Which of the following are examples of primary sources? select all that apply.

a) a speech given by president george w. bush about the events of september 11, 2001
b) an article written about the history of september 11, 2001
c) an interview with someone who was in one of the twin towers on september 11, 2001.
d) the congressional record of the house of representatives showing the vote for the use of the army after 9-11-01
e) a textbook chapter that covers the events of 9-11-01

A primary source is a document or any artifact that provide us with evidence after an event occurs. Somebody who created a document, or speaks about the event, is a witness who saw everything that took place.

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I don't think President Bush witnessed the event exactly where it happened but he was aware of it, trying to do anything he can, I'd say this could be a primary source, but I am not too sure.

An interview with someone who was in one of the twin towers on the day of the events would definitely be a primary source.

The Congressional Record of the House of Representatives showing the vote for the use of the army after the events that occurred on 09/11/01 would also be considered a primary source.

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the best description of postwar writers might be progressive.

following the war, writers showed a tendency to work on artistic or social matters rather than political themes. while postwar literature may not have been the greatest period of english literature, the themes provided excellent critics a high number of novels. such examples include anthony burgess, anthony powell and frank kermode, all of which can be placed under the progressive view.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion