Summary Of Speech By Freire By Richard Rich

Both authors structure their text differently, as mentioned Rich presents a speech and Freire writes an essay. Richs language choices made a great impact on this speech, she uses the phrase “devastating weakness” to describe university learning to not only be destructive but inadequate. This speech was long because with each sentence she addressed a new point that drew the audience’s attention. For example, in one sentence Rich makes a statement that requires thought: that female students “cannot afford to…receive an education” then in the next sentence she seizes the curiosity by stating that female students will do better if education is claimed not received. However, Freire structures his essay by emphasizing the cons on the banking
concept and the pros of the problem posing method. Freire’s language choices made a great impact on his essay as well, he states that “Banking education begins with a false understanding of man and women as objects” implying the there is a materialistic expectation placed on education. The length of this text was long because Freire had to degrade the concept before he presented the problem posing method.