Burhan Ghney Obama Victory Speech On November 4th‚ 2008‚ Senator Barack Obama had won the presidential election over Senator John McCain. Shortly after the victory‚ president Obama was giving his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech he explains how America is a land of opportunity. He also preaches about hope and unity as a nation. He also reaches out to the entire American population‚ saying that change needs to come to America. His objective is to make everyone realize
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Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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Adolf Hitler entered Kroll Opera House on the first of September‚ 1939‚ as his troops prepared to invade Poland. Propaganda was a major facet of Nazi Germany’s success and this speech reiterates the plight of Germany‚ Hitler’s beliefs on who was to blame for their failing economy‚ and what must be done about the crisis. Like many of Hitler’s speeches‚ outside of those in physical attendance‚ nations all over the world had tuned in via radio where these speeches were translated in real time. This
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Jason H. Chang Counteracting the Opposition Julius Caesar was probably one of the most prominent figures in Roman history‚ known for his strong willed nature and commanding presence. In 44 BCE‚ Caesar was voted in to be Dictator perpetuo (often mistranslated as dictator for life).Worried that Caesar was becoming too powerful‚ several Roman senators including Brutus (a close friend of Caesar’s) assassinated Caesar while Caesar himself was by tradition‚ unarmed and defenseless. Following the assassination
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June 12‚ 1987‚ standing upon a pillar gazing toward a West German crowd‚ President Reagan began to deliver a monumentally paramount speech. As he stood in the midst of alternating German and American flags‚ armed with a podium with a single microphone‚ President Reagan’s began to speak. While knowing every eye of the world was bearing down on him‚ the remarks he delivered at the Brandenburg Gate were a valiantly majestic attempt to burn down the evils of the Soviet Union‚ and from the ashes allow
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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
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At the diversity speech‚ we were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to the stories of three very different women: Dr. Xiaoyi Liu‚ Pia Driessen-Knittle‚ and Bernadine Lewis. Listening to these women speak really opened my eyes to how different we all truly are from each other. Although these women were probably some extremes of diversity‚ it demonstrated a good sense of differing backgrounds. Regardless of where these women came from‚ they found themselves here in America‚ on stage‚ speaking
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Homelessness was my chosen issue for my speech and the main purpose was to inform the audience. Through my speech‚ I wanted to inform the issue of homelessness today due to the fact that people are still blind to it. My intention was to raise awareness about the problematic issue of homelessness which is clearly evident in today’s general society. My goal was to promote change and ask for assistance in treating the issue. My intended audience was simply for everyone‚ however particularly targeting
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I attended a speech by Dr. Eric Polley about his effort to create a computer algorithm program to match the type of cancer based on biomarkers to the optimal treatment. Even though some of the information went way over my head I did understand most of his speech. Today there are so many drugs that have been developed to help people battle cancer‚ but each drug only works with specific types of cancer. There are also countless types of cancer with each tumor being different from the rest. His goal
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free institutions are not simply granted to us‚ but need to be fought for. During the Holocaust‚ there weren’t many people who had chosen to speak up and instead‚ a multitude of people chose to keep quiet‚ sprouting another series of problems. In a speech given by Elie Wiesel‚ he explains how‚ “There is so much to be done‚ and there is so much that can be done.” Therefore the author is saying that there are many things in the
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