Former president George W. Bush was the leader of the United States of America for two terms. His presidency extended from January 20, 2001, all the way to January 20, 2009. He was the president during the attack towards the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Using three rhetorical strategies; ethos, pathos and logos, With a speech, George W. Bush attempts to appeal to the country in order to unify the nation. For one thing, this man has credibility, since he was the president. Later afterwards, he made an attempt to appeal to the citizen's emotions by expressing, "The victims were in airplanes or in their offices..." (Line 5). This quote expresses how he was relating to everyone's feelings by giving them his condolences, as for he sounds grieved about those who have passed. By stating some of the fields the deceased were located in, he tries to touch the people's hearts by stating such. Also, he stated, "filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger" (Line 10). This is George W. Bush empathizing with everyone, as for he depicts the emotions of everyone. This sets the mood as tragic and sorrowful. Using facts, Bush pointeed out, "pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing" (Line 9). With the use of logos, he stated what happened throughout that way using descriptive words and in detail. He admittedly stated what happened so that everyone could recall how brutal the situation truly was. Later on, pathos is used again, as for our former president attempted to unify the nation by saying that the country is strong, and that no matter what happens, everyone can get through this together. In my opinion, Bush was unsuccessful in delivering his speech. Just because he has the ability to use descriptive words and that he was able to set the mood of the listeners, does not mean that his words are pure. He may sound depressed about the attack, but he could also be deceiving the people as well, in order to receive respect. I believe that Bush should not be recalling the past events, but he should have be grieving the lost lives more, as for one's life is priceless.

                                                                                                                                           ~Jessica Wong