Instructor Helen Chandler English 1301-2023 February 9, 2012 “The last Lecture’s backgroung” The last lecture was for most of the students and readers a seemingly average book written by a writer who was going through a difficult health problem. That writer, Randy Pausch just wanted to let his audience know about his childhood dreams and how he achieved most of them. He shared with readers and listeners in one of his lectures how achieving their dreams is the best way to “live their life well.” However, going deep through the lecture, it is not difficult as an analytic reader, or listener in the case of being part of the speech, to figure out the rhetorical devices used in narration. Regardless, importance of this last lecture, these rhetorical devices were used in a very clever way to provide: clearness, persuasion, and sentimentalism. One impressive tool used was clarity, the structured and choreographed explanation between his personal and professional life, left nothing for the reader to ask for, every paragraph was clear and meaningful; by giving examples and using props to make him even more understandable, and reliable for his audience, Pausch led his readers and listeners right what he wanted.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a short narrative capturing the last few months of an amazing man’s life, Morrie Schwartz. Mitch Ablom, the author, has written this novel documenting his experience of spending every Tuesday, during his last few months, with Morrie. It is a sad yet inspiring chronicle built around the great relationship formed between two men, Morrie Schwartz and Mitchell Ablom. From the beginning, as the novel opens, Mitch Ablom writes as if he were speaking to the reader. By using this first person point of view, Ablom is able to connect, and communicate, easily with any individual who would have the honor of picking up this book.
When Ronald Ebens is being interviewed the filmmakers catch him off guard in his words by him first proclaiming that he is not racist in any way. He goes on to discuss how they (the Asian Americans) are using Chin's death to "promote the Asian American and their alleged plight in this country." Ronald Ebens tries to defend himself against the accusations by bringing up his prior military service and blaming the alcohol for Chin's death. The filmmakers use narratives of the family of Chin and they discuss what life was like for Chinese immigrants in Detroit during the 1980's. During this time, the automobile industry's initial boom was coming to a decline, and American auto manufacturers were suffering the recession along with the United States' economy.
Bob Jones moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland because he was tired of being passed over for work while white boys were hired. Eventually Bob Jones does find work and has an important position as a Leaderman in a shipyard. In spite of his position he deals with racism at work especially from his supervisor. Easy Rawlins moved to Los Angeles from Houston after returning from the war and encountering an old friend. Mouse burdens Easy with the fact that he has committed a senseless murder.
Every day that morrie slowly deteriorates so does the hibiscus plant. The hibiscus plant is very delicate and needs to be taken care off just like Morrie after he gets ALS. In the book in order to explain the similarity between Morrie and the hibiscus plant the narrator Mitch explains it further. “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house by the window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves”. (Albom pg 1).
Later on into the end of the story, it is revealed that Abundio’s wife dies and he becomes depressed, and his way of solving his problems is to go to the bar and drink away his sorrows. Abundio then asks Damiana Cisneros for money so he can bury his dead wife. Damiana gets startled and screams. Abundio then stabs his father Pedro Paramo, the man and the father Juan Preciado was in search for throughout the book. Now with some minor background information on Abundio from the beginning of the novel to the end he has changed from the trustworthy good man the reader thought he was to the potential man that could have killed his father Pedro Paramo.
Hernandez to a little town far from his hometown. He was the town doctor, and he was good at healing people but not good at listening. Mr. Hernandez’s was surprised when his boss decided to replace him but learned that town doctors not only to heal but also to educate, and more important are part of the town life. In the following assignments, Mr. Hernandez learned from his mistakes and after four years his boss, the one who fired him, retired and recommended Mr. Hernandez to replace him. As chief placement officer, Mr. Hernandez and his team worked more than a year in a new proposal and when were ready to present it to the hospital board, one team member started creating friction among the members.
Snodgrass who examined Poe’s body feels certain that alcoholism was the reason why Poe had perished and then started to spread rumors at his temperance lectures in the early 1850’s that this is why he died. Another report of Poe’s death came from the hospital from J.P. Kennedy’s diary and read: “On Tuesday last Edgar Allan Poe died here in the hospital from the effects of debauch.” Debauch meaning an indulgence of drinking. But the problem with this rumor is that “The doctors checked his liver and found that even though he was a binge drinker that his liver was fine.” On the night that he was brought into the hospital he was examined very thoroughly and this adds even more of a question to how and why he died. There is an instance where people fight over what happened. “Dr.
He lost the ability of hearing in the war. My first impression of him thought that he is only one the disable students on campus. I can feel he is so shy, fear and low self-esteem around the class because I saw him, he is setting at the corner with his deaf interpreter. I thought his low self-esteem is only coming from his disabilities, but I never anticipated that he is one of the return solider. Then, in the first day of the chemistry laboratory, we need to choose the group to do all the experiment together for the whole semester.
Morrie Schwartz, my wonderful husband and mentor and the initiator of this funeral service. Morrie's career days were spent as a sociology professor at Brandeis University and still, although retired, teaches us the lessons of life in the last stages of his journey. His purpose of holding this funeral is to hear the wonderful things from the ones who love him before it gets late and he is hearing your words from the skies above. I would like to share some details of our relationship and some precious memories shared between Morrie and I. This year, makes forty years since Morrie and I married.