The Story From Ground Zero In his article “The Price We Pay,” Adam Mayblum describes his firsthand experiences during the September eleventh attacks. He wants the American people to understand that the attack is a way for a malicious person to try and tear the American people apart. A terrorist wants to invoke fear and panic. Mayblum wants us to understand that even though the situation is devastating, we as American people should ban together in the face of adversity.…
In “After 9/11,” Charles Martin, the author, relates to the emotion condition of man in a way that few other could. Though he does so many times throughout this work, a focus should be placed on one particular chosen pair of words. Midway through this poem, Martin describes the many awful types of deaths that he victims suffered, but he ends his description by relating these deaths to the memory of those who saw the events on that day. Particularly, Martin writes, “The fall that our imaginations trace.” The final two words, “imaginations trace,” seem to be at first strangely written; however, when further examined it can be seen that the choice of words by Martin could be no greater.…
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.…
A staple of the horror genre has always been that of the mad scientist. From H.G. Wells ' Dr. Moreau to the more recent ideas of Dr. Josef Mengele in Ira Levin 's 1976 novel, The Boys From Brazil, these and other fictitious1 scientist 's dreams and schemes generate nothing but pure evil while running unrestricted and unaccountable, wreaking havoc upon humanity, with the ultimate result of the scientist receiving the recompense of his reward. Heather Douglas indulges herself with this fiction in her paper "The Dark Side of Science," which was published in The Scientist and reprinted in The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. She emotionally postulates that scientists should share a degree of accountability for the intentions and outcomes of their scientific discoveries, regardless of whether those present intentions and future outcomes are good- or ill-willed. Heather uses the…
It is more common for the public to hear of disasters rather disasters that were narrowly missed. In “The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis”, Joe Morgenstern tells the tale of structural engineer William LeMessurier navigating complicated ethical decisions in order to salvage a flawed building. By doing this LeMessurier risked his entire career and could have harmed thousands of people had he not made the right decisions. When LeMessurier had a student question a building he helped design, the Citicorp Center, he decided to test whether quartering winds would increase the strain on the building.…
Heroic First Responders On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, the most important people were not invited to the ceremony. The first responders that were present on 9/11 were not invited. Days before the ceremony, “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11” by Michael Burke was published discussing the importance of the first responders, how much they should be respected and how they need be invited to the anniversary ceremony. He felt as if that they needed more recognition than the politicians that were being invited to the ceremony.…
The events of September 11 have impacted Americans in many similar ways throughout the nation. In Kearney’s writing, “Terror, Philosophy and the Sublime: Some Philosophical Reflections on 11 September”, he discusses the events that took place and he brings up a question, “how can we understand what happened on September 11?” His piece talks about the idea that the “terror” from 9/11 comes from inside and out, meaning that the thoughts AND actions of everyone involved impacted the outcome of the days and events following 9/11. Kearney wrote this in order to create commonality throughout the nation by using the reactions of Americans, and factors that influenced their reactions after 9/11, in an attempt to ease the worry and pain of Americans. Kearney is able to successfully use logical reasoning and emotional examples to deepen his article.…
When Billy Collins wrote “The Names," America was enamored by tragedy. Speaking of tragedy, the pain in his poem is shockingly detailed among few lines. The presentation of his captivating words, paints pictures in the minds of his readers. For me, as I read this piece of his work I had the same experience. The United States monuments Sept. 11, 2001, as the day that will never be forgotten.…
Bush’s speech comforted the devastated nation by telling us acts of heroism and by telling us that we were going to get the men who did it. He wanted to comfort the nation because we were all affected by the tragedy of September 11th. He knew that we were confused about who did this and why anyone would ever do this. He comforted us by saying that the world was with us, supporting us and that we would never forget our nation’s national anthem playing at places such as Buckingham Palace, the streets of Paris and Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Knowing that the world’s prayers and support was with us reminded us that the entire world felt for us in the face of this tragedy.…
Typically, the tones found in articles are used to promote and support each piece’s specific purpose. In a piece, the tone the author uses has an incredible influence over the audience's’ opinions pertaining to the article. Consequently, author’s specifically choose tones that cater to their specific purpose for writing. In the article “The Real New York Giants”, Rick Reilly uses a tone that promotes his article’s purpose. Reilly’s purpose is to inform his audience that a large event, like 9/11, can have tremendous effects on even the smallest aspects of society.…
September 11, 2001 is a day that forever left a mark on the American people. On this day, millions of Americans became unified in their grief and their desire to make sense of a senseless tragedy. In order to find solace and understanding, many looked towards the news and other sources. These sources provided the words that many could not form themselves, and these words reflected the thoughts and feelings of not only an individual, but the thoughts and feelings of an entire nation. Leonard Pitts Jr. and Dave Barry were two such sources.…
The Psychology of Evil What does it mean to be evil? chances are when everyone is growing up ask at one point, what makes someone turn from good into evil? In the lecture we went over one layout of Milgram’s obedience study we went over during a lecture also could help explain what we now think evil is. In This study Milgram tested the obedience of people to see how far they would go on inflicting pain on someone else because someone of authority told them too, which made people wonder if obedience inferred evil.…
We are humans and have good in ourselves, humans are to act as well mean, and not as inhumane this is what make us humans. Mother Teresa echoes, “Give, but give until it hurts.” She has similar principle to Singer’s principle, which is if it’s in our hands to prevent something happening without sacrificing anything of comparable morale significate, then we ought to do…
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.…
The article “The Frivolity of Evil” was written by Theodore Dalrymple. The writer of this article works in the hospital and prison. While working he saw different types of people. He heard different types of story from different people. In this article he tries to explain who does more wrong in life wants to become good.…