4) I think that the author feels very strong about President Lincoln. I think that the author is extremely persuaded along with the whole U.S. about President Lincoln and his death. In the poem Whitaker says “Here Captain! Dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You’ve fallen cold and dead”.

5) One event that happened in the U.S. is 9/11. 9/11 brought very strong and various emotions to me especially anger and sadness. It made me sad because so many innocent people were killed for no reason except for hatred. It makes me especially mad because the terrorists who planned 9/11 are so evil minded to do something that caused so much grief, death, and misery.