Analysis of George Bush’s “the mission goes on“ speech
The text „the mission goes on“ is a political speech that belongs to George Bush, the former U.S. president, spoken as a result of the attacks on 9/11. He adresses the American nation, on the same day as the attacks had been happened. On 9/11 he was in Ellis Island, New York, where he also had held his speech. Bush wants to encourage his people promising them that the USA is strong and won’t back down by attacks such those on 9/11.
The intention of bush’s speech is motivating and surely informing his people. He wants them to stay steadfast and calm. Moreover he wants to represent his country in a good way by mentioning its gratness (l.10 f.). The message in the speech is that the Americans are strong and know how to handle with situations like this. Regarding to the headline, this kind of attack is particularly a mission for the Americans, which means that the State will not step down.
George Bush’s speech can be divided into four paragraphs. The text is well structured with an indrotucution, a body and a conlusion. The first paragraph is the introduction. He shortly describes what happened and talks about the feelings after the attack (l. 1-14). In the second paragraph he seperates the US and the terrorists by describing the differences between both sides (l. 15-25). Later on Bush shows his and indeed his country‘s attitude towards the attacks (l. 25-40). In the last paragraph Bush appeals to his people and talks about the hope of the U.S. (l. 40-48).
First Bush gives examples of bad things that happened to the Unites States. They would have seen the images so many times, which means that this attack is almost ordinary for them (l. 1-2). Bush wants to underline the terribleness of the attacks by using a metaphor „Seared on our souls“ (l.2). In addtion to that he uses negative words like „horror“ (l.1), „anguish“ (l.2) and „terror“ (l.2), so that the reader can imagine a horrible scenario and takes...