Summary: There are a lot of people who remember 9/11 like it just happened how several people were jumping from windows 100 floors high, planes flying into the World Trade Center, and everyone trying to run from the buildings for their lives. Some people who were very young and don't remember sometimes can't exactly understand the significance of this date. It is said by Alvin Rosenfeld that Americans prefer not to linger in the past but to move on and add a happy ending to a tragedy. For example if something really bad happens, like the Holocaust or World War II, we Americans know about it or study it and we get really sad for a short while until we find something more optimistic to dwell on, then we don't have to deal with the haunting thought that something so terrible like that could possibly happen again. Langer, an interviewer of Holocaust survivors says, "Knowing what happened in history is part of what it means to be a civilized and educated person."
Analysis: The author of this article, Emily Sohn, believes in similarity with Langer that preserving traumatic memories helps the people who were personally terrorized to be validated and recognized. Written on the date of September 11th this year, it is clear that this author wants to draw the attention of those who lack empathy when it comes to this specific occasion. I was very young when this happened and my younger sister was born in 2001, so we weren't as aware as some older folks when this attack took place. We found out later in life how terrible the events that occurred on 9/11 were and why they were so important. This author is trying to get modern-day Americans to think about what it was like for those who were seriously affected and become aware of global issues that are happening as time ticks by.
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I agree in the fact that we should absolutely pay more attention to the traumatic parts of our history. Not only because we need to remember them, but because then we can learn how to further prevent accidents like 9/11 from happening in the future!
ReplyDeleteI agree in the fact that we should absolutely pay more attention to the traumatic parts of our history. Not only because we need to remember them, but because then we can learn how to further prevent accidents like 9/11 from happening in the future!
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should know more about this. I think it is interesting that it isn't really focused on in schools like the holocaust or World War 2. Schools should defiantly be teaching kids about what happened on 9/11 and how it affected so many people.
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