Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams You would think a man dying of cancer would not be so happy and willing to spend the last few months of his life giving a lecture. But‚ Randy Pausch‚ who has 10 tumors in his liver‚ does not want people to pity him for having cancer. Rather‚ he wants to teach people how to follow their childhood dreams. Looking at the seven elements of communication we see how he is so effective in his last lecture. The lecture has affected me personally
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In the film ‘The Last Samurai’‚ directed by Edward Zwick and the poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ by Robert Gray the composers have used techniques to make meaning‚ and have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters/society who change: firstly‚ through the past and the present; secondly; by the effect of external forces. Both composers have used techniques to convey that in order to move on from the past many challenges and obstacles may be faced. In ‘The Last Samurai’ Algren’s
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Most problems have a solution. And all solutions are possible. In Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture‚ he attempts to fulfil his childhood dreams of floating. Through Pausch’s experiences trying to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”‚ he learns a valuable lesson that he choses to include in his last lecture. Pausch didn’t want to be an astronaut‚ but he still wanted the feeling of being in zero gravity. To do that‚ he had to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”. It was a plane that flew up and down in arc movements.
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Comparing Movies The last 2 movies I saw were “The Last Song” and “Dear John”. Considering both of these movies are sappy Nicholas Sparks books‚ they have a ton of similarities. They also have some differences. I saw both of these movies more than 4 months ago so I hope I can even remember enough to compare them. One similarity is about 2 people that meet in a beach setting. In “The Last Song”‚ Ronnie‚ who is played by Miley Cyrus and is the main character‚ is shipped to her fathers house in
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chance to pick what your lasts words on this world would be‚ what would you say? Would you focus on dying or how you spent your life? Many professors around the world are asked to take on this task of composing and delivering a “last lecture”. This lecture would be giving to students at colleges expressing what your lasts thought would be if these were to be your last moments on this world. In Randy Paunch’s LAST LECTURE it was a little different. He got asked to prepare this last lecture but in his case
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expect a mans personality and traits to be like if he was to send his wife away for being to easily impressed and made happy too soon? It is just the man Robert Browning portrays in his poem “My Last Duchess” as the Duke who explains a painting of his late wife in a dramatic dialogue. A quick glance at “ My Last Duchess” readers can easily pick up on at least one element: arrogance. The speaker of the poem exhibits arrogance rooted in his audacious sense of greed and dominance over others. But in order
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Reading for Understanding/ Response The movie “The Last Samurai” is about a broken man who goes to Japan to train the army. During an attack from the samurai warriors Algren shows courage and the will to fight. He’s brought to the samurai leader Ausomoto as a prisoner. Over time he learns the way of the samurai and aids his new found friends to fight against the empire. Concerning the meaning of this story‚ looking at the guiding question “What makes us who we are?” this story has to do with what
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In a dramatic monologue‚ the poet‚ like an actor in a play‚ speaks through the voice and personality of another person. Robert Browning wrote many different dramatic monologues such as those three particular poems which are known as‚ “My Last Duchess‚ Porphyria’s Lover and The Laboratory.” The reason why Browning wrote his poems in that particularly dialogue is because of the certain century it was produced. It was brought out during the Victorian. In that century woman where treated differently
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The Last of the Mohicans The book Last of the Mohicans is based on a novel by James Fenimore Cooper‚ and revolves around a clan of Native Americans called the Mohicans. The main characters are Hawkeye‚ his adopted father Chingachgook‚ and his adopted brother Uncas. Chingachgook‚ and his son Uncas‚ are the last of the Mohican tribe or blood line. The movie is also based on these three characters. The era that both stories take place in is the 18th century during the seven years war between
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The Last Lecture Reflection The Last Lecture was a very interesting and inspiring book to read. It focuses on living life more than death. The life that Randy Pausch lived was not only educational for his students but for himself and he hoped educational for his children. He reflected on his past and taught his student to live their childhood dreams. Pausch was trying to leave a legacy for his children not only through his last lecture but also in the way he looked at life. Pausch was a man of many
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