Category: 11-Sep

September 11th, 2001 would be remembered as the worst tragedy to ever happen to the United States. On the morning of 9/11, four planes would be hijacked in hopes of crippling the American economy. Two of the four planes would then crash into the World Trade Center in New York City leaving the twin towers…

One of the greatest analytical failures before the September 11, 2001 attacks was the belief that Osama bin Laden was content being a gadfly. The policymakers were sure that the man was only interested in making trouble abroad. Post-event analysis shows that there were indeed rumblings that his group would attack the homeland directly (Dahl,…

Mohsin Hamid has very skillfully highlighted the issues of mimicry and quest for identity in the character of Changez. He is presented as a man from outside world who follows his colonial masters with the hope to make place in their society which never came true. Furthermore, America in the novel is depicted as a…

President George W. Bush’s Public Address to the Nation on the Terrorist Attacks on 9/11 Overview and Description of the Speech After the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S, President George W. Bush publicly addressed the nation regarding the facts surrounding the attacks. The speech was a short public televised address delivered the…

America was founded in 1776 through the War of Independence against the British Empire. Since then the new world has known nothing but violence; from the elimination of the native Indian tribes to the onslaught of many military expeditions and wars. In this essay I will examine the fictional violence in Mark Twains, A Connecticut…

Baudrillard grapples with this in his theoretical writings. It is in this world that images, signs, and codes engulf objective reality; signs become more real than reality and stand in for the world they erase (Wilcox, 346- 47). This pseudo-world of simulacra and the perceived loss of the real in DeLillos novels obstruct his characters…

Summary Contemporary terrorism is a transnational problem. Advanced, modern nation states now no longer engage in open combat with one another. Terrorism  whether it is the product of freestanding groups or of groups allied with particular states  reflects the rise of asymmetrical warfare. Terrorist acts therefore from part of a strategy reflecting war…

On September 11th, in 2001, one of the most heart-breaking terrorist attacks in America occurred, four coordinated terrorist attacks aimed for several U.S government buildings in New York City. The attacks were unexpected, as it was a normal day in the busy New York City. Many people were on their way to work, walking swiftly…

Eleven-year-old Lucas Calley has loved taking part in soccer ever on the grounds that Dads friend Uncle Benny introduced him to the sport. Lucas dad and mom support their sons athletic endeavors until he sustains concussions. When his mother and father researched the many deaths prompted by repeated concussions, they figured out Lucas had to…

According to the BBC and British newspapers, several of the nineteen men are still alive and have been spotted. A father of one of the supposed terrorists said in an interview that he had spoken to his son after the attack saying that he was fine. The father stated that his son’s passport was taken…