President George W Bush Speech

The terrorist attack of 9/11 left America speechless because of the shock with realizing that many loved ones would not make it out of the building and would pass on to the next life. However, with the speech given by our President at the time George W Bush, Americans all around the country were able to stand with their heads still help up with a ray of hope that things will get better. The purpose of this speech was to raise morale during a grim time as well as to motivate the American people to not give up but instead strive to come back stronger with a new found unity to defend a place we all call home. Most likely the biggest thing President Bush uses to support his speech is appealing to the people's sense of Pathos or emotions seeing as how most are in a state of emotional distraught but also uses strategies such as diction and repetition to support his claims.

When President Bush needed to address an entire countries worth of people he knew that there was going to be a lot affected by his worth since so many were personally involved someway with the victims of the attack which caused them to be more prone to an emotional statement. That is what president Bush used to his advantage which was smart on his part especially when he mentions that “I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks.” because it meant that his speech would be able to affect more people. So his appeal to pathos as well as the way he used repetition to repeat words such as “attack”, “emergency”, as well as “evil” really made this seem like an even more imperative issue that needed to be addressed more than before because of how it was a necessity for the people to keep looking forward and to not give up hope on some dark times.

The details and imagery expressed within the speech truly do an amazing job in expressing just how devastating these attacks were. Primarily expressed in the fourth paragraph, Bush states “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger”. By describing the events that took place in detail he was able to paint a picture that made the audience remember the great tragedy. As he follows it up by talking about how “A great people has been moved to defend a great nation”, it shows how he went from describing a tragedy to using the emotions and the thoughts coming from people's memories into a positive ntio of coming together to help defend the country we call home.

The way that President Bush uses diction to aid his argument as well as the amount of power the audience could feel when he uses various types of figurative language in his speech helps push the feeling that things will be okay and that although it was truly sad, the people of America will be able to persevere through the hardship and come out stronger. An example of when he used diction is when he says “Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington D.C., to help with local rescue efforts”. It is easy to tell that although the event had everyone shook, he is trying to calmly bring things back to order and he does this with words such as “emergency teams”, as well as “local rescue efforts”. The way he uses figurative language is by the short descriptions of what happened such as “...deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” and “...flying into buildings, fires building…”. These help really tie in the sense that this is urgent but there shouldn't be any need for worry and that coming about things in a calm and orderly manner is the best thing to do in that situation.

Lastly, The way that he uses short simple sentences but is able to deliver so much strength behind each and everyone if the words is truly what makes this speech remarkable in the sense that he doesn’t need a lot of words to back up what he says. All e truly needs is meaning and emotion behind what he says such as when he states that “Our country is strong”. When he says this it truly feels like together as a country America is a stone wall that cannot be torn down no matter what anybody throws at it. He also uses Parallel structure when he says some of the longer statements in order to make it flow easier so as to not interrupt his line of persuasion between him as the audience. An example of this is shown when he says “Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks”. The way that sentence flowed didn't break the illusion which is why his speech was as powerful and inspiring as it was.

In conclusion, President Bush delivered an amazing speech that truly inspired and motivated million of Americans to become better and to keep their heads pointed towards the sky because although one disaster did set them back a bit, no matter what, as long as they all stay united they are guaranteed to work past this hurdle and move onto a better future where they can not forget but commemorate those that lost their lives in the tragedy. And by using all of these strategies it can be shown that president Bush was a true motivator and knew exactly how to win over the hearts of America’s people. 

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