A necessary dialectic

I worked to convince my audience of an overarching truth that the world at large should be aware of. It is clear that America, a land symbolizing opportunity, pride, and glory, is easily targeted by terrorists. Why wouldn't corrupt people want to undermine the most powerful and successful nation in the world? In a seemingly twisted way, I would argue that the pathetic attempts of corrupt people to destroy our country are necessary in maintaining the grandiose that America stands for.

This may seem like a contradiction. Why would the terrorism afflicted upon our land be necessary in sustaining our nation for all of its worth and value? As Natalie Wolf states in her book, The End of America, "The 'enemy is functional: What matters to a fascist leader is not to get rid of the enemy but rather to maintain an enemy." In doing so, America has only furthered their foundation as the strongest nation in the world, and has proven its strength in challenges that would crumble other countries. Furthermore, I took into account Theodor W. Adorno's message from his article, "The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas' Radio Addresses". Essentially, Adorno speaks on how being rationally irrational contradicts itself, but history works on this dialectic phenomenon.

I did not necessarily need to be speaking to a particular age group, race, or social class of people; I intended to have an eclectic audience with a range of backgrounds. This is why I wrote 500 times more than what was required in the assignment, and published it for the world to read. It is a message that I believe anybody can take from, and I hope that they do. I chose to convey my truth through a thrilling story to captivate my audience. The way I exemplified the strengths of our nation will hopefully shine through as the reader takes in the message I am trying to send. I chose to implement a number of historiographic elements by including a concepts expressed by other historiographers such as Wolf and Adorno to legitimize my truths. In describing the pitiful actions of the terrorists in Chapter 12 through an idiotic conversation between Hakim and Karim, I hoped to display how various nobodies work to terrorize our nation, but we withstand the terror and stay exalted through this complex relationship.