The best scene that reveals the President is when Bush is talking to the press and they are asking him questions about the war. They specifically ask him what he thinks are some mistakes he has made in the presidency thus far. He is left speechless. The look in his face seems to say that he has an answer, but he does not want to reveal his mistakes. He was not emotionally and mentally prepared for that question. It seems as if the question had not even run through his head. He worked so hard to get to the position of President that he hasn’t had time to stop and think. He even says in a grammatically incorrect way, “I haven’t made no mistakes.” He wishes to be this great figure that everyone is relying on, but as the camera turns away because he cannot come up with an answer. The camera moves the audiences’ eyes to focus not on Bush giving his speech, but on Condoleezza and Cheney’s faces in embarrassment. Their faces are looking down as if they empathize with what he is going through. The direction of the camera, moving back and forth from Bush to his staff, makes the audience see that Bush was not alone. He had his “cronies” to rely on. He wishes they could help him answer this question, but he is left on the spot to think about it. In the end he does not have a direct answer. It reveals his personality as relying on someone else to help him. He lacked real confidence in his own thoughts that it got to the point where he would look at Condoleezza and Cheney. In the end, he worked hard and he should stand with that confidence.
do not use the phrase "is when." is cannot be followed by an adverb clause. Look it up in your grammar book. By moving back and forth, the camera tells us that Bush, in a real way is all alone. His cabinet is not with him in this instance.
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