The scene our group selected from Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator shows Chaplin giving a speech about why the people should not give into the power of dictators. One technical aspect that was emulated from Chaplin's speech was the use of dialogue. Chaplin begins his speech negatively, softly, and calmly. In the beginning of Chaplin’s speech, he speaks in a negative tone: “We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way” (Chaplin 0:00:14- 0:32). Chaplin explains how human beings should behave. From 2:00:44 Chaplin gradually gets louder, …show more content…
From 1:58:54 until 2:00:13 the camera is up close to Chaplin and shows him above the arms, taking up most of the viewing space, making it seem like he is directly talking to the viewer. Then from 2:00:23-2:01:23 Chaplin is shown from the waist above. Then at 2:01:23 the camera zooms onto Chaplin and shows only his arms and above. The purpose of the scene is to ensure that the viewer will remember the speech and see how passionate Chaplin is while giving the speech to the viewer. In the first minute and eleven seconds of the speech, it starts off in a negative and calm tone about how Maumee Valley does not live up to the expectation that students have the right to leave trash all over the school. Then it gradually transitions into a positive, hopeful tone for how Maumee Valley students can help Maumee Valley live up to expectation. Finally, in the final fifty-one seconds in the speech, Wyatt provides a solution to how Maumee Valley can live up to its expectations. In the speech, our group uses various events that have happened in the school and are well-known to both the students and faculty, “the experience of familiarity has a simple but powerful quality of ‘pastness’ that seems to indicate that it is a direct reflection of prior experience” (Kahneman 61). In our speech we reference the incident of when Danny Wainstein found grapes in the vending machine, and the many times plates and food trays have been found lying in the commons. The familiarity of these events
Anna Quindlen’s commencement speech at Mount Holyoke College is an inspiring monologue about marching to the beat of your own drum. She is trying to make people rethink the whole way that they have been living and realizing all the times that they chose to be “normal” instead of taking their own path through life. Quindlen uses everything in her power to appeal to everyone who could be listening giving many examples and scenarios explaining different situations where individuality could have occurred. Throughout the whole speech Quindlen talks about how being perfect is what we all strive for, yet no matter how hard we try it can never be accomplished.
A truly dramatic moment in history occurred on April 20, 1814, as Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and would-be ruler of Europe said goodbye to the Old Guard after his failed invasion of Russia and defeat by the Allies.
Rhetorical Analysis of Joe Clark’s Inspirational Speech in the motion picture Lean on Me, 1989
At Hazelwood High School, they do things differently than at my school. At Hazelwood, most of the people worry about themselves and nobody else. Most of the school doesn’t get good grades and the school does not do anything about it. One day in English class Andy walked out when they were reading Macbeth because it was too emotional for Andy to handle. His friends were concerned and told the school counselor. They said, “But… but… it seems like… like… he needs help or somethin’.” Then the counselor said, “Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you boys this, but he is getting some outside counseling… So you boys can relax and be assured that he is getting whatever help he needs”(100). At Harrisburg High School, if someone had an issue like that, the counselors and teachers would be concerned, even if the person was getting outside help. Another thing about education that is different than mine is the school. In Ronda’s English homework, she wrote, “Our school building must have been built about a million years ago, because it was brown and tall and raggedy-looking, but it fit right in with the rest of the day”(16). At my high school, we are very fortunate to have a very new building to learn inside of. At Hazelwood High, they were not fortunate enough to have a new high school be built. Culture and education are very important pieces of people’s
Cesar Chavez is an important man who wrote an inspiring speech in September 1965. His brilliant speech explains how industrious farm-workers deserve their rights. As the farmers went on strike, they searched for better working conditions and pay increases. The powerful strike took about six weeks that was still developing. Chavez built an organization supporting farmers in California. Cesar Chavez made a unique speech that left a powerful legacy behind him after people read and heard his speech.
As much as 30 percent of Northern California's garlic harvesters are under-aged children. Kids as young as six years old have voted in state-conducted union elections since they qualified as workers.
Huey P. Long’s speech was judged based on his practices as a Louisiana senator and governor, however it had the potential to be so much more had he lived to continue his legacy. People appeared to be afraid of how Governor Long operated within the legislative system of Louisiana because of the fact that, he tended to find his way around legal statutes that hindered his agenda. Some could argue that he stepped out of the bounds of power that reigns in a representative of a democratic nation, however he wound up being one of the most effective public servants in the country. Amidst the Great Depression, Governor Long gave Louisiana 's economy a huge lift with the vast construction of bridges, schools, and roads. In fact the state of Louisiana has not had anything close to such an economic boost as to what Huey p. Long offered since that time. As time has passed, Louisiana has become infamous for its lack of proper public education, especially regarding grades one through twelve. This lack of proper education has become constantly associated with the state since Huey Long’s assassination. Despite the controversy over how Long executed his political agenda, it cannot be refuted on how productive and beneficial his reign was for the state.
An American Education has drastically changed over time, and it is widely known that things have changed. Students in their generation and ones prior are acutely aware and morally affected about subjects regarding
Giovanni points out that things happen all over the world that are unjust, unfair and considered great tragedies. Yet throughout this section he repeats “ We are Virginia Tech, We will Prevail” this shows that throughout all of the sadness they will be able to overcome and move on. Every single day across the world tragedy strikes, yet the common factor in all of these is that they must rebuild and look to the future. Giovanni uses all of the examples above to prove this point, that Virginia Tech is not alone. This appeals to our ethical side that tragedy is uncommon, unprovoked and
In the second part of the Celebrated Horace Trilogy, Horace’s School, Theodore R. Sizer emphasizes education’s role in Franklin High and how Franklin High’s “civic education” is not of unique quality, for it restricts Franklin High’s students from breaking out of their comfort zone. That comfort zone is being satisfied with the education given and not feeding off of the school’s education to push the limit on success if a limit is even present. A caution that Horace Smith, a veteran English teacher at Franklin High, is trying to disperse through the Board of Education and Franklin High’s community; a caution that becomes evident when Smith critiques the curriculum of Franklin High. In Franklin High, there are “Exhibitions-a portfolio collected
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.
Many people recognize Jim Carrey as the pet detective or the not-so-bright Lloyd Christmas, but during his commencement speech to the graduating class of 2014 at the Maharishi University of Management, he opens up to reveal a much deeper side of himself. While the speech he delivers is permeated with his traditional humor, Carrey also inspires his audience to think about how they want to conduct their lives. Carrey presents an effective argument for persuading college graduates who are entering the work field to not let fear control how they live. By successfully employing anecdote, analogy, and audience engagement, Carrey entices his audience to be willing to take risks and choose love over fear when approaching a career and other life
“Higher Education” explores how Perry Reese Jr., driven by his sense of equality, overcomes the burdens of racial and cultural barriers in a non-diverse community. He brings his culture into the Amish community, and he educates them about his own culture. He “annihilated what people here had been brought up to keep,” and he allows boys and girls inside his house to “grab a soda, have a seat, eat some pizza, watch a game, play cards, Ping-Pong, or Nintendo… and talk” (24). By destroying what the Amish community had been brought up to keep, their space, he starts to show them what his culture is like; the Amish were insular and kept their own space like they were taught to, but Perry breaks the barrier between his and the Amish cultures. Perry
The personal stories shared in the chapter provide a more extensive explanation as to why the state should reconsider consolidating the school. On page 52, the school’s coach describes the relationship between the school and community: “The school’s kind of a focal point; anything that happens in the community is going to happen in the cafeteria, or it’s going to occur here in the gym” (Tieken 2014). Another account describes the school’s value as “That cemetery dinner is not a school event; it’s a community event, but the school is the place to have it” (Tieken 2014, 53). The narrative provides evidence on the subject of building rapport between school systems and groups of individuals of Delight.
The biggest factor about Charlie Chaplin 's speech that really draws people in is its emotional factor. As the great dictator in the film is based off of Adolf Hitler, the format in which Chaplin gives the speech mirrors Hitler 's style. Like most of Hitler 's speeches, The Jewish Barber starts off subtle with a soft and gentle voice saying “We want to help one another, human beings are like that…” The first three paragraphs are given very softly with a touch of sorrow and remorse. Chaplin pitties humanity with words such as “More than