"For those who lost loved ones, it's been a year of sorrow, of empty places, of newborn children who will never know their fathers here on earth. For members of our military, it's been a year of sacrifice and service far from home. For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment, of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks."
- George W Bush, 9/11/02


This section of President Bush's address to the nation one year after the September 11 attacks grew great interest to me. These sentences parallel each other as you read them. All three sentences have "it's been a year" embedded inside them. President Bush uses this phrase to emphasize the time in between now and the time those horrible events took place, one year ago. The three topics President Bush singled out share a common action as well, suffrage. The love ones suffered because they lost their significant half, the military suffered since they are away from their families and friends, and Americans suffered knowing that their is a country that wants to destroy them. To end this section, President Bush makes a bold statement claiming that us Americans are "not invulnerable to their attacks." This sums up the attitude of the people of the nation. When the towers were attacked, we responded with force. We did not hide and get pushed around.

"This past year, lost loved ones, members of the military, and Americans have gone through great suffrage. Newborn babies have no clue who their fathers were. Our military have been away from the peolpe they love, some never seeing them again. Americans need to adjust to the fact that we have a distinct enemy now."