Annie Farnsworth's For The Falling Man

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On September 11th, 2001, “over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.,” (History.com Staff) and mourning occurred many days after. In Annie Farnsworth’s For the Falling Man poem, she states, “I know who you are, (and) I know there's more to you than just the image on the news.” (Farnsworth) Even though she doesn't, and nobody really does, know or necessarily recognize who this man is, she still relates to him and others who had passed because Americans as a whole came together and mourned on this tragic day. We all sympathized with whoever, whether we knew the deceased or even the family grieving, Americans came to help and support each other. After that, however, America was changed – it had been ripped apart psychologically in many ways, and wouldn't …show more content…

There’s a reason why boys use incognito mode on web browsers – they don’t want people to know what they were doing. The NSA also doesn’t have a warrant or even a reason to gather information on Americans who are not suspected of certain crimes. It’s one thing if all of our files were put somewhere and nobody looked at them until a person had committed a crime or they’re keeping watch on a former criminal, but that’s not what’s happening. Somehow, however, “secret court orders allow (the) NSA to sweep up Americans’ phone records” (Franceshi-Bicchierai) and other things like our email or web history. Many Americans are appalled by this, especially since Edwards Snowden released this information, and are just surprised by how this gets around our fourth amendment in the Bill of Rights. People always say its for your own protection, but if it is that way than why aren’t we allowed to carry guns and protect ourselves like our ancestors did when this country started. Fearing who, what, and why the NSA is targeting seems a lot less stressful than knowing everybody in this country is after

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