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– Nelson Mandela

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Q 1. What, if anything, makes the speech compelling (beyond the obvious emotional appeal of listening to someone who knows he’s dying)? 2. Why did Paush eliminate certain topics? 3. Why did he choose the topics he did? 4. How does he support his ideas? 5. What did you learn about speech making from this speech?

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The speech could be more compelling if the speaker quotes the fearlessness and also the voidness of the life. The materialistic life could be of some unimportant things that we prioritize throughout the life but it would end soon. This speech could be an eye-opener for those who fear the life most and who fear the death even more. The speaker has directed the attention of the audience on life’s happiness after a certain point of time but the introduction on such note could be enough compelling.