separate teams of terrorists from the Middle East‚ all operating from inside the U.S. Each team had boarded an early-morning flight‚ posing as passengers‚ then forcibly commandeered the aircraft. Two fully-fueled jumbo jets‚ American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 92 persons and United Airlines Flight 175 carrying 65 persons‚ had departed Boston for Los Angeles. Both jets were diverted by the hijackers to New York City where they were piloted by the terrorists themselves into the Twin Towers of the World
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September 11‚ 2001 was not just any ordinary day for the citizens of the United States and the city of New York‚ but a devastating attack that has put us all in shock and fear. C. Four planes were hijacked‚ each intended for different targets. According to the New York Times‚ the flights that were hijacked included AA Flight 11‚ UA Flight 175‚ AA Flight 77‚ and UA Flight 93. II. Main Point #1 Topic Sentence: (this should be a complete sentence) A. American Airlines flight 11 was the first
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of it out and much of it I have even seen. One of the clearest and most recent examples of radical drama‚ which I felt dumb for not remembering‚ would have to be Fahrenheit 9/11. Although I have not seen this movie‚ I do know that the maker of that flim‚ Michael Moore‚ created it with the intentions of getting George. W. Bush out of the office at the end of his first term. If
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Michael Moore’s latest film‚ "Fahrenheit 9/11‚" presents a critical look at the administration of George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism. In this film Moore investigates the rapid growth of the United States government and its trend of trampling the rights of individuals‚ and the corporatism that is spawned out of the close ties between big government and big business during wartime. Michael Moore may not convince all audiences‚ but is successful for its factual accuracy in which the evidence spoke
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Documentary and fictional aspects of the film Fahrenheit 9/11 “In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”(web quotes) This quote by Alfred Hitchcock contains some truth‚ but in past decades the documentary genre has become more than just factual information about real people and places. It has become a mode for opinion and bias. In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11‚ the “creative use of actuality” (film ed. Grierson) in its editing‚ style and source information
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Shock‚ disbelief‚ and devastation were just a few of the emotions that people around the world were experiencing on September 11th‚ 2001. On what seemed like a normal day in Manhattan‚ New York‚ little did everyone know it was the beginning of a huge unthinkable disaster. 8:46 a.m. was when the first highjacked plane had hit Tower One. Not too long after‚ the second tower was hit. Dozens of fire crews responded as soon as they heard the news. The issues that were recognized in the outcome of this
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Speech Analysis “I have a dream”‚ “the Battle or the Bullet”‚ “Women’s rights are human rights.” are all powerful‚ memorable speeches. What makes them so memorable? Their constant use of rhetorical devices and persuasive language of course. The language they use makes for a magnificent speech that is unforgettable. Those are just some speeches that possess such great ideas and powerful techniques. To add to that are the Adoption of the “Declaration of Human Rights” by Eleanor Roosevelt‚ and “My message
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In George W. Bush’s Columbia Speech the speaker uses tone and a pathos appeal to accomplish in soothing the country after a terrible accident. The president’s tone throughout his speech is very somber and very sad for the majority of the speech. “Our entire nation grieves with you. And those you loved will have the respect and gratitude of this country.” He is very sad that the astronauts on the Columbia died. The president also appeals the nation’s pathos ideals by taking verses out of the bible
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interests rather than international opportunities for peace and reconciliation‚” the fear and anxiety in American life was revealed (Lancet‚ par. 2). The aftermath of 9/11 created many doubts and fears within all of the people in America. As it is stated in the article‚ “Torture‚ War‚ and the Culture of Fear After 9/11”‚ by Charles Strozier‚ “it filled us with fear and profoundly altered cultural and political understandings”(Strozier par. 1). People were baffled and confused‚ wondering how
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Looking at the perspective of a child growing up into the horrors of world rings true to probably many of us in class especially to recent attacks in Paris. When 9/11 occur most kids did not realize what was happening and didn’t learn until they were older the effects it has had on many American lives. However‚ now that we are older we can see the severity of what had happen and can come to the realization that
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