Analyzing Marina Keegan's Speech

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When people give speeches they are usually passed by as just words of the moment. It is very rare that people follow those words throughout their lives.The speech given by Marina Keegan became more than words they became her. Keegan’s speech became a representation/ reflection of her, her words were memorialized after her death. In this speech was hope, experience, fear, comfort, and thankfulness. There was hope for success, experience with friends, fear of leaving, comfort in her words, and thankfulness that she was fortunate to find it all in one place. Throughout the speech Keegan talks about the rest of her life and how there is so much to look forward to. “I plan on having parties when I'm 30. I plan on having fun when I'm old. Any notion

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