Mother Teresa Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Analysis

The Power of Praising Poor People: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mother Teresa’s “Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech”
Poor people. When you think of poor people, you automatically think: homeless, dirty clothes, bad breathe, no food, no home. In this society, we have all become so selfish. We always think of ourselves. When we see homeless people, we walk away from them and try to stay away from them. We never once think about them. This society has become an every man for himself type of society. No one is ever willing to help each other. Everyone is always looking out for themselves, and themselves only.
Although, we think we live in such a helpless society, there are people out there who are not these selfish people we discussed. They are not ordinary people, but they are extraordinary. They are selfless people, who …show more content…
Teresa explains how “one evening, they went out, and picked up four people from the street.” Teresa found that one of them was “in a most terrible condition.” She volunteered to take care of her. She tried everything, but she died. And when she died, “she died with a beautiful smile on her face.” This amazed Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa found it very surprising that a person can die with a smile on her face and the only thing that she says is “thank you”, before dying. It is unbelieve to even think of doing this. When you are dying, you normally think of last wishes, or you start to complain about how much pain you are in, but this girl, died with a smile on her face, saying only two words, “thank you.” This shows the greatness of the poor and how they are very respecting selfless. The girl was more happy that Mother Teresa had even helped her rather than ignoring her, just like any other normal person would do. Instead of thinking about dying, the last thing she said was, thank you. This story shows how amazing the poor people