim of the tragedy. Having all of America pray for the victims brings America that much closer together resulting in America gaining more strength. President Bush’s intentions were to bring up the hopes of America as well as to bring them together and make them