You Re Not Special Speech Analysis

Living in a world where entitlement seems to be a growing problem, McCullough, in his “You’re Not Special” commencement speech attempts to open the eyes of the audience to the true reality of life. McCullough uses this pivotal moment in life, high school graduation, as a great tool to get his theory of everyone has the same worth; no matter the case. McCullough’s eye opening speech uses many things to prove his theory by listing numerous statistics and facts. McCullough’s use of emotion firmness in his idea really helps make him believable by striking down many counterarguments at the same time, tone and . The comparisons and references to historical national events and real life examples really make one think about how they think of themselves compared to the world. McCullough really hits it home with his structure and use of the rhetoric, logos, ethos and pathos, and his ability to paint his picture into the audience’s head that truly no one is anymore special than …show more content…
(C)There are many examples of statistics and facts to prove the logic of his idea through out the speech for those naysayers. (S) McCullough uses the planets population to further dive into his theory when he reports, “So think about this: even if you’re one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you.” (A)The use of everyone in the world perhaps makes it easier to the big picture that McCullough is trying to get through the audience’s head. The moment you realize that he is statistically right, there are in fact approximately 7000 of the same people running around, it creates the feeling he wants to create. (T)Now all this could be just made up, no real sources, not even a reliable person giving the speech, but McCullough I believe eliminates this through his own credibility and