Indledning
As a leader it is difficult to stay strong when addressing a devastated nation. Should you meet the country with the fright that deliberate actions creates, or should you encourage your fellow citizens to defy such acts?
This is the situation President of the United States, George Bush, was put in only hours after the terror attack on New York and Washington on September 11th, 2001.
In his speech, Bush justifies his future military actions and by appealing to their emotions he calls all Americans to come together in this crisis.
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The language of the speech and the use of rhetorical devices is what brought peace to the chaos that filled the country and reassured and restored the people’s faith.
George Bush uses an imaginary language to underline an important idea while creating a memorable image, which can be found at p. 1, l. 15-19.
By saying “These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve” he makes use of a metaphor.
He makes a comparison between the physical steel that al-Qaeda managed to break when collapsing the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the mental steel that is still intact from the American people being united.
Bush uses pronouns to draw a straight line between the Americans and the terrorists: he uses “our” when talking about the Americans, including himself, and when describing the so-called evil, he uses “they”.
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