Rhetorical Analysis Of George Bush 9/11 Speech

“George Bush’s Address on the Start of War” was a speech set out to justify war. Bush tried to persuade Americans that retaliating to the September eleventh terrorist attack would help rather than hurt them. The terrorist attack, most commonly referred to as “9/11” was the primary influence for this address. Assuring the safety and well being of his fellow Americans, Bush pushes toward war to resolve the current issues at the time. George Bush’s pressing need to speak before the Americans is displayed through his persuasive tone and literary devices used in his address. Immediately grabbing the audience attention Bush starts his speech with with, “My fellow citizens...to defend the world from grave danger”, using the literary devices logos and ethos. By calling his audience, “Fellow citizens” Bush is showing that he is equal to all his Americans, using the literary device ethos. George Bush also says that the military will, “Defend the world from grave danger…” using pure reasoning to start war. Using the literary devices ethos and logos Bush holds his audience attention in order to persuade them to believe his views. …show more content…
Bush’s calming speech on how to handle the attacks on America helped citizens to cope and is still remembered today. Bush presented his speech soon after the terrorist attacks in order to address the people while they were still mourning and ready to get revenge on the terrorists. George Bush quickly assured safety through his troops so that the people would turn to his way of safety. Calming the American citizens in the heart of an attack was perfect timing in order to help persuade the American citizens to war. Not only the use of literary devices and perfect timing helped the view of this speech but the words that were said as