Sontag 9/11

Veronica Garcia
March 1, 2013
Professor brown
English 1B

Susan Sontag 9/11 The New Yorker, September 11 2001

In the essay, 9/11 by Susan Sontag was very intresting. I really liked hearing her perspective on the topic. She fully expresses her thoughts about the aftermath of 9/11 right after it had occurred. Sontag starts by stating where she was at the day the event took place and expresses how she wishes she was there when it happen. I dont think I would want to be there because it was such a tradgic day. What really appealed to me was that she says that it was not The United States fault but at the same time she blames them, because of their wrongful involvement.   Yet, she wants her audience to know that to "Blame" The United States is absurd. Overall Sontag tells her audience that it was an act of terrorism and that we were targeted because our culture has changed the way Americans live their lives. We are a threat to others because we live so freely yet Sontag says, that it makes us volunwrable. I think Sontag spoke her mind and wasnt afraid to share her thoughts especially when she wrote her essay right after the tradgic event. A time when many familes are mourning the deaths of love ones.