September 11, 2001, is remembered as the day chaos and grief swept across our country. A populous and peaceful city, once home to the two tallest buildings in the world was quickly transformed into a city of despair. Terrorist group, Al Qaeda, made previous headlines, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” a reality (Eichenwald). Two American Airlines planes were flown into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, one, unsuccessful, into a field. America was under attack. Over 3,000 lives were lost. George W. Bush, President at the time of the attack, was in Florida and relocated many times in search of safe keeping. That evening he returned to the White House and delivered the televised, “9/11 Address to the Nation,” in the Oval Office.
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He used his personable image to be a leader and a friend in a time of need. His presidency helped him address the issues and contributed to the ethos. He makes ethical appeals with many statements in his address, including, “I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks.” This statement helps show that he is against these acts and he had the support of the government. He gave specific examples of what he and the rest of the government was implementing to help America recover from devastating times. Foreign policy was then …show more content…
“Our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack,” showed people that these terrorists messed with us. No matter if someone had family or friends hurt or killed, they messed with our country. The asyndeton of people affected, “secretaries, business men and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors,” implied the list continued and appealed to emotions by explaining that there were many different victims. Caesura is used especially in the beginning of the speech, to slow down the news and show how emotional the time
He used his personable image to be a leader and a friend in a time of need. His presidency helped him address the issues and contributed to the ethos. He makes ethical appeals with many statements in his address, including, “I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks.” This statement helps show that he is against these acts and he had the support of the government. He gave specific examples of what he and the rest of the government was implementing to help America recover from devastating times. Foreign policy was then …show more content…
“Our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack,” showed people that these terrorists messed with us. No matter if someone had family or friends hurt or killed, they messed with our country. The asyndeton of people affected, “secretaries, business men and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors,” implied the list continued and appealed to emotions by explaining that there were many different victims. Caesura is used especially in the beginning of the speech, to slow down the news and show how emotional the time