The other way he uses this second person tool effectively is by knowing his audience well and addressing them specifically. The audience of this piece is extremely important and the way he talks to them specifically is important as well. Kenyon College is a Liberal Arts college, which Wallace often refers to in his speech as a place where students are taught how to think about the way they think, which is also a great stereotype of Liberal Arts education (). Throughout his speech he often even talks directly about the type of education they are receiving. He uses quotes like “And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep yourself from going through your comfortable…adult
Plato explains, “Will he not fancy that the shadows which he formerly saw are truer than the objects which are now shown to him? (1129).” Since the prisoners are unable to see the outside world they are forced to believe strictly what they can see. Plato describes that the prisoners can only be sure of the objects seen currently and not what they saw before. The prisoners used what they Douglass, like Plato used what he learned to his advantage to learn from the talking of slaveowners. “The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder (430).” The self-centered thoughts of thinking of how he will be able to become free took over his every thought and consumed him to listen in on conversations. In addition, Wallace describes self-centered thoughts in which vehicles are always in his way, but he could never be in their way. For instance, “In this traffic, all these vehicles stopped and idling in my way...Or that the Hummer that just cut me off is maybe.. is trying to get this kid to the hospital, and he 's in a bigger, more legitimate hurry than I am: it is actually I who am in HIS way (7).” Unlike Douglass, Wallace recognized that he was thinking just of himself and not of his surroundings. All of these characters demonstrate that at one point they had self-centered
Similarly, in This is Water, David Foster Wallace argues a real education as offering people the choice of what to think about in life. He states that “a liberal arts education is not so much about filling you up with knowledge as it is about ‘teaching you how to think’, but rather about the choice of what to think about” (1). After getting educated, students obtain the basic knowledge among many subjects, but with all the information and facts being offered, people may lose conscious of what to think about. Schooling may cause students over-think things which are unnecessary because it may take over what you actually notice and care. Wallace insists “learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and
The debates at Polly’s have continued with speeches from three members of the Labor Faction, Big Bill Haywood, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Leah Schwartz. This debate was more lively than the last; it seems that the members of the audience were more involved during this debate – bringing up their own beliefs and concerns, asking questions, and even challenging some of the ideas brought up by the speakers. During this debate, the members of the Labor Faction also demonstrated the importance of art, both in life and in movements. Big Bill spoke of art’s ability to maintain humanity while Elizabeth Flynn actually used art in her speech, which seemed to make her speech more impactful since it is the arts that truly engage our minds and souls.
During Ambassador Power’s speech, she discusses her beliefs about Russia as a threat to the international community and the United States by prominently expressing thoughts that are similar with the liberal theoretical tradition, additionally, due to intellectual pluralism, Ambassador Power briefly expresses thoughts that are similar to the theoretical tradition of realism. There are four basic assumptions that realism and liberalism share—states live in an international system based on anarchy, states seek power, states are rational actors, and states are the most born actors. However, these rational acting states have varying views of what anarchy is and they act in different ways to attain such anarchy. In this paper, I will explain how
“... that firmness in that right is indispensable today for peace; that firmness will always be measured. Its mission is peace” (Matuz 1330). The firmness spoke of by President Lyndon B. Johnson in his speech to the American people responded to a second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin; it spoke of America putting their foot down to take whatever actions deemed necessary to end the hostile waves of communism that amplified off of North Vietnam. Such communism possessed the power to split Vietnam in two and held the potential to spread and constrict the whole world. Increased firmness arose necessary to achieve peace and to stop such venom from spreading globally; this, consequently, ensured United States aid to France’s cause of democracy. The United States military countered the communist hostility, with an animosity of their own. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution justified Lyndon B. Johnson’s full advancement of U.S. military in Vietnam to put an end to the global communist progression and to hold firm.
Mercutio is an extremely cocky jokester who views the subject of love as a very physical matter. When the Montagues are on their way to the Capulet party, Mercutio mocks Romeo saying, "If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (I, iv, 27-28). Mercutio is trying to comfort his friend by proclaiming that Rosaline is just another love prick in his life, and Romeo will love again after this phase of heartbreak. Several lines past, Mercutio's Queen Mab speech about a fairy creeping on people's dreams stretches on and on (I, iv, 53-94). Romeo tries to calm his friend, and the kinsman of the Prince admits to talking of nothing; he is one "that loves to hear himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand in a month" (II, iv, 137-139). His tangent proves that his witty, light-hearted remarks puncture yet highlight the passionate, love-seeking qualities of Romeo.
I have always been passionate about kids and family’s that live in poverty and who are desperate for food and water. So, I knew when I heard Ryan Stevenson speaking of an organization called World Vision, that this would be a great speech for this assignment. Ryan Stevenson is a singer and artist who was speaking as well as preforming at the Newsboys concert, at the Brookings Swiftel Center.
Selma director, Ava DuVernay did a great job filming and creating the characters that played a big part in this story. Marching alongside King was Andrew Young who was portrayed by Andre Holland.
Good evening, friends, families, fellow classmates, Curley staff, and all else who may be visiting today. I felt the need to distinguish the two separate groups, friends and classmates, due to the sole reason that almost all of you are not my friends, nor do I ever hope you will be. Quite frankly, it is not just that I simply not like you all, I actually dislike most of you. Do not take this too personal though, I am just very excited to finally leave all of you and go our separate ways, except for those who are going to the same college as I am, in which case I hope that we avoid crossing paths again. I really did feel the need to tell you all that I do not like you only because of the fact that I have needed to clarify my feelings on this
Many commencement speeches are inspiring and speak to all that graduating students that are stepping into adulthood. David Foster Wallace speech focused on the life ahead of the students, who will be day in and day out in days filled with boredom, harsh frustrations and the same routine of daily life. When I first read the quote, it showed a story behind the commencement speech. The quote speaks to the autopilot lives that we are living, where we are unknowingly tangled in a rat race that keep us from paying attention to what is most meaningful in our everyday lives.
When I signed up for ENGL 191 I did not know what to expect as I had never token an English class at the college level. The English classes I was used to be taught at the High School Level and they went like this, Teach them grammar rules then hold their hand with worksheets for every possible step of paper writing all the way from idea generation to submitting the final draft. This arbitrarily cookie cutter process frustrated me as I did not want to write down my sources in MLA format on a note card then paraphrase the source over 10 notecards then paraphrase the note cards onto my draft. Because of the way my English Class were I had an expectation of what was done covered and in an English Class. I figured that college would be similar with allot less handholding and when I signed up for 10 to 11:40 Tuesday, Thursday section I thought that it was going to be an hour and forty minutes of tedious discussion of Grammar Rules and the writing process according to the instructor. After six weeks of ENGL 191 my idea of what English is has completely changed. My new idea of what English is totally different then what I came into the class with. I thought English was teadoius
Chapter eight of “A Concise Public Speaking Handbook”, is about how to develop one’s speech. Selecting a topic to speak about is the first step to developing one’s speech. Analyzing the audience will help the speaker choose which topic to speak on and how to present the topic to them. The speaker also needs to have purpose for speaking on the topic in order to develop their speech. This is because having purpose for speaking on the topic will help the speaker organize how they’re going to speak their topic and convey their message to the audience. Knowing the purpose for the speech will help create and clarify the central idea and main ideas of the spoken topic to the audience. When I have presented in the past, I have tried to state my purpose and central idea on what I was speaking on to the audience. By knowing my purpose and central idea about the topic I was speaking on, it has helped me a lot with being able to
Deliberative discourse is used to persuade an audience in the best course of action and Wallace effectively does so with his “Kenyon College 2005 Commencement Address.” The speech given by David Foster Wallace is widely discussed and analyzed. It is thought provoking and leads to higher ontological questions such as “Isn’t questioning everything the essence of what it means to be alive?” (Roiland, 2009, p. 97). Wallace clearly states and restates his thesis as the important of awareness and self-reflexivity—of choosing to think consciously. Wallace’s thesis is essentially his logos appeal, but it is his clever entwining of pathos and ethos appeals that enable him to effectively persuade his audience.
The commencement addresses to Penn State's class of 2011 by Denzel Washington and Tulane University's class of 2015 by Maya Rudolph are parallel and distinctive speeches in their own style. Washington's and Rudolph's speeches use humor to make them relatable to their group of graduates. While also telling stories that are also humorous give their messages integrity and hooks the audience. Their techniques and underlying message, taking risks for a greater reward, are the same. However, they differ in the methods, by either falling forward or saying yes, to taking chances.
The word Language has an array of meaning and purposes for individuals and throughout our society. Language can be described as a collective set of guidelines people mentally recall to enable us to communicate (Clark, as cited by Gee & Hayes, 2011, p. 6). Thus, written or oral language is a method of communication. Gee and Hayes, proceed to suggest that individuals communicate in varied ways (2011, p. 1). For example, the children raised diverse family units would acquire written and oral language skills of their ‘mother tongue’ before developing English as an additional Language (EAL). This is supported by Vygotsky’s principle that children acquire their language skills from the social engagement in their environment (Marsh, 2010, p. 47). Apart from written and spoken Language, other forms of communication