In 1996, Christopher Reeve spoke at the Democratic National Convention. The goal was to convince the audience to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reeve tried to stress how important the ADA is by using powerful words and strong meanings to sway the audience. This can be seen several ways throughout his speech, and shows how strongly he cared about the ADA and getting cures for those who need it. Christopher Reeve had strong ambitions and high goals for the future.
First, Christopher Reeve mentions “family values”, and how “...we’re all family. And that we all have value.” He identifies the importance in trusting in your family, and how America is one family. Reeve continues by saying that many members of the family are hurting.This can appeal to the emotions of the audience by them being able to relate to a family member hurting, themselves hurting, or by knowing someone who is disabled in their family. It can be something that is easy to relate to no matter their stance in life.
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Reeve used words like “more”, and “purpose”. These words can inspire many people. Reeve also uses the phrase, “...achieve the impossible.”, and talks about what got Americans to the moon. This can cause many people to start to believe. Many people at first didn’t think going to the moon could be possible, and Reeve comparing going to the moon with helping those in need could make people see how nothing is impossible, and how working together could achieve another milestone for
During the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England, a soldier known to all yet at the same time not a face many recognize had to rise to the occasion. Armed only with faith and an army of farmers and other militiamen William Wallace and his men gather at the top of the hill opposite of the enemy getting ready for another battle, he looks to his men all with worry in their eyes, for they are outnumbered three to one. William with his faith and bravery begins to give a speech to try and rally his men. “Sons of Scotland, I am William Wallace.” William announces. A veteran speaks up, “William Wallace is 7 feet tall,”
With the exception of Native Americans, there is no race of people that originated in America. Yet today, we all come together under the colors of red, white and blue, sing the National Anthem and call ourselves "Americans". Despite our differences in religion, norms, values, national origins, our pasts, and our creeds, we all combine under one common denominator. Alain Locke addresses this issue of cultural pluralism in his article, "Who and What is `Negro'?" In this article, Locke states that, "There is, in brief, no `The Negro'. " By this, he means that blacks are not a uniform and unchanging body of people. He emphasizes that we, as Americans, need to mentally mature to a point where we do not view
Christopher Reeves had a purpose to explain how important it was to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reeves gave tons of examples on why it is important to pass this act. In 1995, he got in an accident and became paralyzed so he is speaking to an audience determined to pass this act.
From the first page of March I knew this wasn’t going to be an ordinary book. The comic designs, placed and drawn beautifully. An art major as myself, greatly appreciated this. The body forms and facial expressions made it clear how every character felt on each page. Adding to this amazing mix of an art form, there were the simple and perfect phrases that were placed in the book. This brings me to the guests speakers. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. John Lewis who’s story is being told, Andrew Aydin who was co-writer, and Nate Powell in charge of comic design. These three men created a breathtaking novel. Even more amazing about this is that they did so with less than the average word count of a regular novel.
Intro: In Christopher Reeve?s 1996 speech given at the Democratic National Convention, he uses strong diction and details in order to convince the audience of the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA).
Good afternoon, fellow classmates, parents, and the staff of Lawson. Life is a highway requires me to make choices because if I don’t know where im going, how will I get there? To help you navigate, to middle school onto high school. The word Character has two C’s in it which one stands for Choice and the other for Consequences. Living a life of good leadership doesn’t happen by Chance, nor does it happen by Circumstance. It happens by Choice. This where I got the thought (Don’t stress you’re the best). I want to my mom for choosing Lawson my education so, thanks mom. I want thank my teachers for guiding us to the right track, inspiring us, and making us what we are today. I want to thank the whole staff of Lawson for making me happy everyday
Oliver Wendell Holmes begins his argument by insisting that the defendants had as much of a right to publish the leaflets as the government had to publish the constitution. Holmes rejected the argument that the defendants' leaflets posed the "clear and present danger" He went on to say that and went on to say even if "enough can be squeezed from these poor and puny anonymities to turn the color of legal litmus paper" and the speech could be punished as an attempted crime, the people were prosecuted under the wrong circumstances. Holmes went on to say that the punishment they individuals received where founded on the basis of beliefs and not regarding the dangerous attempts. He later went on to say that the Wilson Administration abused their
Don Francis, veteran of the World Health Organization, worked at the Center for Disease Control and played a major role in the discovery of HIV/AIDS. During the discovery of HIV/AIDS Don Francis was involved in many public speeches and had an impact on many people throughout the United States.
The reverend sat and waved the chair beside him on his own. “Take a seat, son.”
Franklin: Hello, This is the ABC broadcast and I am your host, Franklin. Lasting world peace has been desired by many individuals but human behaviour prohibits this peace from taking over. It is human nature to fight with one another whether it is a small argument at a coffee shop, or a wide scale war between nations. Often powerful nations invoke fear among their enemies by launching terrorist attacks with hopes of scaring them and lowering morale. Terrorism by definition is “the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. Many groups in the past have resorted to these terrorist attacks like when Russia was under the rule of Stalin, which had revolutionary effects from the Russian civilians.
Good morning/afternoon representatives of the Children book council of Australia. Today I put forward for consideration the pearl by John Steinbeck for your moral stories matter campaign.
As we know, living is not an easy process, and several times in our lives, we have to face with depressed situations. Because there is an important point is that all of us are flawed. We all are going to fail now and then. For this reason Daniel Levitin has given us an idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be, and that will help us to minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things if we are under the circumstances. In his speech, we have told a desperate situation when he has stood in a freezing midnight, and his disaster flight. He explained about cortisol, a substance in our brains which causes our thinking cloudy, or affect to functions of the Hippocampus. Not only he explained the consequences of stress, but also he gave
The person I chose was Albert Einstein, who was born in, Germany March 14, 1879 and died in, New Jersey, April 18th, 1955. The reason why I picked him is because he made a huge impact on the world by changing the world’s thinking about how to determine the speed of light and all his quote. The thing he was well known for was making the theory E=MC2. A quote he said was, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” What I could learn from him is how to determine the speed of light. Five words that describe him is, Determined because he was determined to find the theory to determine the speed of light, smart
Can you imagine standing up for something that is very important to you and being sent to prison because of it? Nelson Mandela went against the apartheid and fought for equality in South Africa. He was sentenced to life in prison because of his association with the African National Congress and got charged with treason. Mandela got punished for something he stood strongly for and suffered the consequences. He was strong throughout his years in prison and demonstrated his strength numerous times throughout his life. Nelson Mandela demonstrated courage by not giving up in prison and pushing forward to have equality, acting with integrity by going against the apartheid, and made a difference by improving South African rights and many opinions and ways of improving equality.
Everyone knows about Albert Einstein and his legacy, but what you might not know is his slowed development as a child. Einstein struggled to use language to convey his thoughts and feelings to others; however, he admitted that it gave him more opportunities to reflect on life’s elements. His ‘sense of wonder’ at these concepts made him pose questions which eventually led to several breakthroughs. This oddity of Einstein distinguished him from other people. What is something unusual about you that makes you unique?