The Big Questions Of The Force Awakens By David Johnson

     The First of the three part series, Star Wars, is the tale of a band of

Mac Barnett is an award-winning author of children book and in 2014 he did a TED Talk in Sonoma County. In this paper, I'm going to dissect his speech. However, this will not be on the content of the speech but how he presents his speech. He truly has a way to captivate his audience. Reading through the comments people have left, there all positive. Almost everybody likes the way he represents the information to the audience. Public Speaking and storytelling is not only about the content of a speech. Maney times what make a great speech is how you represent it. I think Mr. Barnett will be a good example of this and hopefully, through this paper, we can understand why that is?

Steve Jobs effectively uses pathos throughout the speech to appeal emotions of his audience, effectively connecting with audience. Jobs starts off his speech by using pathos saying “I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation” (Jobs). From these first two

This encourages and motivates the fighter pilots to have faith and gives them encouragement before they fight the alien species. With his hands on his hips and using good body language and enthusiasm in his voice to motive the audience.

The dialog provided was strong but also impactful allowing me to familiarize with how the character was feeling in the moment.

Once again his overall posture and confident level was excellent. The speaker shows passion for the subject he is speaking on from the hand movements when he speaks on poverty and domestic abuse as being trivial (a means to an end). The speakers volume was just right he spoke high enough for the back of the room could here, and the speech was easy to understand. When given a speech a speaker should consider his audience in the wording of his speech, is he giving a speech to children for educational purposes or a group of college students, this is call no one left behind so the entire audience is on track.

Reagan was a well open speaker that impacted the audience. Before Reagan was president and the head of California, he was an actor. Since he was an actor, he knew how to talk to people out loud. In the speech, Reagan speaks effectively to the audience that gets a reaction out of them as well as making the audience interested in the things he says. After Reagan greets the crowd, he grabs the audience’s attention. Reagan remained a Democrat until he converted to the Republican side, the acting career was beneficial for talking to the audience to tell an anecdote about his switch.

During the summer of 1999, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace stormed theaters with a wave of anticipation that was unprecedented. By that point, Star Wars was assumed to be a thing of the past – until George Lucas decided to revisit his beloved creation. It sent fans into a frenzy of immeasurable proportions, lighting a fire in the adolescent hearts of millions and millions…and millions.

He spoke both loud and clear enough so that everyone would be able to both hear and understand him with no problems. Throughout his speech he used a variation of loudness and softness to convey to the audience how he felt at the time. It was a rollercoaster, and who does not love a rollercoaster. It could have made everyone sit on the edge of his or her seats. He spoke at the perfect pace; not fast enough so that he was not understood and not slow enough that he bored everyone, because people want to be listened to. They do not want to be ignored. His brief pauses left everyone hanging for more, begging to hear what else he had to say. His ability to leave people wanting to hear more made the speech one to

Lightsabers, lasers, or space travel, no matter what Sci-Fi material it is, Star Wars is a widely known saga and has unified a certain extent of people in our modern day culture. Star Wars has become extremely popular among people and references to the saga are used frequently. However, that does not mean everyone knows the deeper meaning and story behind the saga. The carefully developed story of Star Wars, the relationships involved, the characters, and the influence on our culture is what people do not seem to recognize.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a huge success since it hit theaters December 18, 2015. According to Times Magazine, “the seventh installment in the space saga became the highest grossing film in North America”. Star Wars: The Force Awakens may have some mixed reviews, but no one can deny the numbers. The seventh film made the most out of all of the films, but it may just be due to the already massive fan base. When Disney gained the rights to Star Wars, fans of the universe had mixed feelings. Some Star Wars enthusiasts were even worried that Disney would ruin what George Lucas created. To say the least, the majority of fans were not disappointed with the newest installment in this massively popular science fiction franchise.

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise and set to work producing the most blatantly unoriginal film they could muster. With characters that are daft and ignorant, coupled with an overcompensated appeal to minority demographics, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, or more accurately, The Farce Awakens, proves to be a disgrace to the franchise and science fiction genre alike.

Opening up his lecture, Professor Anderson immediately harnessed the crowds ' curiosity through his questions requiring crowd participation. He first asked the crowd to raise their hand if they had any family history of mental illnesses. Most of the attending listeners responded to his inquiry with their hands raised high, signaling Anderson to ask his next question. Secondly, Anderson asked if anyone could agree that fruit fly research would help further the understanding of mental illnesses and if so, they should keep their hand raised. Naturally, in response to his second question, the audiences ' hands went back down. The humorous contrast in the crowds ' response resulted in laughter within the audience, which allowed Anderson to smoothly transition to his next point. He continued to use rhetorical questioning throughout his speech as seen when he asked, "Can an organism like this teach us anything about emotion-like states? Do these organisms even have emotion-like states or are they just little digital robots?" (00:04:55). Comparing living fruit flies to inanimate robots is silly and not realistic; this obvious answer made clear to his listeners that there is a high chance that fruit fly research could benefit the understanding of the human mind. In continuation, Anderson used comparison and contrast to help explain his research and support his claim.

After reviewing the videos for the “Grab Bag” speeches, I have chosen Alisha and Scott’s speeches as the best and weakest. It is my opinion that Scott’s speech was the best and Alisha’s was the weakest. There are vast differences between the introduction, organization and conclusion as well as minimal differences in supporting materials, delivery, and adaptation.

Mind you, it totally makes sense considering where in the larger story we are, but still, be prepared. Be very prepared. Stripping away all the sci-fi and special effects, you are left with a narrative that carries a great deal of pathos and emotional weight. By the end of the proceedings, you may feel that the film's conclusion was inevitable, but the construction and actions in the film are more than enough to capture your attention and keep you engaged up until that