September 11, a day that will always be remembered in infamy. America was attacked by terrorists that day and our patriotism and emotions were tested, when five planes targeted different landmarks and ended many american lives. This event triggered a fast response that saved many lives that would have otherwise been lost, and a very quick federal response from the president to the group responsible that appeals to American pride. And insures that these terrible acts will not go by unnoticed. The speech that Bush gives uses all the emotion that the american people are feeling and uses his credibility to insure them that the government is doing everything to keep these attacks from happening again.

One way that Bush connected with the American people was through grief when he said “thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror” and that their goal was to weaken us by killing innocent people and even though it was a tragic day we need to be strong. This relates to the metaphor “ these acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve” because even though this is a time of grief we must unite and find the people responsible for this attack. …show more content…
He says that “Terrorist attacks can shake foundation of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America.” The strength of patriotism that day showed the terrorists and the people of America that no attack can destroy the country we have lived in and built. These statements alone in his speech showed that immediately after the attacks the terrorists failed in their mission to significantly wound our