The two speeches "This is Water" and "The Nobel Lecture" are strong pieces of literature on how we each perceive life and the world even though they had different purposes to which it was written for.
Both speeches were similar by showing how and why it is that we think in certain ways we are used to and how we can see the world in a more positive way. The authors also explain that we must be knowledgeable in order to see that it is important to respect and understand where others come from and to know why people are the way that they are before making any negative assumptions about them.
Some of the differences in the speech, "Noble Lecture", is that it was mainly about spoken language and why it is important what we say because words can cause damage and lead to racism and hate like it has in the past. In the passage, "This is Water", the focus was portrayed on everyone having their own self-centered universe and that we must be aware of this so we aren't cynical thinkers and that we need to understand that you aren't the only one with problems and that everyone else in this world is put in a different situation than what you are in.
I agree with your responses on how the pieces are similar in the way of discussing how the narrators see life in a positive way. The way the authors wrote in a “knowledgeable” way of respect and understanding are both the same from both perspectives and make the speeches strong in a sense of life to one another. A good difference pointed out was that “Nobel Lecture” was a lead to the past of racism and hatred, while “This Is Water” was about everyone’s own personal situation; differences I didn’t think about or realize. “Nobel Lecture” is very similar but has its own differences from “This Is Water”.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with your responses because I believe both do state how the narrators positive outlook on life is. both had a strong presence of passion and both came from an experience in some way. both had a great sense of everyday life regardless of the time period. both gave a strong sense of knowledge and both set out with the same goal; to educate. Another good difference you pointed out was the situations both narrators were in both completely different in a sense that "This is water" is more of a personal stand point and the narrator of "Nobel Lecture" speaks in more of a race standpoint all together. both reaching out to different audiences but in the end trying to send out the same message
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