Bono Speech Analysis
Bono's speech at the Harvard University
Bono, the lead singer of the famous rock band U2, gave a speech at the Harvard University on June 6th, 2001. Bono focused on the world’s primary problems. Bono tries to convince the students at Harvard University, that the world has some issues that someone should take care of.
In the beginning of Bono’s speech, Ethos is used to get reliance from the audience. He begins describing himself; “I am a singer and a songwriter but I am also a father, four times over. I am a friend to dogs. I am a sworn enemy of the saccharine and a believer in grace over karma.” This exemplifies, that he wants to be seen as a human. He talks about his everyday life; he says that he is a dog person, a Christian and a father of four children. By saying this he shows the audience that it doesn't matter what you are or what you do in your everyday life, at the bottom we are all the same and we can, and should, all help the world with its problems.
Bono represents the development of his work, with his friend from Harvard, Larry Summers. The way Bono expresses the story makes the listener feel integrated. Bono uses many rhetorical agents to make the audience feel inspired and interested. Bono uses a very describing language, which makes it possible for the audience to create picture of his work with Larry Summers. Bono uses a metaphor for how devastating it has been working with Summers “The religious right started acting like student protesters. And finally, after a floor fight in the House of Representatives, we got the money - four three five million.”
The fact that he needs 20,000 people screaming his name in order to have a good day seems surrealistic for everyone else. The reason why he talks condescendingly about being a musician is to catch the audience attention. If he just walked in, and started his speech by saying that he is a cool rockstar, who wants to help the third world, then the speech wouldn't reach out to the audience because
Bono, the lead singer of the famous rock band U2, gave a speech at the Harvard University on June 6th, 2001. Bono focused on the world’s primary problems. Bono tries to convince the students at Harvard University, that the world has some issues that someone should take care of.
In the beginning of Bono’s speech, Ethos is used to get reliance from the audience. He begins describing himself; “I am a singer and a songwriter but I am also a father, four times over. I am a friend to dogs. I am a sworn enemy of the saccharine and a believer in grace over karma.” This exemplifies, that he wants to be seen as a human. He talks about his everyday life; he says that he is a dog person, a Christian and a father of four children. By saying this he shows the audience that it doesn't matter what you are or what you do in your everyday life, at the bottom we are all the same and we can, and should, all help the world with its problems.
Bono represents the development of his work, with his friend from Harvard, Larry Summers. The way Bono expresses the story makes the listener feel integrated. Bono uses many rhetorical agents to make the audience feel inspired and interested. Bono uses a very describing language, which makes it possible for the audience to create picture of his work with Larry Summers. Bono uses a metaphor for how devastating it has been working with Summers “The religious right started acting like student protesters. And finally, after a floor fight in the House of Representatives, we got the money - four three five million.”
The fact that he needs 20,000 people screaming his name in order to have a good day seems surrealistic for everyone else. The reason why he talks condescendingly about being a musician is to catch the audience attention. If he just walked in, and started his speech by saying that he is a cool rockstar, who wants to help the third world, then the speech wouldn't reach out to the audience because