In the speeches “Morrison Noble Lecture” and “This is Water” had similarities
as well as differences. A major comparison between them was that they both emphasize
you have the choice to decide an outcome of something. Furthermore more in “Morrison
Noble Lecture” the old lady said “I don't know whether the bird you are holding
is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your
hands” which meant that young people have the power to decide if a language is
dead or not. “This is Water” explains that we can chose to use our default-settings
or have different mind as we approach everyday situations. However on the other
hand “This is Water” is more self-centered and deals with problems that someone
might have every day, in addition it talks about how one would usually approach
a situation after a long day, or how you can think differently in a situation
so it is not all about yourself. The “Morrison of Noble Lecture it seem to me
that you would need more than one person to decide if a language dies or not
because everybody communicates with each other through the art of language.
I agree with your blog. I feel like both speeches are geared towards the young adults who all have the potential to make a difference in themselves or to language. I get what you mean in “Morrison Nobel Lecture” when you talk about how you need more than one person to keep a language alive, since it takes at least two people to communicate. I personally think that language is something that doesn’t die easily. In “This is Water” I agree with how we should not think in a self centered way, but I also think that the author is talking about how we need to focus on the simple things that go around us everyday that we tend to forget about. Just like how the fishes in the beginning of the story didn’t know that they were living in water.
ReplyDeleteI agree, because I believe that “This is Water” describes a more physical meaning to language and how it is used, while The Nobel Lecture goes into great detail about what language means to different people. Either way, language can be used in different ways to describe a certain situation. It just depends on how the person feels and what the situation is like at the time. I agree that “This is Water” describes a person that does not know what is going on with other peoples’ lives, more of just what their life consist of. Both of these speeches prove that language plays an important role in life.
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