Beyonce's Eulogy

Margaret Thatcher, in her eulogy for Ronald Reagan, described him as every person would wished to be talked about. She lauds upon his good nature and successful actions as president. Her use of informal diction, parallel structure, and satire had the effect of giving Ronald Reagan's life a memorable ending.

I am one of the few lucky people that have never experienced the death of a close loved one. For this reason I have decided to choose option two. My favorite childhood cat died when I was younger, and I can still remember what those following days felt like. I feel like I deal with death in a different way than most people. Of course I feel sadness, but I don't feel like I express it in a way everyone else does. Another reason for choosing option two is because I have recently had experience with a friend going through depression and contemplating suicide.

During the speech, I was also a good speaker in many ways. I had a good voice projection, my hand moment was consistent, I was always facing the audience and held eye contact, and had facial expressions to emphasize the importance of a topic. Right off the bat when I was explaining my citation saying According to the U.S Census Bureau “there are alone 5.7% Asian’s in the United States,” I was pointing my hands to make sure everyone was paying attention to the numbers. Another thing I did well during the speech was, that I kept eye contact with everyone during the speech

In Owen Peterson’s volume of Representative American Speeches, he notes, “A eulogy has two distinctive characteristics which sets it apart from most other forms of public address: (1) it is meant to be delivered at a ceremonial occasion to honor the subject; and (2) it is designed to be heard by an audience that already shares the speaker’s respect, affection, or admiration for

To my beautiful wife Hallie Baxter, you have saved my life by giving me purpose and perspective. When I think back about the time I was sitting at that bus stop bench in japan, and you messaged me that day. I didn’t know what to say at first, but as time passed and our love grew our wedding day finally came. I knew when I looked into your eyes that day I found the other half of my heart. Never in my life have I gazed upon someone so kind, strong, beautiful or smart. You have stuck beside me through thick and thin. Without you I would have never laid eyes on our beautiful daughters face. I don’t know where I would have ended up without you. But I know I am grateful to be with you every sec of every day. What I’m trying to say is that you taught

Literature review was not extensive for the purposes of this project, but future research may shape the results of this study. An important limitation to consider is that the financial aspect was not researched in depth. It was undetermined how much of the funeral cost would be covered by my life insurance policy, and prices I received from the funeral directors and former pastor were only general estimates. Some funeral expenses were likely not accounted for because of the brevity of the interviews. Another factor to consider is that the interview with my family members was conducted in a single group sitting. Individuals may not have felt comfortable expressing their opinions amongst the group, and group think may have played a role in the answers received. Wishes for my funeral services may also change with the course of time, and some aspects of the funeral may have been forgotten in the initial interview process. Private interviews should be conducted in the future, and the dialogue about death should be ongoing to account for these

Death is inescapable. Praise God for the life he has blessed his children with. In Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ novel “On Death & Dying” she effectively explains the dying process in five steps: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The impact of her novel, if given the chance, on the medical field would be tremendous in the attempt of allowing individuals to die with their dignity while also remaining in peace throughout the majority of the process. In reality a funeral should not consist of mourning over what is lost. A funeral should be a celebration of the life the individual was blessed with and the impact they had on the people around them. Truly in the end, death is a blessing to those that believe and a frightening silence to the many that do

While I had a few parts of my speech that were pretty strong, there were three parts that I want to work on before the persuasive speech. These three parts were my tone of voice, my organization, and my conclusion. During almost the entirety of my speech, my tone was close to the same sound. There was only a few short times were my voice sounded enthusiastic. While I was extremely invested in my topic, my voice did not show this. It was not monotone, but I could have sounded more positive, especially at the most important points of my speech. My audience would have been engaged in my topic if my voice reflected my passion for mental health. Another weak point of my topic was my organization. The problem was mainly

The speaker made direct eye contact at all times unless his head was moving to place emphasis on what he was saying. Further, the speaker spoke loud enough to be heard and did not require me to turn my volume up super high while struggling to hear him. Additionally, the speaker utilized a good pace. He moved slow enough for me to comprehend everything he was telling me but fast enough so that I did not get bored and distracted. Finally, the speaker alternated his pitch throughout the speech which kept my attention. Overall, besides the previously addressed issues, the delivery of the speech was great! I would, however, suggest having more time of the speech spent face to face with the speaker for a more powerful speech.

The way you present a speech has a monumental effect on the way your audience will understand it. The tone of your voice, your body language, the words you say, and it all happens on how you feel about the subject you writing, or speaking. Your speech is centered on your point of view, your perspective of the subject you are learning about. You can feel delighted, disgust, furious, mournful, any emotion can become a part of you speech.

Whenever the topic of death arises, at least in American culture, it is treated with special care and caution. We unofficially and yet unanimously treat death as a taboo. Not many people enjoy talking about death or the potential of their deaths. People tend only to discuss death when buying life insurance or creating a will. Other than this, details about the aftermath of their death are never discussed until they are on their deathbed. This practice leaves few seconds for loved ones to collect thoughts and explain their last

Death is not an easy thing to deal with. Especially, if you get asked to give an eulogy. It could be a great honor, but it can also be daunting. Finding the right words to mark the passing of a friend or family member's life is difficult when emotions run high. There is no right or wrong way to write a eulogy, but each tribute has a basic flow. A lot of eulogies have made people cry, but two people Pericles and Jony Ive gave a funeral tribute that enlighten the people that was there and honored the people that have died. I will be using the book, Thucydides to compare Pericles speech to Jony Ive’s tribute speech to Steve Jobs. The difference between these speeches is to whom the speech is about and when they were given. The similarities between the two is they talked about the reason why people did the things they do, they comforted the crowd, and they explained how they overcame their problems.

My mom was spending lots of her time over at a friends house in 2013, because one of her best friends Jenyi, was diagnosed with cancer. This was tough for me. Not being able to see my mom as much and knowing that Jenyi was struggling. This helped me grow spiritually and emotionally. I learned to put my trust in God, and as a family we spent many nights in prayer, hoping God would heal her. He didn’t. Instead, he chose to take her home to heaven. We didn’t understand, we had lots of grief and pain. I miss Jenyi, but I learned that everything was going to be okay. That good things came from bad, and that God can use these things to change people. After Jenyi died, we had to continue life, so we did. Not much later, in Des Moines for Labor day, we went boating with my mom's side of the family.

Also, death is a horrifying topic. Many people avoid talking about death because of how unbearable it is. Everyone is scared to die at one point in their life. Thinking about losing someone you love is truly horrific.

In week five, I also found the topic of suicide to be very helpful because I have discovered that I need to gain skills for working with patients who are suicidal or facing death. Many cancer patients have to think a great deal about death and oftentimes contemplate suicide. Throughout my capstone presentation, it became evident how difficult it was to process death with my patient who had a terminal illness. I need to practice asking those straightforward questions about death and suicide to my patient’s. It is known that death is not a desirable topic, but it is a discussion that is necessary especially within my agency setting. I realized during my