2. Why did the public office feel manipulative?
3. Did the President handle 9-11 corectly?
1. Why did the leaders convince Americans that everything was O.K?
The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers has made such an
impact on America. I will never forget the morning it happened. That morning I
woke up and did my daily routine and got ready for school, I was only in the
third grade. When I got to school, I had no clue what was going on. Once I got
into class, my teacher cried while explaining what happened then read us a book
about New York. Even though I was so young and it was hard to understand, it
was an emotional experience to hear something so horrible for the first time.
After reading Sontag’s “9/11” and “A few weeks later” articles on the terrorist
attack, it made me wonder: why did leaders convince Americans that everything
was O.K? Leaders instantly responded to the attack with a positive outlook with
supportive words. For instance, a few Sontag said were “America is not afraid”
and “Our spirit is unbroken.” These are powerful words that are great ways to
try and persevere; yet, she does not agree. Sontag was openly not for the Bush
campaign and describes him as a robotic president. Her comparison to Bush and a
robot explains how he is repeatedly telling America everything is ok, but he
had no idea. Reactions varied on how the leaders convinced everything was going
to be ok. I believe Bush and leaders were telling America everything was ok
because they were scared everything was going to blow out of proportion with
all of the deaths and damage in New York. They wanted Americans to feel a sense
of safeness after all the deaths that shook up people.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you because when 9/11 happened people all over the country were feeling compassion to the people who lost their lives as well as the families affected on that sad day. So it's natural for people to feel scared thinking that what if would happen to them or their family so it would be logical for the president to say positive things to the people to make them feel safe and secure. Instead of leaving people in the dark and feeling scared which may cause chaos.
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