Since America was founded 1776‚ she has had countless historical events occur every century. The 21st century is no different. The historical event that has changed my opinion and outlook were the attacks that occurred on that dreadful morning of September 11‚ 2001‚ also known as the attacks of 9/11. The 9/11 attacks were not the first attacks of the 21st century; in 2000‚ the bombing of the USS Cole occurred. A couple of events that led up to the 9/11 attacks include the bombing of the United
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The day that will forever live in infamy‚ September 11th‚ 2001. The tragic attacks executed by terrorist killed thousands of American lives‚ and I was only twenty five miles from ground zero. A five year old at the time‚ just on the outskirt of New York City‚ during biggest terrorist attack ever committed on U.S Soil. I remember seeing the smoke emerging into the sky far in the distance‚ from the little beach town of Point Lookout. At the time I had no idea what was happening. People were scared
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The documentaries “Waco: Rules of Engagement” by William Gazecki and “Waco: A New Revelation” directed by Jason Van Vleet‚ brought informative understandings to the controversial conclusion that was beheld in the 1993 raid at the Waco compound in Waco‚ Texas. The Waco Raid resulted in grueling gun battle that lasted for almost three months‚ resulting in a questionable fire that killed and destroyed the Mount Carmel Center (Vleet). The controversial handling of this incident led to many political
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July 16‚ 2016‚ A man drove a truck through a crowd of people killing 84 leaving many more injured. March 22‚ 2016‚ Three terrorists placed two bombs in Brussels Airport‚ in Zaventem and one at Maalbeek metro station in Brussels killing 32 and injuring over 300. November 13‚ 2015‚ Three suicide bombers walked into the Baltaclan concert hall and opened fire on a Eagles Of Death Metal concert killing 89‚ 101 injured and leaving 99 to fight for their lives when they had done nothing wrong. September
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While Edward Snowden is trying to use rhetoric to convince his audience that the programs he revealed are un-American and morally wrong‚ New Jersey Governor Chris Christie uses it to make the opposite case. He employs similar appeals to authority and emotion to convince Republican voters‚ a more targeted subset of the general American population that Snowden is appealing to‚ that these programs are necessary for national security and that they should elect him President because he would use them
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Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty was real was released in 2012 directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The movie followed the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden‚ who was the leader for al Qaeda and responsible for the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States‚ ending with the military raid and his death in May of 2011. Zero Dark Thirty has been labeled as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man. Zero Dark Thirty was nominated
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In the Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ Mohsin Hamid‚ suggests that the personal and the political cannot easily be separated. His main character‚ Changez‚ does embark on a personal journey but it is one that is closely connected to his gradual understanding of his cultural identity as a Pakistani. In the course of this journey‚ he also discovers that there is considerable space between the way things appear and reality. This is recognized in his personal relationships as well as in his response to his
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ the world changed. It was said to be a beautiful day‚ almost perfect. Then in an instant‚ a plane smashed into one of the Twin Towers. The building instantly lit on fire and the whole city went into a panic. There was debris falling everywhere‚ and even six blocks away from the building‚ you could see dozens of papers raining down from the sky like ashes from a fire. Police officers and firefighters were constantly rushing in and out of the building‚ salvaging every single
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- They sat bloody and petrified -- the lights out‚ smoke engulfing the room and pain searing through their bodies. There was no escape from where they were in the South Tower‚ in pieces after being hit by United Airlines Flight 175 as far as they could tell. Then out of nowhere‚ a young man burst in and took control. In a strong‚ authoritative voice‚ he directed them to the stairway -- which was veiled by darkness‚ wreckage and haze -- telling the injured to get out and the healthy
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“Why does Changez feel out of place in both America and Pakistan?” Mohsin Hamid’s first-person novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” details the fictional story of a young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street‚ and suddenly finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American dream and the unrelenting tug of his ties to his homeland. After being inducted into the corporate world of America when beginning work at Underwood Sampson‚ the novels protagonist‚ Changez becomes
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