What Is The Difference Between Pearl Harbor And Harvard Commencement Speech
Both Andy Samberg's Harvard commencement speech in 2012 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor address in 1941 are seen as distinctly different. Looking very closely a few similarities stand out. Samberg used a comedic approach while Roosevelt used a logos appeal, using facts to inform congress. But bothe did not succeed at their jobs, neither really brought hope to the audience in order for them to move on. As a comedian Samberg took time to tell a lot of jokes making his commencement speech seem more like a stand up comedy act, instead of informing the Harvard students of the next chapter in their lives he went on about things irrelevant to the well being of the graduates. Samberg started out dancing his way onto the stage and kissed
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I’m going to have sex with the statue of John Harvard.” The speech was funny and the crowd laughed but Nicolas Cage having sex with the statue of John Harvard has absolutely nothing to do with the next step in these students lives. A commencement speech is supposed to be a bit humorous in order to attract the attention of the audience but also the speaker is supposed to give good life advice which Samberg gave very little of. His performance was rather a very unrelated to the advice he was supposed to give. Samberg gave minimal hope to the next step of the lives of the graduates. Roosevelt also did not follow through with his job of giving hope to the people at such a vulnerable time. The speech was given the day after the Pearl Harbor attack to congress in order to inform them about all that has happened and all that was to happen. Although he did give the information needed he gave a minimal amount, but not only that he gave little to no sympathy to the many people who had lost their lives. Roosevelt used a factual approach with no emotion which did not make things look very hopeful for the United States “There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.” With no real hope given to the audience and unintended audience the United States nothing to hold on to in order to feel
I’m going to have sex with the statue of John Harvard.” The speech was funny and the crowd laughed but Nicolas Cage having sex with the statue of John Harvard has absolutely nothing to do with the next step in these students lives. A commencement speech is supposed to be a bit humorous in order to attract the attention of the audience but also the speaker is supposed to give good life advice which Samberg gave very little of. His performance was rather a very unrelated to the advice he was supposed to give. Samberg gave minimal hope to the next step of the lives of the graduates. Roosevelt also did not follow through with his job of giving hope to the people at such a vulnerable time. The speech was given the day after the Pearl Harbor attack to congress in order to inform them about all that has happened and all that was to happen. Although he did give the information needed he gave a minimal amount, but not only that he gave little to no sympathy to the many people who had lost their lives. Roosevelt used a factual approach with no emotion which did not make things look very hopeful for the United States “There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.” With no real hope given to the audience and unintended audience the United States nothing to hold on to in order to feel