Appeal to Emotions for Presidential Declaration of War
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The day following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, President Roosevelt declared War on the Japanese in an address to the American people. Nine days after the attacks on the U.S. by terrorists on September 11, 2001, George W. Bush declared war on terrorism and terrorists in an address to the American people. Despite the different causes for these declarations, in both speeches the presidents use language that often masks the real meaning they imply in what could be called a form of ôwar speak.öIn his declaration of War on Japan, President Roosevelt uses a form of language that appeals to the enormous emotion among Americans over the attack on Pearl Harbor. However, Roosevelt uses a form of language that removes negative images of war and killing that might be called ôwar speak.ö He maintains that Americans will ôremember the character of the onslaught against us,ö a phrase that by using ôonslaughtö softens the real meaning of thousands of Americans slaughtered by the Japanese (Roosevelt, 1941, p. 582). In addressing Americans, he maintains AmericaÆs response to the terrorists ôwill li
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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