These speeches are alike being that they are speaking widely and universally
on a mature level to large audience’s. They are also very different at the same
time. For example, In "This is Water" Wallace was trying to show
graduates who are about to be hit with reality what to expect out of the world.
He wanted to teach them ways to make it, being out in the adult world, and also
how to live happily. In "Nobel Lecture," Morrison reflects back on
times of hardship, slavery, and desperate times. It is geared towards a crowd
of younger adults and how we must value our ancestors’ history and hardships,
and keep on spreading the love of language. Theses speeches each have different tones and attitudes. In "Nobel Lecture," it was said
many times that we must fight for our language, for its one of the few ways we
can express culture, history, or even just ourselves. Language is humans mark on the world, without language we the people have nothing. In, “This is Water,”
Wallace points out how you have to look past things, and let go. Your life will
be happier and you will enjoy everyday more than the last. Just as Morrison was talking about in “Nobel Lecture,” it talks about young kids striving to be the best they
can be, by understanding their history and why things happened the way they
did. They want to carry on the legacy of language, the correct way. These speeches are
alike by taking advice from your elders and listening to some pretty serious thing and carrying them on with you for the rest of your life.
I agree with your statement when you say that the way they speak about life. In “This is Water”, the speaker lets the graduates know that the world is made up by everyone and every moment leaves a mark. He wants them to realize that the adult world all actions matter and can be the difference of life or death. Everyone has faced experiences that have changed their way of thinking and one must pay attention to what is happening around them. As opposed to “Nobel Lecture”, where the wise old woman wants is telling the restless children to observe what it’s in front of them and cherish it. Even when times get rough and life is not fair, being humble is the best way to go. The words and language of these passages convey a strong sense of taking advantage of life when you still have a chance.
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