I’ve seen a handful of speeches, but “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch is the most powerful speech I have seen. Randy Pausch’s motivational speech was presented literally as he is dying of pancreatic cancer. He shares his view on childhood dreams and the importance they have. He guides us through his life story and experiences achieving his dreams. We later find out that the whole speech was initially written for his three children that he will not be able to see grow up.

For the most part his speech can be considered a motivational speech that allows us to believe in our dreams and ourselves. His nature of speaking is that of a professor giving his students a lecture. He uses a slideshow to help express his ideas through images that relate to his speech. The speaker shares some of his experiences though life and uses them as life lessons; many of which relate to the audience and inspire them. He makes his speech extremely personal which allows the audience to become attached. He uses words such as “you” “we” and “us” it turns it into an engaging conversation.His speech not only reaches the emotions of the audience but also their aspirations and dreams causing every single person to give their undivided attention.

The image above illustrates his connection with the audience. He not only looks calm but also focused on his audience. His audience returns the favor, and is concentrated. As all eyes are on him he expresses his view of the importance of childlike wonder. Randy Pausch’s motivational lecture left a major impact on the audience; I also found myself seeing life through a different spectrum after his moving speech.

Erik Romero

Erik The great is not like any other teenage boy he has a gift, the gift of metamorphosis. He has the ability to transform into any animal. Other than that he’s considered a pretty average guy. He doesn’t really see himself as a super hero mainly because he think’s it’s overrated, he prefers to use his power to his own use and benefit. He sometimes turns into a cheetah to race to school or work when he’s running late; he turns into a mouse to sneak into clubs and amusement parks, he also uses his animal transformation powers to impress the ladies. His powers seem to sometimes interfere with his class work and participation. At times he becomes a chimpanzee and goes wild when it comes to calling out answers and talking to his peers. During presentations he becomes a rabbit and prefers to run away from them. Although he is not a very shy person when it comes to communicating with others; his body overwhelms his power and controls his morphing abilities during nerve-wracking presentations to a large group. Sometimes during a presentation he becomes a turtle and his words are too slow and he stutters. At other times he becomes a parrot where his words become hard to understand and to fast to comprehend. His biggest challenge would be to overcome his fear of large crowds. He knows that he has the ability to do better because when he is confident he becomes a lion and proudly presents his ideas. Erik the great has the potential too get an A+ in his COM 1010 class.