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    degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have the duty to educate future generations for the sake of giving meaning to their past; she urges them to keep alive the hunger for knowledge and improvement. In her Bowie State University Commencement Speech‚ Michelle Obama utilizes historical events to relay her point which states that graduates have the obligation

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    Javier Hernando Ortega Cuellar Universidad Nacional De Colombia Philology and Languages: English Written Communication IV August 20 – 2010 Steve Jobs Commencement Speech’s Review. “I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told‚ I never graduated from college‚ and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today‚ I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories

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    In this commencement speech‚ Wallace talks about the idea of choosing what and how to think about things. To help illustrate this‚ he talks about living in the day-to-day existence of adult life and how the way you choose to think will keeping you from being absolutely miserable in it. Wallace talks about the default way of thinking; specifically‚ thinking self centeredly in the day-to-day routine. This thinking doesn’t help you cope or deal with the daily frustrations of real life and will keep

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    “Americans are likely to share Rushdie’s enthusiasm for migration‚ for the ‘hybridity’ and the transformation that comes of new and expected combination of human beings and cultures.” (27-31) Scott Russell Sanders does not agree with Salman Rushdie nor does he see the positives in migrating to a new place. He develops his views by showing how society has pushes migration all throughout history and explains all the potential harm that could come to environments and species. Sanders also takes the

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    Salmon Rushdie he creates a sense of life and death between two characters Senior and Junior. Senior being death and junior life‚ they both share very strong connection because of their name that could never be spoken of. Other than sharing the same name‚ they were the same age and they both lived in the same apartment building. “By curious chance-which they had to come to think as destiny…” or as a curse‚ these two old men were very much alike in their physicality and personality. Rushdie creates

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    Commencement for Women’s Rights On May 22‚ 1983‚ Ursula K. Le Guin delivered a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mills College in Oakland‚ California‚ the first women’s college west of the Rocky Mountains (Graveline). Le Guin took an unusual approach to this commencement speech‚ focusing her words on the controversial topic of gender equality. This speech not only empowered the women of her graduating class‚ but also highlighted the extreme differences in the qualities of women compared

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    Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech: http://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/ (29.11.2016) (1) I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. (2) Truth be told‚ this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. (3) Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. (4) That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. (5) The first story is about connecting the dots. (6) I dropped out

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    the way he can make the reader think so much about their own life in just a few words or a short sentence. In his commencement speech the very last thing that he tells all of his listeners is “I wish you more than luck.” This small little phrase holds so much meaning because he knows that if any of the graduates were listening then they have an enormous task in front of them. His speech was meant to enable

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    Ellen’s Commencement Speech Rhetorical Analysis Graduation caps fly into the air‚ cheers erupt‚ and diplomas are received. This is a typical graduation day. Not only did these ceremonial events take place for Tulane University’s class of 2009‚ but Ellen DeGeneres was there to congratulate them as well! This class was dubbed the "Katrina Class" for being survivors of the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Katrina was named one of the deadliest Hurricanes‚ causing more than 1‚836

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    Rushdie Vs. Thiong’o The difference between two writers can be very similar or very different. Often times authors have similarities whether they are from different backgrounds or not. In some sort of way two authors can think the same way due to keeping original languages and upbringings in their writings. On the other hand‚ they can also differ immensely. Salman Rushdie and Ngugi wa Thiong’o had two different upbringings‚ education‚ and attitudes toward literature. An author’s upbringing

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