Messimore Luis Marin English 1013-036 2 September 2014 Kenyon Commencement Speech David Foster Wallace gave a speech called Kenyon Commencement Speech to the Kenyon College in 2005. He delivered the message that a change in thinking can save citizens from the daily grind of their eight to five jobs. Wallace gave examples of this point in his speech starting with a fish in water‚ a person in a crowd‚ and how not to think. Wallace started his speech with a short story about an older fish asking a couple
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graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization and importance to the issue of why he was there. From the commencement of the speech‚ Billy Joel set a personable and comfortable tone. He spoke
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degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have the duty to educate future generations for the sake of giving meaning to their past; she urges them to keep alive the hunger for knowledge and improvement. In her Bowie State University Commencement Speech‚ Michelle Obama utilizes historical events to relay her point which states that graduates have the obligation
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Javier Hernando Ortega Cuellar Universidad Nacional De Colombia Philology and Languages: English Written Communication IV August 20 – 2010 Steve Jobs Commencement Speech’s Review. “I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told‚ I never graduated from college‚ and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today‚ I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories
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The Oprah Effect Summary: “The Oprah Effect’ is article written by Carmen Wong Ulrich‚ the $1.4 billion woman influences pop culture‚ creates stars‚ and drivers entire industries. The Oprah Show is the most popular source of reality television viewed by many supporting fans. She broadcasts the topic of the days show and gives the audience a tease about the next guest: Our next guest has overcome extraordinary odds. Stay tuned; commercial break. Oprah effect introduces her leadership characteristics
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In this commencement speech‚ Wallace talks about the idea of choosing what and how to think about things. To help illustrate this‚ he talks about living in the day-to-day existence of adult life and how the way you choose to think will keeping you from being absolutely miserable in it. Wallace talks about the default way of thinking; specifically‚ thinking self centeredly in the day-to-day routine. This thinking doesn’t help you cope or deal with the daily frustrations of real life and will keep
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Commencement for Women’s Rights On May 22‚ 1983‚ Ursula K. Le Guin delivered a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mills College in Oakland‚ California‚ the first women’s college west of the Rocky Mountains (Graveline). Le Guin took an unusual approach to this commencement speech‚ focusing her words on the controversial topic of gender equality. This speech not only empowered the women of her graduating class‚ but also highlighted the extreme differences in the qualities of women compared
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Abstract Oprah gave the 2008 Stanford University commencement speech focusing on the lessons she learn from her life experiences. The lessons Oprah wanted to share with the 2008 graduating class were be true to who you are‚ learning from your failures‚ and finding happiness. Oprah spoke about the importance of service and her life’s dedication to help less fortunate have some of the same opportunities as her and the Stanford graduates. Oprah also gave the graduates advice on how to move forward
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Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech: http://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/ (29.11.2016) (1) I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. (2) Truth be told‚ this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. (3) Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. (4) That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. (5) The first story is about connecting the dots. (6) I dropped out
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Summary of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address In 2005 David Foster Wallace delivered the Kenyon College commencement address that was not the typical commencement address you would normally hear at a graduation. He starts off his speech by telling a story having the idea that even the most “important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.” He talks about living in the adult world that these soon to be graduates will enter and how it can be very dull at times
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