Successful speeches have the inherent ability to empower audiences to recognise contextual issues and deepen their acknowledgement of shared challenges and consequently influencing profound change. In light of this, speeches further achieve success when this recognition of contextual issues extends beyond the contemporary audience. Such empowerment to recognise contextual issues resonates powerfully within J.K Rowling’s notable Harvard commencement address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination”, whereby Rowling prompts the recognition of the importance of an individual’s empathetical imagination and advantageous failures - the underlying factors of a worthwhile life. Hence, the eventual enhancement of imagination and acceptance of failures in life that
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In particular, the importance of imagination is accentuated within J.K Rowling’s speech, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination”, whereby Rowling’s exploration of the imagination, inspires change when audiences when they understand that empathy is resultant of a powerful imagination. Extending upon this notion, the ability to connect individuals through imagination is expressed through the anecdote of Rowling revealing how she understood the power of imagination “in the form of one of my earliest day jobs”, whereby this personal recount establishes an empathetic connection with the audience that reflects the empathy provided by imagination. This sense of connection ultimately increases the effectiveness of Rowling’s pathos, as she evokes a sense of sadness through her emotive retelling of her encounter with torture victim. Hence the relationship formed between the speaker and the audience allows Rowling the effectively evoke emotions and subsequently effectively achieve her purpose of inspiring change. Additionally, the conveyance of the importance of imagination is expressed through the anaphora, “They can refuse to hear
In particular, the importance of imagination is accentuated within J.K Rowling’s speech, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination”, whereby Rowling’s exploration of the imagination, inspires change when audiences when they understand that empathy is resultant of a powerful imagination. Extending upon this notion, the ability to connect individuals through imagination is expressed through the anecdote of Rowling revealing how she understood the power of imagination “in the form of one of my earliest day jobs”, whereby this personal recount establishes an empathetic connection with the audience that reflects the empathy provided by imagination. This sense of connection ultimately increases the effectiveness of Rowling’s pathos, as she evokes a sense of sadness through her emotive retelling of her encounter with torture victim. Hence the relationship formed between the speaker and the audience allows Rowling the effectively evoke emotions and subsequently effectively achieve her purpose of inspiring change. Additionally, the conveyance of the importance of imagination is expressed through the anaphora, “They can refuse to hear