In Class Speech Review: Nelson Mandela

One of the days that we met as a large group we split up in to three groups to talk about different speeches. I went with the group that talked about Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison Speech. One of the most interesting things about this speech is how humble he is in it. Through out the whole speech he talks about how he is a servant to the people, not about how he is going to lead the country but about how he can help the people lead the country. One of the most interesting things about this speech is that he doesn't even begin to talk about himself until well into the speech. All of these things, his humbleness and his will to serve are building his ethos. Another thing he uses to build ethos is by his saluting statements. He spends a long time in his speech saluting those people who deserve credit. By repeating "I salute" to all of the people he is showing that he is there to serve not to be worshiped, for lack of a better word.

Free Writing 2/02/10 Favorite Word

My favorite word is tenacity. It is my favorite word for a few reasons. One reason I like the word tenacity is because I like the way the word sounds. Another reason I like it is because of its definition, but the main reason tenacity is my favorite word is because my high school football coach used to use tenacity all of the time. Before games, in the pre-game speech, he would tell us all about tenacity, that we all needed to play with tenacity every play. He would write two letters on the white board, GT. These two letters stood for God and tenacity. He explained to us that these two words were the keys to victory. Tenacity, to me, means always playing your hardest every play, always doing the best you can, never backing down, and doing things with a lot of intensity.

Ever since my freshman year in high school, tenacity has been etched into my brain as not only my favorite word but as a word to live by.

Othello Blog

Iago’s first lines in the play tell a lot about him. It establishes an ethos of loyalty because he says he won’t tell anyone about Desnmona or act upon his feelings about the matter because they could hurt his friend.

Iago’s last lines in the play make him out to be a snake. Instead of trying to help his friend it seems as though he was spinning some kind of false web to get what he wanted.

Iago is the best at speaking the same language because in the play he does it several times. One of the times that sticks out the most is when he is talking to Othello and picks up on certain words that Othello is using and starts using them too to get Othello riled up and to get what he wants.