David Foster Wallace This Is Water Summary

This is Water, was a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005. Ever since this speech has been given it has become well known. Because of the length, it can be hard to read through the speech while trying to understand the whole idea of it. Wallace fills the speech with stories, examples, and vivid ideas while trying to convince these college graduates how to view life in a positive perspective. While this speech is packed full of ideas he manages to give it in a way outside of the norm for commencement speeches. Yet still gets all the information to the graduates and anyone else who listens to it.

1. David Foster Wallace opens his speech with an anecdote about fish and water. Metaphorically, what does this anecdote represent? What impact does it have when Wallace returns to the line “This is water”again at the end of the speech?

Reading the speech This is Water by David Foster Wallace made me think about my life. I have many questions floating around my head. Am I self-centered or well-adjusted? Is my natural default setting the same as David Foster Wallaces’? Are the most noticeable and significant realities actually the ones that are many times the hardest to notice or speak about?

While walking around in every day life, don’t accept and believe what you are told from everyone else. Always keep your mind open to new things because if you have an experience that makes you become aware you will truly learn. Both Wallace and Plato, have an underlying theme in their writing which shows the importance of self awareness and that true knowledge comes from experience.

The fictitious Infinite Jest is considered to be one of the greatest novels ever created. It stemmed from the mind of the brilliant, yet complicated David Foster Wallace – who, for better or worse, would change the dynamic in which we (whether you know it or not) digest and interpret entertainment.

As I ventured inside through the entryway. This immense yard used to be quite recently included space looked well past my desires. Two little condos developed were standing confronting each other on each side, in the center was a wellspring running new water. The entire inside of the house was changed, no all the more venturing outside to get some crisp water. It make life considerably less demanding for the ladies to do their day by day shores.

To introduce “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu it shows a comparison between how water is connected to lying while fear is connected to sexuality and tradition. Fear is something that can make you unsatisfied with life. When you hear the word “fear” you can assume someone is afraid of something. With that being said the main message is that the water that falls on you has to come from somewhere, either it is from the tears of being afraid or just the guilt that carries over you from lying to make you feel less afraid. Throughout the whole article the author shows how two people react totally different over the same issue. It is easier to have the urge to lie than show your true feelings. As a child you are taught to stand up for what you believe in and to show your true colors. The water comes from the fear you show in your tears from having to hide behind the lies you choose to tell in the process.

This story of David Foster Wallace was not pleasant to read. It describes a horrible scene that can happen to anyone at any time when at home. It differs from traditional stories by its subject and also its writing style. The story is so real, palpable, and catchy that the reader has at times the urge to replace the character described by the author. The writer wants his audience to connect to story and stick to it.Therefore, he uses endless sentences, many emotional words, and a multitude of adjectives. This story is different from the usual writings in that it manages to depict the beauty of the writing although the story told is shocking and tragic.

People around me always seem to be living for someone else, doing things for someone else. And it isn’t is always explicitly that way either. Everyone is so busy trying to hop on the next bandwagon, finding a new trend, everyone wants to be someone in this society and I always feel like an outcast, like I’m watching animals in a zoo desperately fighting over something I don’t understand. And I still don’t.

David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, as well as a professor of English and creative writing - at least that’s what Wikipedia says. Anyway, he had graduated from Amherst College and majored in English and Philosophy. It was at University of Arizona where he gathered a masters degree in creative writing; and then going to graduate school in Harvard for philosophy. He had a wife, lived under a roof in his youth through two English professors with his sister; he taught at Emerson College, Illinois State University and Pomona College. Along the way, he was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award and a Whiting Writers' Award. I mean, it sounds like he had his life together. Had. It was on September 12th, 2008 when his wife, Karen L Green, found her 46 year old husband dead in the patio of their home. He had hung himself. Even the people who are successful - like Robin Williams, Kurt Cobain, Ernest Hemingway, and Vincent Van Gogh - can hide deep secrets that cause them to jump over the brink of death

He frantically breathed his third and last wish, “I wish that my son was dead.” Mr. White sobbed. The knocking suddenly stopped. Ms. White had a confused look on her face. She opened the door only to see her son lying down on the porch on his knees. “I love you.” Her son said. He then layed down on the porch - motionless.

Water A rainy day I stand in the street in busy morning in London with others around me at this bus stop, despite the downpour and wind; it puddles and drips down off the plexiglas to us below. As of us together, our feet wet, and some muddy you can hear the sirens as they pass us. We've been waiting since about ten minutes but tensions are rising, as the rain beats down.

The movie Called “Water” was a piece of history for me on how the other side of the world lives. The way the young girls were married off at a young age just makes me feel sick. They were treated as they were the untouchables. The movie is revolved around the widows and how they live their lives at the bottom of the Cast system. Capturing the struggles and horrid conditions, That the widows in India faced. During the time where widowed women were treated as trash. The women were sent to an ashram, and forced to obey to the traditional rules no matter if the laws were in their favor. A widow was not supposed to get married again, wear other colors besides white, grow their hair long.

I thought it was going to be an ordinary Saturday afternoon for me. I went to my friend’s place and we did some science project there. It was time to go home and it’s getting late. I arrived at our compound by riding a taxi. I rushed to our place because I wanted to do some other things there.

One day there was a girl named Ary. She went to her friend’s house she went to her friend and ask her if she want to go with her to Water World. Her friends name is Stephanie. She said ‘’yes I will go with you to water world’’. Ary and Stephanie went to waterworld in summer. They went to Waterworld and they had fun going there. Ary said ‘’if you want to go and see the water slide”. Her friend Stephanie said “so yes” They went to the ride they had fun on the ride.They went to ride they were talking about how fun was the ride.