Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Audience in Bush's 9/11 Speech
Bush's address to congress was to all of America, in fact, bush even starts his article out as "Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans:. He then goes into detail about the terrorist actions and explains who al-Qaida is. Most of the higher government officials already knew this, but the American people were left in the dark up to this point. It was up to the president to carefully direct their fear of 9/11 into something else: in this case a pledge to stop world terrorists. Had no one come out and told the American people what exactly happened there would be mass havoc. Bush was pleading to make sure that congress let him start the war on terrorism and wanted the publics support: he succeeded and connected with his audience, and to this day we still fight terrorism all around the globe.
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Interesting post! Do you think that this speech's content was driven by its rhetorical situation? Although he notes the American people as part of his audience, does it matter that he is specifically addressing congress? Does that gesture to a specific type of American who views congressional events?
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! Do you think that this speech's content was driven by its rhetorical situation? Although he notes the American people as part of his audience, does it matter that he is specifically addressing congress? Does that gesture to a specific type of American who views congressional events?
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