Analyzing Baer's Grief Speech

“Can you live in that moment, as best as you can, with clear eyes and love in your heart? With joy in your heart? If you can do that gentlemen then you’re perfect.” Doesn't take much dose it? This speech has so much meaning and and purpose behind it.

Commencement speech, a speech that is purposely produced to motivate, to give advices and to encourage its audiences. To this point in life, I myself have been through six of them, one in kindergarten, one in middle school, the latest one, of course in high school, and others are family members’ graduation ceremonies. Out of six, I cannot recall any standout advice from any of them, they have so much in common than differences. Recently I had a chance to watch Neil Gaiman’s speech, the one in 2012 at the University of Art through a YouTube video; although I only observed through a screen, I felt the connections, and especially inspired.

The primary audience for this speech were those attending the speech at the 1993 ESPY’s and those watching at home that night. I can tell from his language he uses to direct his message at the audience, using words such as “you” and “we”.

“Do not be uneasy about me. I am among friends. I will close with great respects. Your affectionate father. Farewell”

“It was a very powerful speech,” Bohner said. “He took a very broad stance on a lot of issues but knows that we can stand together and make a change.”

Famed American author David Foster Wallace gave a commencement speech to Kenyon College’s graduating class of 2005. Most commencement speeches focus on graduates’ accomplishments as well as give general life advice. Wallace’s presentation follows this pattern at first, congratulating the students on getting their diplomas. However, most of his speech is dedicated to the idea of thinking beyond ourselves. Throughout the speech, Wallace argues we should live with empathy through his use of humor and appeals to the audience’s empathy.

Before we can understand the varying fates of these two men we must examine the prior years of life that scripted them. Morrie Schwartz lived for people and the opportunity to welcome them into his heart. He took the time to pursue a relationship with the student that would one day write his dying testimony, he took the time to cultivate a fruitful marriage and he took the time to give his fullest attention to everyone he encountered. Morrie cast off the deceptions of status and wealth, instead devoting himself to his family, his students, and the bouncing rhythms of the dance floor. Above all else, Morrie Schwartz clung to his guiding principle, "love each other or perish" (Mor, 91).

David Foster Wallace talks about how the commencement speakers should speak about why they were chosen to give the speech. And why they are where they are basically how the college has made them accomplish. Every graduation anyone has ever been too everyone always belittles the commencement speeches

Being in a crowded area, and someone giving a speech and all we can think is what is the point of this speech? Or who is this speech for? Many Kenyon graduates, of the year 2005, can relate when they were listening to David Foster Wallace in their commencement speech. Many people can agree that the last thing these graduates want to do is to be in this really long ceremony before they can go on and start their lives with whatever career they decided to study. Wallace does not only make a really good speech to capture his audience attention, but he does it in a really unique professional way. When it comes to speech pathos, logos, and ethos is very important and each one of those things need to be in the speech in order

After interpreting “Joss Whedon Wesleyan Commencement Address: You Are All Going To Die,” published by Huffington Post, I actually was discouraged in the beginning of his speech. No one wants to be reminded that you’re going to die and that you can’t change the world. As I went on to listen to Whedon’s commencement address I felt more inspired as I listened to his words. Whedon spoke of earning your identity, living with contradictions and coming to peace with yourself by knowing who you are. His words changed my perception on how I can change the world.

Howard set up the ceremony more of a conversation with Coates and beloved Howard University Professor Dr.Carr. Dr.Carr started off the conversation with this question “Why is there no hope?”. Coates immediately answered his question and said “Hope is in Howard University”. He goes on to explain that Hope comes from all the students that have graduated

Through life, we often lose someone we loved and cared deeply for and supported us through life. This is demonstrated by the loss of a loved one when Esther's father died when she was nine. "My German speaking father, dead since I was nine came from some

that his father was perfect and that he should live up to the same greatness.

“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you want” and “brick walls are there to show how much people want something,” we two of my most favorite quotes that came out of his speech. The more I reflected on these

Famous actors, musicians, politicians, artists and authors are often called upon to deliver commencement addresses at prestigious places of higher learning. It doesn't take Nobel-Prize-winning social scientists or psychologists, or speech professors to predict what these elite guest speakers will say on such occasions such as these. The speaker will tell the graduating class to aim high, never give up, make the most of opportunities, and do as our forbearers did: pull yourselves up by the bootstraps. But when Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks showed up at Vassar College to present the commencement address, his presentation avoided those clichés and platitudes. Hanks was refreshing original and yet remarkably pragmatic. This paper critiques Hanks' themes, examines his rhetorical techniques, and editorially analyzes his purpose.