9/11 Shout Outs Analysis

One moment it was a normal day and the next moment will forever be ingrained within the minds of an entire nation. The first plane hit at 8:46 a.m. and the second at 9:03 a.m., leaving 2,819 people dead. September 11, 2001 will always be remembered as a day of great destruction, a day of great loss. September 11, 2001 was the day two planes flew into the World Trade Center, forever changing the way of life for all of America. After this horrible act of terrorism the president of the United States gave a speech addressing the nation. This speech, George W. Bush’s 9/11 Address to the Nation, was remarkable for its use of metaphors, anaphoras, and allusions.

President George W. Bush gave a speech titled “9/11 Address to the Nation,” where he reassures the nation of our country’s strength and even calls it the “brightest beacon for freedom.” This event was a suicide bombing of the World Trade Center where approximately 3,000 people were killed and nearly 6,000 more were injured. Although it was one of the worst attacks in American history, it unified the nation in more ways than one. This speech was made even more important after a tragedy like 9/11 because the nation had been frightened by these acts of terror and was in need of the inspiration of our most powerful leader: the commander-in-chief. Throughout this speech, Bush uses rhetorical devices such as pathos, analogy, epithet, and asyndeton

1 Both “T.S.A” by Amit Majmudar and “September 12, 2001” by X.J Kennedy reflect how 9/11 negatively affected people differently. “September 12, 2001” by X. J Kennedy was written past the 9/11 attacks and tells the story of a young couple experiencing tragedy that would change their lives. Another post 9/11 poem “T.S.A” by Amit Majmudar gives the perspective of a young Muslim man facing racial profiling through airport security. Regardless of perspective, each poem has shown a negative change affecting regular people's lives.

In his “9/11 Address to the Nation” the 43rd President of the United States of America, George W. Bush assures that America will not be affected by the unruly and evil attacks carried out on September 11th, 2001. The President drafted this speech to resist the impending fear and questioning that American citizens around the country would soon be consumed by. Because 9/11 was the most impactful, yet devastating terrorist attack on the United States to date, Bush was not able to derive his thoughts from others’ ideas and speeches, thus he was forced to dig deep and extract the emotions and thoughts aroused by the “despicable acts.” Much like any great leader, President Bush wanted to stress the importance of instilling a sense of pride and resilience in the country and fellow countrymen and women to come together and remain as one. As the head of the “brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity” President George W. Bush declares that the United States of America will “remain strong” and appear unaffected as the country continues to build and rebound from the senseless acts of terrorism and hate.

The majority of adults today remember exactly where they were and what they were doing on September 11th, 2001. Billy Collins is a contemporary, American poet who was asked to write an occasional poem for the first anniversary of 9/11, by congress. Afraid that declining this invitation would damage his career, he accepted this great honor, in order to pay tribute to the victims from the fall of the Twin Towers. Collins awake early on morning and started to write the poem. He titled the elegy, “The Names,” which voices the honest truth for the victims of the attacks on World Trade Center in New York on September 11th, 2001.

President G.W. Bush, in his 9/11 address, comforts the American people after the terrorist attacks. His main purpose was to console the people of America, but he also wanted to bring fear into the terrorists eyes. His audience was not only the U.S. citizens, but also the world including the perpetrators. Bush used ethos and pathos very heavily throughout his speech. He did not need much logos and his not using it did not weaken his message.

Do you remember the day that changed America forever? Two hijacked planes crashed into the side of the Twin Towers in New York City killing thousands. Another plane went into the pentagon and the last was stopped before it got to its destination. In the afternoon of September 11, 2001 George W. Bush delivered a speech that gave relief to the American people after the massacre. This was a disturbing moment in our history that shook the very foundation of America. This is the first terrorist attack that we have experienced in the 21st century. President Bush spoke out to the American people to empower and soothe them in a vulnerable time. President Bush reassures citizens and the victim’s families that America and its people are not only strong but are safe and will rise up again. Bush effectively executes his 9/11 speech and uses rhetorical devices to catch the citizens attention, calm the America people and unite them together again.

In essence, these two poems are drastically different works of art. "Dulce et Decorum est" is a more graphical and relational work compared to the latter, as you go on a journey as a soldier who gets to experience traumatic and graphic events, it begins to alter what you think about war and conflict. As you read on, it gives you graphical wording to prove that the saying "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" is a misrepresentation of actual war. After reading, the underlying message becomes apparent, it wants you to alter your current perceptions about war and how pointless they really are. In contrast, "The Things that Make a Soldier Great" aims to clear up what soldiers really go to war for, they are not there for "The pomp and pride of kings" but only when you "Endanger but that humble street whereon his children run—You make a soldier of the man who never bore a gun.", soldiers fight to protect their homes, not their kings. The poem aims to glorify soldiers and certain aspects of war, it goes on to prove that in reality there really isn 't good vs bad on the battlefield, it 's just a man who "sees his children smile at him, he hears the bugle call, And only death can stop him now—he 's fighting for them all.", and this is our hidden meaning.

The fear that was created from 9/11 was no doubt over whelming. Charles Krauthammer argues in this article that we as Americans created this fear ourselves. He goes onto add in this article that was published in the Washington Post on September 8, 2011 that we as Americans overreacted to 9/11. Throughout his article he presents a lot of research and then analyses what he finds.

grammatical errors in it because of its origin. It was a very old folk song coming from Colonial Texas, so the language we are used to now was different back then. The song words are misleading, making it about a soldier that leaves his lover for the war.

The applicant requests an upgrade of his general, under honorable conditions discharge to honorable. The applicant states, in effect, he accepted his punishment and feel he deserve more the time his in service. The applicant contends he joined the military at the age of 18, straight out of high school in order to attend college and obtain a degree. The applicant contends he served in the Army for ten years, deployed to Iraq on three occasions, and received the Army Commendation Medal for his performance of duty. The applicant states, in effect, he is now service connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through veteran affairs. The applicant contends an upgrade would allow him to utilize his Post 9/11 GI Bill

But the Lord said unto me, “Do not say, I am a youth, for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.” (Jeremiah 1:7)

The events of September 11, 2001 brought to light several communication areas of opportunity that unfortunately resulted in a multitude of catastrophic events. On September 11, 2001 the attacks from terrorists started in New York City when terrorists flew American Airlines flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center (FBI, 2015). The FBI immediately sent staff from their Joint Terrorism Task Force to the World Trade Center North Tower to assist and assess the damage (FBI, 2015). A short time later, additional terrorist crashed United Airlines flight 175 into the World Trade Center South Tower (FBI, 2015). Survivors working in the north tower were attempting to evacuate as that second plane crashed (FBI, 2015). Hundreds of first

The definition of patriotism is pride in your country or cause, conversely the war is seen as unpatriotic because the men seem to be fighting for nothing. "Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, /Little souls who thirst for fight, /These men were born to drill and die.”(Lines 6-8) This adds on to the idea of the war being unpatriotic by showing that the men were only born to fight, or to “Drill and Die” consequently making it seem as if they were fighting just to fulfill their needs. This theme is also seen in lines 17-18 “Swift, blazing flag of the regiment, / Eagle with crest of red and gold,”(Lines 17-18) This flag is a very simple representative of death and illness using the colors it did. This all helps to result in the patriotic theme of the poem by giving us a representation of how unpatriotic the war was.

What's on your mind?9-11 changed us all… God’s numbers are 7 and 14 and it has been 14 years since 9-11 happened. Yet, a rainbow appeared to mark the spot for us to take notice. Even though we don’t get the full scope of why it happened or who Bin Laden is or what is going to happen next. God is trying to make us think for ourselves…. See with your eyes and hear with your heart. Tuesday was 9-11 and by Thursday something was nagging me all day to get a Nostradamus Book of his prophecies which is something I never believed in and thought that no man would know the future. Didn’t even know what I was looking for and didn’t know anything about the man or his writings. Since it was after 9-11 they were all stolen out of the libraries and the top