Rhetorical Analysis Of George W Bush Speech 9/11

Just hours after the tragic terrorist attack on 9/11/2001, President George W. Bush delivered a reassuring speech to the devastated country addressing the traumatic situation at hand, comforting the terrified citizens, and declaring his plans to come back from this national aggression. The terrorist group responsible for this calamity specifically targeted the White House, the Pentagon, and the World Trade Centers as the three major core centers of the United States;fortunately, the plane on path to strike the White House was diverted reducing the potential casualties. Bush’s purpose while speaking to his primary audience, the United States, is to comfort and to motivate the citizens to persevere through this hardship by portraying America as a country made of steel.