compare and contrast

The speeches "This is Water" and "Morrison Nobel Lecture” are very similar, but also have many differences. Both are trying to make the reader think about things that they usually don't and learn a lesson from this. However, the way each speaker goes about this is very different. Morrison uses the wisdom of an old lady and Wallace makes it very clear from the beginning that they are neither old nor wise and just wants to share what they have learned. Both speeches also use what seem to be simple stories on the outside to make the reader think about a deeper meaning on the inside. They use these seemingly insignificant stories to pull us in and make us think about things that we normally wouldn't if it was just told to us. Although theses stories have many similarities, they are also quite different. For example, in "Morrison Nobel Lecture”  just one story is told throughout the speech. In "This is Water” Wallace told one story to open and close their speech. They also told one other story in the middle of their speech to help explain the point they were trying to get across to the audience. Another example of how they differ is that in "Morrison Nobel Lecture" Morrison never really gives the audience an exact idea that they were trying to get across so it gives you the freedom to interpret the meaning in many different ways. In "This is Water" Wallace is very straight forward and clear when stating what they want their audience to get out of their speech and leaves almost no room for interpretation.