In analyzing David Foster Wallace’s commencement address we find truth behind the myths and stereotypes of liberal arts degrees. I thought his commencement address was excellent. To me the main idea of his speech was showing the audience liberal arts degree curriculum is designed to allow you‚ the individual the opportunity to think outside of the box and allow you to tools to show you can think and shoes the right way to think about the most significant topics. Wallace even makes
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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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Summary of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address In 2005 David Foster Wallace delivered the Kenyon College commencement address that was not the typical commencement address you would normally hear at a graduation. He starts off his speech by telling a story having the idea that even the most “important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.” He talks about living in the adult world that these soon to be graduates will enter and how it can be very dull at times
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In 1997‚ Madeleine Albright‚ United States Secretary of State‚ presented a commencement speech to the attendees of a graduation ceremony at Mount Holyoke College. Albright presents her points through a political lens‚ uses repetition‚ and appeals to emotion to motivate the graduates of the women’s college‚ the next generation of women who can make an impact on society. Albright utilized American‚ political achievements in order to motivate the graduating class. In paragraph 6‚ Albright says that
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In Dove’s commencement speech to the graduates‚ she establishes her argument of giving the graduates wishes instead of traditional life advice in order to show the ways of navigating the world in a complex matter. By employing various rhetorical devices to back up her wishes‚ Dove emphasizes the importance of stepping out of one’s comfort zone and embracing boldness in life. To illustrate‚ Dove uses his ethos when using James Galways words “[y]ou can sight-read better if you know your scales and
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J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech conveys the good in failure‚ while also telling the importance of imagination through informing the graduates of her own personal experiences and explaining how both can make a positive impact in a person. Rowling relates her fear of failure‚ and her parents fear of her living in poverty. Both factors tie together. She then goes on to tell how she did end up failing. This helps the audience to realize failure is okay because someone with as much success as her
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Elizabethan-styled clothing. The 1996 film by Baz Luhrmann and the written play by William Shakespeare are similar because Shakespearean language is used in both plays. They are different because‚ in the 1996 film‚ modern props and costumes were used while in the written play‚ it was traditional. The 1996 film is better because as the viewers watch‚ they can get a better understanding of the movie as it shows which scene has what settings. The 1996 film also shows the character’s emotions.
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A Commencement Address Joseph Brodsky It is unavoidably true that evil consumes the world we live in. We see the presence of evil in the masses whether it is through the news or with our own eyes. Encountering evil is inevitable‚ and that is a thought that both Joseph Brodsky and I share. Brodsky writes‚ “…for the most interesting thing about Evil is that it is wholly human”. He insinuates that’s the root of all Evil is innately human‚ which provoked me into questioning the validity
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In poet Rita Dove’s 2016 commencement address‚ she outlines a large difference between what the definitions of a commencement speaker and a poet are – that is to "dispense life advice" or leave well wishes with the graduating class – to introduce the structure of her speech. Through the use of personal anecdotes describing her success with these "wishes"‚ as well as providing examples of other successful public figures‚ Dove encourages the University of Virginia at Charlottesville graduating class
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Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses addresses much more than the infamous controversy within Islam. It is about nationalism‚ migration‚ religion‚ postmodernism‚ politics‚ rebirth‚ hybridization‚ transformation‚ compromise‚ and Islam. However‚ the great controversy of the Satanic verses‚ as portrayed in Rushdie’s novel‚ serves as the template from which all the other issues can be examined. Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa‚ likewise‚ can be seen as an expected response that seems to fit the themes addressed
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