Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

In his essay titled “Climate of Denial”, Al Gore, a well known environmental advocate and former vice president, verifies the reality of climate change and global warming. The piece is an attack on corrupt companies and news outlets that attempt to persuade the public that global warming is not a critical issue. Gore also earnestly conveys our environment’s current state and offers possible solutions that would increase awareness about global warming and begin to revert the planet back to a healthier, more sustainable state. The overarching purpose of Gore’s work is to call attention to the widespread climate change that is occurring. However, he also focuses on the corruption and bias within the media, and their attempts to conceal the truth about global warming. Writing to those who are conflicted about who to believe, he makes a valid argument that defends the beliefs of he and his fellow activists and encourages others to become more active in the climate change issue.

In 2010, Al Gore wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming that global warming is a matter our generation must concentrate on in order to halt the rapid increases of change to our planet’s climate. He creates a strong, convincing argument by addressing and exemplifying issues pertaining to global climate change.

In Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, his purpose is to state the obvious, and frequently ignored, fact that incidences like the Holocaust should never be permitted to happen again. For instance, during the speech, Wiesel states that he has “...tried to keep the memory alive…” and “...tried to fight those who would forget.” Wiesel is trying to convey to the audience that such traumatic events, like the Holocaust, should not be forgotten. If such genocides are forgotten, the people who lost their lives sacrificed themselves for nothing. Also, Wiesel, later on in his speech, says, “if we forget who the guilty are, we are accomplices.” He is expressing the fact that if people ignore or forget what happened to the innocent victims,

With the automobile, came one of the most widely used technologies in the world, the invention of the internal combustion engine which has left a noticeable impact on many parts of today’s world. One of the most widely debated and controversial topics having to do with the automobile is its effect on the environment. Al Gore, former United States Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize award winner, has spent many years trying to argue the negative effects that the internal combustion engine leaves on our planet. In his presidential campaign in 2000, he preached the ideas of a cleaner environment and better ways of living. He said, “When we seek to artificially enhance our capacity to acquire what we need from the earth, we do so at the direct expense of the earth’s ability to provide naturally what we are seeking. We frequently ignore the impact of our technological alchemy on natural processes. When we manufacture millions of internal combustion engines and automate the conversion of oxygen to CO2, we interfere with the earth’s ability to cleanse itself of the impurities that are normally removed from the atmosphere.” He has led many people to believe that the automobile of today is leaving a terrible and lasting effect on the earth’s atmosphere, and that it is one of the primary causes of the term “Global Warming.” Although Gore has had a giant following and

In “Elie Wiesel's Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize”, Elie uses rhetoric to convey his message through the uses of pathos and ethos, as well as vividly expressing his personal views towards silence and the remaining of such during a time of crisis where it can be helped. An example of pathos would be when the author describes the young boy, asking “What have you done with my future?, What have you done with your life?” This conveys the feelings of loss and hopelessness, describing the effect of silence on the younger population. This is to get the audience to feel, even slightly, like he does; for them to share the opinion, even if only for a short while. An example of ethos would be: “...no one is capable of gratitude as one who

Conflict: Many Jews died from the terrible tragedies of the Holocaust. They were sent to these concentration camps to wither be killed upon arrival, or work to death.

As societies of today become more aware of their impact on the world, I feel we begin to work towards belonging to the world rather than ruling the world—we become less self-centered. There are individuals beside Daniel Quinn who warn about the destruction of the world. In 2007, Al Gore and others won the Nobel Peace Prize for “their efforts to bring the impending environmental, social, and political catastrophes of global warming to the public’s attention”

During times of war, people's humanity is negatively affected without them even knowing. People cause suffering by doing nothing - by not interfering with bad things that happen, self-proclaimed ‘good people’ allow others to undergo misery. Elie Wiesel speaks about the world’s lack of intervention during the Holocaust in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, angry, “that the world did know and remained silent” (Document B), and goes on to explain how, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” (Document B). Wiesel is anguished that so many people stood by and watched as others were systematically murdered by their own government. Regular citizens were so stricken with horror

His tone in this part of the speech conveys his standpoint on the climate emergency and shows he deeply believes that we must do something to change our current way of thinking in order for us to believe that we are in an emergency state. Gore explains that our relationship with the Earth has had a drastic turn since the creation of technology and that through technology our way of thinking has changed. As the technology grows our life span increases. While this may seem to be good thing, it has also had a negative affect. With the increase in population, new technology has evolved to the point where we are making a greater carbon footprint, than we have in the past. The newer the technology the greater the demand and the greater the demand the higher the co2 levels rise. We are so busy creating things we have forgotten that some of these creations have negative consequences on our environment.

However, Gore does not just present the problem. He issues the challenge for the scientific community to seek ways to solve the problem, but he points out that these measures must be taken now. The problem is so severe that actions must be immediate in order to be effective. Comparing today’s environmental problems to the wartime challenges faced by the World War Two generation, Gore urges today’s citizens and scientists to rise to the occasion and be willing to sacrifice, if necessary, to solve the problems that society has created.

He uses many metaphors to surprise his audience and present a fresh angle on an old topic to keep the audience’s attention. For example, different metaphors he uses are: "master of its own house", "balance of terror", "the chains of poverty", and "riding the back of the tiger". When he uses these metaphors the readers are able to engage by helping them experience his words and ultimately, make them have a higher chance to remember his words. When going over his speech I believe the climax is reached when he states, "All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet." This is when I believe he reached the peak of his issue but also grabbed the attention of the audience and asked for

"The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear."

And it is working.” (857) He shows an example that we have done this before and it works, which enhances the reliability of his speech. He emphasizes that “The first and most important task for developed countries is to hear the immediate needs of the developing world. And let me say, the United States has listened and we have learned. We understand that your first priority is to lift your citizens from the poverty so many endure and build strong economies that will assure a better future. This is your right: it will not be denied.” (857) He shows that the United States knows the developing world wants to improve the living standard of their citizens for their first priority and he understand this is their rights, showing that he also cares about the development of developing world. He also asserts the developed countries should hear what the developing world needs, which shows developed countries and developing countries should in the same group. Besides, he shows that the developed countries will help the developing world, so the developing world doesn’t need to care about protecting environment will increase the poverty level. All of these make Gore’s speech more reliable and ethical.

Al Gore wrote a clear idea about the global climate change, which persuades (pressures/ initiates) every reader of the book what he felt in his thirty years study. Personal I also felt something about climate changes in the world.

“There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate.” - Barack Obama. Climate change has been a popular topic of discussion, because of the threat to our environment. The world will forever be changed if climate change isn’t taken into serious consideration and not in a good way. Climate change has been a popular topic of discussion, because of the threat to our environment. Climate change has had many negative effects, for example, damage to coral reefs, the increase of wildfires, and most importantly rising sea levels. The damage to our earth cannot always be undone nevertheless it can make some things disappear forever.