A Moment Of Clarity In William Bennett's Why We Fight

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Introduction: A Moment of Clarity In the introduction of Why We Fight, it starts off by explaining the author’s connection to New York City. William Bennett has this personal connection to the city, because this is where he resides, he consider this place home. Bennett recaps his readers of the terrorist attack of September 11th on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He describes the United States as a country of unity bounded together with the help of our President. Our country emotions at this time is described not as mourning a loss, but country that is compelled to fight in its defense. Unification is symbolized though patriotic memorabilia, volunteers, and donations. According to Bennett, we in vision this time as a moment of moral clarity-a moment when we began to rediscover ourselves as one people even a as we began to gird for battle with no a fully defined foe” (Bennett 2). Bennett in this line describes the unity that Americans formed as a result of 9/11 and how we should come together to battle the enemy, in this case was the Al-Qaeda terrorist. …show more content…

In the book, a New York journalist questioned local citizens about their willingness to defend their country after the attack on the World Trade Center. Three of the people interviewed were students at New York University. The first person answered no, because it would affect his personal aspirations and future, and he was not willing to jeopardize his future. The second person answered no, claiming that this would go against his values about individualism and that he doesn’t have the mindset of a killer. Last, the interviewee refers to the attack on September 11th as America’s fault. “The World Trade Center disaster is a globalized version of the Columbine High School disaster. When you bully people long enough, they are going to strike back” (Bennett

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