closed prompt 2 Oct 9

• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/loss-and-hope.html?_r=1&hpw
• published 9/11/2011 published by NY times
• date cited 10/09/11
• "Loss and Hope" 
• Author : Unknown

Thesis (depending on the question the thesis would be something along the lines of this) - In the article "Loss and Hope" the author argues that America was changed by 9/11 in a negative way. The author says that the xenophobia that came from the attacks makes it impossible to move forward and for Americans to be kind and compassionate.
effect: This paper questions whether the war in Iraq and the war against Terrorism  is really effective. It makes the reader question if these two wars are wroth the effort or if they are just a big waste of time.
meaning: the xenophobia that has occurred has hurt America. 9/11 did change America but because of the xenophobia and not the actual act. 
proof
Diction: "Pompeian"- Thick ash, It reminds us of a tragedy a very long time ago.  "enlarged"- proof that 9/11 changed American mindsets. "Absorbed" Again more proof that the author feels 9/11 changed the American mindset. "Xenophobia" The author began to talk about how fear is bad and debilitating. The Author could have said a "rise in fear" or "we began to fear the outside." The word xenophobia makes it stronger and really bringing attention to the fact that we feared the outside.  "Our civic life is tainted"- Tainted is not a positive word. our civic life was changed or harmed it was made darker.
Language: "Border between one realm and another" the way this is phrased makes it seem as though the impasse that America was at  was scary and almost unreal.  "Shock, grief and fear"- These feelings are strong feelings that many Americans felt during the period immediately after 9/11. It begins to show that the gripping fear is the thing that affected us more than the attack its self. "We have been drawn into a misdirected war that has exacted enormous costs in lives and money." Here the author argues that America is in a huge war.They argue that it is because of fear that we are in said war. They also argue that the war is meaningless. "As much hope as grief, as much love as anger." Americans felt conflicted with 9/11 and the author argues that the leader of America choose anger over love and hope. "We have done a better job of living with our fears sadly than nurturing the expansive spirit of community that arose in those early days." The author finally comes out and says that instead of compassion we chose anger and fear. "On 9/11 resides in the surge of compassion and hope that accompanied the shock and mourning of that September day" This means that the community that we should have nurtured would have been much better for America than the war and the fear. 
Imagery: "Pompeian ash" There are a few things here. One thing is that you can see the ash billowing and covering everything, and this going on for a long time. You can also feel the ash covering everything. You can feel it in your lungs and you can feel it on your skin. The Pompey explosion was a tragic accident, our accident was allowing the fear to take over. "stood at a junction." This makes me picture a train station. You are standing in the middle. On one side of you is a train going east and on the other side is a train headed west. For the author one direction was community and the other direction was fear and anger.