No Hero’s at Ground Zero
In the article, “ No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?”, Michael Burke reaches out to the influential people of Wall Street to get their support. The tenth anniversary of 9/11 was held at Ground Zero and Mayor Bloomberg claimed there was no room for the firemen, yet he invited politicians. September 11, 2001 was an unimaginable event, and the firemen and first responders of New York were heroic and they are more deserving than anyone to be at the tenth anniversary. Michael Burke builds his argument off of narrative and figurative language.
Burke used the technique of narrative to build his argument, primarily. Narrative is a type of writing technique that is used to tell a story or in this case describe a story. Burke …show more content…
An example of Burke using figurative language is his use of an anaphora. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase. A time when an anaphora is being used is the quotes “And still they went up,”(5) “And still they went in,”(3). This use of an anaphora creates a picture of what the firemen really had to go through on the day of 9/11, yet they weren’t invited to the tenth anniversary. The firemen knew going into the Twin Towers could have a negative outcome, but still they proceed in doing their courageous duties. Additionally, Burke also used the technique of an aphorism. A definition of aphorism is a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author. An example of an aphorism being used is the quote Burke borrowed from Winston Churchill, “‘Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others.’”(11) This quote sums up the characteristics of a fireman; they are courageous, and they are the heroes of 9/11. As the people of wall street were fleeing the scene, those firemen and first responders were still going in and they were still going up. Because of those firemen, many lives were saved, including some of those wealthy people of Wall Street. Therefore, Burke made the audience realize what those firemen really went through on 9/11 so that they could influence Bloomberg to invite them to the
In the article, “ No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?”, Michael Burke reaches out to the influential people of Wall Street to get their support. The tenth anniversary of 9/11 was held at Ground Zero and Mayor Bloomberg claimed there was no room for the firemen, yet he invited politicians. September 11, 2001 was an unimaginable event, and the firemen and first responders of New York were heroic and they are more deserving than anyone to be at the tenth anniversary. Michael Burke builds his argument off of narrative and figurative language.
Burke used the technique of narrative to build his argument, primarily. Narrative is a type of writing technique that is used to tell a story or in this case describe a story. Burke …show more content…
An example of Burke using figurative language is his use of an anaphora. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase. A time when an anaphora is being used is the quotes “And still they went up,”(5) “And still they went in,”(3). This use of an anaphora creates a picture of what the firemen really had to go through on the day of 9/11, yet they weren’t invited to the tenth anniversary. The firemen knew going into the Twin Towers could have a negative outcome, but still they proceed in doing their courageous duties. Additionally, Burke also used the technique of an aphorism. A definition of aphorism is a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author. An example of an aphorism being used is the quote Burke borrowed from Winston Churchill, “‘Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others.’”(11) This quote sums up the characteristics of a fireman; they are courageous, and they are the heroes of 9/11. As the people of wall street were fleeing the scene, those firemen and first responders were still going in and they were still going up. Because of those firemen, many lives were saved, including some of those wealthy people of Wall Street. Therefore, Burke made the audience realize what those firemen really went through on 9/11 so that they could influence Bloomberg to invite them to the