The speaker I selected was Professor Randy Pausch. I have read the book‚ “The Last Lecture” and was very moved by it. In the introduction he absolutely grabbed my attention. He was very humorous and engaging. Even using humor to discuss “the elephant in the room” and to show everyone how he was in good health. He makes you want to listen in the way he opened his “speech”. His nonverbal communication is excellent. He focuses on the audience (eye contact) through the entire speech. He walks
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It was in the summer before my sophomore year when I read the book “The Last Lecture” by CMU professor Randy Pausch. The book was based on his famous “last lecture” that he gave while being terminally ill with few months to live. In that lecture‚ instead of talking about his tragedy‚ he spoke about the positivity of life‚ continuous learning‚ unconstrained imaginations‚ honesty and integrity‚ overcoming obstacles and choices that one can make to lead a good life. Two of his key experiences has stood
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Author Randy Pausch stated‚ "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” in his bestseller book‚ The Last Lecture. The author explores the meaning of life’s difficulties‚ and how these difficulties shape our character and help us discover our own potential
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After watching Randy Pausch’s speech‚ the “Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚” there were three visual aids that he used to guide his speech. One of them was the vest with the arrows sticking out of his back. He explained it was an emblem representing his journey when he was teaching a pioneering course. He said to the audience that if one tries to take on pioneering that they “will get those arrows in the back.” The point he was getting at was the fact that you will face obstacles and
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dream or give up on it. Randy Pausch wrote The Last Lecture to explain how he did not give up on his dream though. He wrote about his childhood dreams and even though he had cancer and knew he was going to die‚ he kept striving to achieve his childhood dreams. He managed to get through life achieving most of his childhood dreams. In The Last Lecture‚ Pausch uses pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos to persuade readers that they can achieve their childhood dreams no matter what. Pausch uses pathos by emotionally
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Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams My first words after the video were‚ “What an inspiring man.” Randy spoke with such excitement and joy. His body language was light and free. His voice was honest‚ relaxed‚ clear and confident. I had to start the video over in the very beginning‚ because I was confused on whom he was. I had to be reminded that he was the one with cancer‚ not someone he was talking about. I enjoyed listening to his positive and encouraging
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On September 18‚ 2007‚ Dr. Pausch gave his memorable “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a tradition at Carnegie Mellon University that when a professor is retiring‚ they give one last lecture as their final goodbye. The idea of this lecture is to give an hour long speech that covers everything an individual would want to say if you were hypothetically dying. In spite of this‚ in Dr. Pausch’s case‚ he was literally dying with a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer this being the
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The Last Lecture A Father‚ Son‚ Husband‚ Professor and Role model‚ known to be as Randolph Pausch. In the novel The Last Lecture‚ Randolph shows faith‚ perseverance and hope. A dying man teaching millions how to live their lives‚ by achieving goals and accomplishing them. Randolph Pausch was an inspiration to thousands of people and became an Internet sensation from his novel and last lecture. Randolph Pausch also known to be as Randy was a Father of Three children
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Dr. Randy Pausch was an American professor of computer Science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He learned that he had suffering from the pancreatic cancer in September 2006‚ and in August 2007 he was giving a terminal diagnosis:”3 to 6 months of good health left.” He gave an upbeat lecture titled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” On September 18‚ 2007‚ at Camegie Mellon University. On the stage that day
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Nick Torigian English Paper Choices Essay The author Randy Pausch shows his love for his family and his happiness towards people who surround him in his life. Pausch shows how important choices are in showing your family your love and happiness throughout the hardest times in his life. Also‚ Pausch expresses he is happy towards complete strangers and the people he interacts/surrounds himself with. The memoir The Last Lecture shows us that our choices are important in showing others and your
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