Analysis Blog #3

"Address to Congress, December 8, 1941"

In Roosevelts "Address to Congress" he uses mostly concrete language. He is very descriptive and factual on what happened. It is very clear and to the point. It's like he is describing step by step what happened. He says things like, "The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces." I also noticed that he uses the word "attack" a lot and makes it clear that the Japanese are now enemies. He uses words like "unprovoked" and "dastardly attack" to describe what the Japanese did. His language was very exagerated, and it was quite clear that he knew that his audience was on he same side as him and shared the same feelings and thoughts. 

"President's Address to the Nation, September 11, 2006"

In Bush's "Presidents Address to the Nation" he uses much more emotional language to connect with his audience. It is also a much more slanted speech. His speech is drags on and on (unlike Roosevelts) and it is quite clear that it is less factual and more emotion drived. He talks about specific people that 911 affected and talks about the horror and caios of the day. It allows the audience to feel the emotions that they felt that day 5 years ago. It helps them connect more with his speech and makes us, as Americans, feel closer becuase of this one shared tragic event. And Bush uses that to make his point of revenge very clear. He says things like, "triumph" and "powerful" to describe America. And then uses words like, "murders" and "enemies" to describe the terrorists. 

Overall, I felt like both speeches had the same motive, and used much of the same language to get their points across. However, they did have some very clear differences such as Bush's being much more slanted.