George W Bush 9/11 Speech Essay

George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” was a speech which was given after the catastrophic event that occurred on September eleventh, 2001. Two airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the entire world. He addressed this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, highlighting how America’s freedom was obliterated. This speech explained how the United States is a strong country, why this incident occurred, as well as to bring the United States together and stronger. In the speech, President Bush used several metaphors to show that the United States is a strong country. Bush leads into the comparison of America, to the steel in the buildings that were demolished by the planes crashing into the buildings. “They cannot dent the steel of American resolve” emphasizes that the terrorists can dent the steel in the buildings, however, they cannot dent the overall steel and strength

To get the people to rise together as one, he doesn’t just point out the people that were killed in the tragedy, but he made everybody in the country to get involved. The repetition of the word, “Our,” centers the tone of the speech more towards the whole United States instead of just the specific group of people that died from the event (Bush 1). This gets America essentially stronger because it targets America as a whole, allowing America to come together and become more powerful. Another word Bush used frequently was, “For,” he repeated that word, wanting everybody in America to pray for all of the people that were a victim of the tragedy (Bush 2). Having all of America pray and mourn for the victims brings America that much closer together, resulting in America gaining more strength. President Bush’s intentions were to uplift the hopes of America as well as to bring them together and make them