September 11‚ 2001 is a day woven in the fabric and collective memory of the American people. Now‚ instead of two towers there are two pools and instead of a financial center there is a massive memorial museum dedicated to the destruction of that day. Dealing with tragedy-- especially on a large scale -- is always contentious. On the topic of such memorial museums‚ Paul Williams‚ in his piece‚ “Memorial museums and the objectification of suffering” highlighted the complexities and issues that
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to take the attention away from him‚ convince the public the investigation had preyed on him‚ and reassert his status as President of the United States. Initially humble and apologetic‚ he takes responsibility for his actions. Clinton begins the speech by reminding the American public that he is their president. By immediately stating his location in “this room‚ from this chair‚” while referring to the oval office‚ Clinton establishes his authority. This shows he has not fallen from grace and remains
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activity was self explanatory. Many students participated in this activity and enjoyed it because it allowed them to express themselves about a topic that they live through but truly didn’t understand because of how young they were at the time. When 9/11 occurred I was only three years old and I didn’t realize what was going on. All I knew is something was not right that day as i saw all the adults around me put on the news and stood in shock of what they were seeing on the television. Many people
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ideas of liberty and justice. The key message Douglas is conveying towards the group gathered is that how can a country be freedom based‚ but yet so limited to which types of people are allowed that freedom. Yes‚ in fact I think Douglas delivered the speech in the perfect setting. Douglas spoke on July 4th‚ which was a day of celebrating freedom. He revealed to the citizens that not every type of individual was free. Douglas was bashing the idea of slavery and how it
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September 9‚ 2001 is a blood-curdling and mournful day in American history‚ especially for New Yorkers. September 9th was the day Al-Qeada attacked American civilians by hijacking 4 airplanes. Two of the airplanes crashed into the twin towers‚ one crashed into the side of the pentagon‚ and the last one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. On this dreadful day thousands of Americans lost their lives. My mother and stepfather have completely different experiences during 9/11 however‚ that day did
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The US after 9/11 September 9th‚ 2001 was described as a sunny and cloudless day. It was a completely normal day for citizens in New York until American Airlines Flight 11 and Flight 175 disturbingly flew straight into The Twin Towers. This came as a big shock to the whole world‚ pictures and videos people saw through hundreds of different news channels‚ looked more like a movie scene than reality. In total there were four planes were hijacked by the Islamic extremist group known as Al-Qaeda‚ two
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The 9/11 tragedy that took place on September 11‚ 2011 was a day that will never be forgotten. On that memorable day the islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes to crash them into the world trade center in New York City killing and damaging many lives of the United States of America. This catastrophe affected the U.S in many ways from security‚ immigration‚ ongoing wars‚ and not trusting the government that all still affect the U.S today. Shortly after the tragedy occurred‚ the government passed
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John Lewis introduces pathos into his speech when he is describing the violent methods of the government against blacks. For example‚ Lewis vividly describes the notorious actions of the government when saying‚ “What did the federal government do when local police officials kicked and assaulted the pregnant wife of Slater King‚ and she lost her baby?” (para. 6). In this statement‚ Lewis shows how the government has failed to keep black people safe and continue to harm them‚ and that these people
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might sound at first‚ many believe the government has covered up events ranging from the attack on 9/11 and the assassination of JFK‚ to the creation of LSD and HIV. Some theories are ridiculous and can be disproved in a heartbeat. Some theories are plausible and could possibly
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attack. At 9:45 a.m. a third American Airlines plane crashed directly into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Less than 15 minutes later‚ the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed due to the heat of the burning jet fuel. Then‚ about a half hour later‚ the north tower collapsed. There also was a fourth plane that was delayed. Due to the delay‚ passengers learned that hijackers were aboard and fought them‚ causing the plane to crash
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