Analyzing Dillard's Speech

Matthew McConaughey was a very enthusiastic speaker who showed that he was the right choice when winning this award. He began by thanking his fellow workers who worked hard on the movie and even the other nominees to show respect and not doubt his fellow actors. McConaughey also states his three main points of the speech to show what he would be talking about. His humor made his words flow whenever he started talking about his Father and it caused it to shift into thanking his loved ones in the audience. His stance throughout the speech looked like he was shifting only because he would look around at the audience and create eye contact. McConaughey pointed out the people he was talking about and directly spoke to them the things he wanted to

Creatures seem to propagate life unnecessarily, flinging life out there just to die. Dillard describes this by using aphids as an example. She says: “The faster death goes, the faster evolution goes. If an aphid lays a million eggs, several might survive. Now, my right hand, in all its human cunning, could not make one aphid in a thousand years” (Dillard,). She is amazed by how many eggs an aphid can produce so effortlessly, yet us humans cannot create a single one ourselves. This allegory compares this seemingly wasteful evolution of other species, to the lack of ability for us humankind to do so on such a large scale. She also mentions that only several might survive, which again show the apparent wastefulness of producing such a large amount

Cornel West spoke at Texas A&M University-Commerce as a guest speaker on September 28th in order to discuss why race matters in 2016. He talked about different subjects including race in politics, social justice, social economics, police accountability, and prominent social justice warriors. Filling the shoes of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. West kindly educated the students and faculty by discussing the current racial justice movement, what the movement stands for, and what they intend to do. The insight that Dr. West offered helped me better understand the difficulties of racial tension, and what we can do to stop both racial and social injustice. What I found particularly interesting about his speech was the way that he captivated the audience.

The idea of fear is a fairly simple concept, yet it carries the power to consume and control lives. Fears have stemmed from an inadvertent psychological response to situations deemed threating to one’s personal safety, but have evolved into a complex web of often illogical misconceptions which are able to cloud a person’s judgment and result in situations often worse than originally intended. Fears can be hard to quell, but it has been shown the best way to overcome fears is often to face them, as author James Baldwin asserted when he wrote, “To defend oneself against fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.” Baldwin makes strongly qualified statement, and his idea fears must be faced to

Many people recognize Jim Carrey as the pet detective or the not-so-bright Lloyd Christmas, but during his commencement speech to the graduating class of 2014 at the Maharishi University of Management, he opens up to reveal a much deeper side of himself. While the speech he delivers is permeated with his traditional humor, Carrey also inspires his audience to think about how they want to conduct their lives. Carrey presents an effective argument for persuading college graduates who are entering the work field to not let fear control how they live. By successfully employing anecdote, analogy, and audience engagement, Carrey entices his audience to be willing to take risks and choose love over fear when approaching a career and other life

In “Living Like Weasels,” author Annie Dillard’s idea is that humans can benefit from living wild as a weasel. I strongly agree because to live wild like a weasel is to live mindless, free and focused. With these living abilities we as humans will be able get closer to our aspirations in life and do whatever means necessary to get there.

Chamberlain had many characteristics in his speech. His characteristics in his speech were honest, generous and fair. He was honest when he tells it straight to them, he doesn’t beat around the bush. Shaara stats that he is honest when “ ‘Gentlemen, I think if we lose this fight we lose the war, so if you choose to join us I will be personally very grateful.’(8) ” Second Chamberlain is generous when he gives the men a choice on whether to fight or not. It states that “ If you choose to join us and you want your musket back you can have them- nothing more will be said by anyone, anywhere If you chose not to join us well then you can come along under guard and when this all over I will do what I can to ensure you get a fair trial, but for now

Napoleon, with dogs following him, stood on the raised portion of the floor where the major has stood to deliver his speech; first of all, he announced the end of Sunday morning’s meeting and evaluate it as a waste of time and told other animals that all of the questions that is work related should be answered by a committee of pigs that were lead by himself; the ceremony of sing the Beast of England and salute the flag will be continue but Napoleon declared that there should be no more debate.

In this quote, Dillard is supposing that humans often become engrossed in the selfish desire to obtain more; whether it be wealth, power, or how others perceive them. Personally, it is easy to see correlation between the mindset I carry and Dillard’s perspective of her encounter with the weasel. Life can be unquestionably overwhelming at times, as a result of this I often picture myself in the life of someone completely incompatible to mine. From my standpoint, their life may be perceived as stress-free and full of freedom, but I am unaware of the challenges that they may as well endure throughout their existence. When Dillard made eye contact with the weasel she experienced 60 seconds of blissful emptiness. Taking time to reflect on your values compared to how others attain theirs is demonstrated crucially in this piece. Dillard states, “I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it” (8). According to the way I view the world, the point Dillard is attempting to get across to the reader is that freedom can be attained by anyone no matter the circumstance, you can be who you want to be with no limitation. I always try to get the most out of

Contemporary Colum McCann made this statement.” It's strange, but as i grow older, I find myself developing more optimism. I keep inching toward the point where I believe that it’s more difficult to have hope than it is to embrace cynicism. In the deep dark there's no point unless we have at least a modicum of hope. We trawl our way through the darkness hoping to find a pinpoint of light…. I think that a good novel can be a door to despair. I also think the real bravery comes with those who are prepared to go through that door and look at the world in grime and torment, and still find something of value, no matter how small…. I like those authors…. Who have the courage of their convictions. There is a light to their work, an open door.”

The speech I choose was an acceptance speech By Jesse Williams when he won the Humanitarian of the year award at the BET awards. Now this speech probably wouldn't be very appealing to a caucasian person because the main point of the speech is about how black people have been oppressed by white to long. It may sound like he’s targeting whites but he is just speaking up on all the injustices going on in our society to african americans. Also, a white person should not feel offended by the speech and feel as if Jesse Williams hates white people because he is half white. Jesse Williams see the world from multiple perspective being and black and white man. He uses his platform to as an actor to inform the country of our injustices against minorities.

Failure is an obstacle, everyone during their life must face and come to accept. But, what really is failure? I see failure as when you try to achieve at something, but do not succeed in doing so. A person who has faced many letdowns in his life is Denzel Washington; as he talks about failures in his 2011 University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address. During his speech, uses of rhetoric can be heard all throughout his words. Making the message he is trying to say to the graduating students that still have their lives in front of them, just so much more robust. Washington’s use of all three kinds of rhetoric throughout his speech about defeat and how to change your thoughts to overcome them.

Recently, a video of a Jaden Smith motivational speech has been circulating around the web, shared into my attention usually by teenage girls the like of which saw M. Night Shyamalan's dreadful After Earth solely because it featured Jaden. Jaden Smith has now become and example of what that attention at a young age can do to a person, with his Twitter account Featuring Tweets That Make No Sense Except To Try And Be Deep. I'm sure if we were forced into the spotlight as teenagers, we'd make the same fools of ourselves.

Montaigne says that it is a “personal weakness” that makes one content with their own or the knowledge of others. Rather, a better human would always keep learning, never be happy with what they know, because the more you know, the more you know that you don’t know.

As debates surrounding climate change have grown in recent times, especially with Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, many environmentalists have evidently viewed his deed as a call to action. In today’s world, environmental change has been glossed over simply for the fact that some disagree upon its existence. In turn, other well known figures have taken matters into their own hands; as a strong believer in climate change himself, famous actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio gave a powerful speech in front of the United Nations (UN) Climate summit. Through use of the rhetorical triangle, the three appeals, the patterns of development, and SOAPSTone, DiCaprio presents his speech effectively to his audience.