In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Faulkner takes the opportunity to talk to the “young men and women‚” who are also dedicated writers. Faulkner explains to the “young men and women” what valuable writing is. Faulkner implies that man cannot write about physical dangers‒ man must write about the universal truths. Faulkner defines what valuable writing is through parallel structure and repetition in his address. In his Nobel Address‚ Faulkner incorporates parallel structure to answer
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"Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise." Or was it an old man? A guru‚ perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story‚ or one exactly like it‚ in the lore of several cultures. "Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind. Wise." In the version I know the woman is the daughter of slaves‚ black‚ American‚ and lives alone in a small house outside of town. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people she is both the
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Good Afternoon‚ I elected to analyze William Falkner’s Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech for this week forum. At first‚ I had a hard time identifying the different aspects of the speech until I found audio of it. As part of his introduction‚ Falkner uses the first sentence in his speech established his credibility and ethos. Then he goes on to state the purpose of his speech very directly by saying that he would like to use this moment to talk to young writers and more specifically the
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On December 10‚ 1950‚ William Faulkner delivered his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Today his speech is considered one of the most brilliant and inspiring speeches ever to be read at the Nobel ceremony. Faulkner stressed the "writer’s duty" to write only of "the old verities and truths of the heart." He spoke of avoiding writing anything that is not worth writing about. He felt concerned about new writing where authors gave in to America’s shallow desires to read "not of love but of lust‚ of defeats
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Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech I was an obscure individual in those days. My name was hardly known outside my own province‚ but I was quite content with that obscurity‚ which protected me from the curiosity of crowds. And then came a time when my heart felt a longing to come out of that solitude and do some work for my fellow beings‚ and not merely give shape to my dreams and meditate deeply on the problems of life‚ but try to give expression to my ideas through some definite
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MLK Commentary: The Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Martin Luther King was a powerful‚ memorable‚ eloquent and educated civil rights activist. He passionately promoted the drive and push for peaceful non-violent protesting. His speeches were inspirational‚ charismatic and effective and the passion and power in his delivery set the pacing of the emotional experience. He used many rhetorical devices along with his determination to get across the feeling and flavour of perpetuated slavery of
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Inconsistency (A critical comparison of A Rose for Emily and Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech) Shakespeare put it beautifully in Hamlet when he put the words into Polonius’s mouth‚ “To thine own self be true.” It truly is a noble sentiment and a worthy goal. Each person on the planet earth is confronted daily by decisions that challenge his or her commitment to his or her own self. This is evident in many art forms. Painters‚ musicians‚ and writers take pieces of themselves and put it into what they
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In his arousing Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech in 1986‚ Elie Wiesel pronounces the importance of “taking sides” and “interfering” when a time of human suffering is upon the world. He is undeniably correct. People need to stand up for what is right in this world‚ and acknowledge the wrong; they need to take an issue of human persecution and make it “the center of the universe”. People should fight for others who cannot fight for themselves. They should be the voice others do not have. The
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Toni Morrison In the mid twentieth century‚ the Civil Rights Movement influenced African-American writers to express their opinions. Most African-American writers of the time discussed racism in America and social injustice. Some authors sought to teach how the institution of slavery affected those who lived through it and African-Americans who were living at the time. One of these writers was the Toni Morrison‚ the novelist‚ who intended to teach people about all aspects of African-American life
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Hannah Campos Professor Gibbons English 2 February 25‚ 2013 The Future of Language is in Our Hands Toni Morrison’s is a leading figure in American literature who won the Nobel Prize in 1993. She is good at giving different points of views or metaphors in order to show her purpose of writing and produce the tension of beauty. Black history plays a huge role in Morrison’s writing. In her lecture she tells a story happening between a blind woman and a few young men. The young men question
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