Eulogy

Revealing the Chinese-American Hidden Struggle: A Comparative Analysis of The Shadow Hero and “No Name Woman” Since the birth of the United States of America, minority groups have had to fight for equity and equality. Chinese immigrants, as well as natural-born Chinese-Americans, have always been actively involved in this fight, yet there is a hidden struggle that these individuals face every day behind closed doors: cultural assimilation or integration. This is a major concern because…

In November of 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a speech to the United States Congress. The speech was made days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Garth, P, 1997). It both remembers Kennedy’s life and calls Congress to continue working on the legislation Kennedy championed. As a student of both communication and political science, this speech drew my attention specifically. I was drawn to how the speech used rhetorical communication ideas to further policy goals. Specifically, Lyndon…

It is said that the number one fear in life is public speaking, while fear of death finishes second. As famous comedian Jerry Seinfeld once mentioned, this means that at a funeral, people would rather be in the coffin than give the eulogy! The fear of public speaking, one of the most common phobias across the globe, is a form of performance anxiety in which a person becomes consciously aware and apprehensive of his or her performance in front of an audience. From sweaty palms and bundles of…

Summer Rewind I set three original goals for the course at the beginning of a semester. They were: to become a better listener, to write engaging speeches that will make my audience want to keep listening, and to become more comfortable speaking in front of an audience. The goal of becoming a better listener was a goal I knew I would really have to work at. Throughout the semester I really tried to focus in and eliminate all other distractions around me so I could focus on the speech I was…

stood amongst the growing crowd with Kingsman circling around them. The bodies of their fallen were placed on a stone altar with the now empty cart being push out of view. Prince Fabian was the first to speak with a heavy heart, giving a touching eulogy with tears rolling down his smooth skin. He places a blue flower-the king’s favorite, on each of their bodies and wipes his eyes with the back of his hand. King Gabriel was the second to speak, his voice trembles with every story he told.…

and my family, I will forever be grateful, and as a student, I hope that I will be able to follow his example. I have found my bucket list to be ever-changing and does not highlight my relationship with death. Additionally, I am hesitant to write my eulogy due to recent personal experiences, so at this time I did not feel that this would be an appropriate choice for me. That is why my first death experience was the optimal choice. My First Death Experience I remember…

Some may argue that the past should remain in the past, meaning that they try to not obsess over unchangeable events in the past. While this method to dealing with past events does hold merit, the ability to examine or in the least learn from the past proves a more important skill. Ignoring the past in favor of the task at hand can lead to a repetition of mistakes that could have been avoided. Insights from the past often offer the most valuable aid in the present, acting as lessons or merely…

mourners shaved their hair, rejected bathing, and put dirt on their heads to portray the societal disorder caused by death (Meskell 1999). During the transition stage, death was not commemorated publically like the Roman parades, gladiator brawls, or eulogies (Bergmann 1999). While the Egyptians gave funerary offerings such as servants, food, and mummified pets, these gifts were seen as sustenance for the ka and ba to further remove the dead from society. Once the ka arrived in the underworld,…

Grandpa’s Funeral In creating this episode of The Carmichael Show, the writer combines a sense of vulnerability and objectivity of death from each character on the recent death of Joe’s father. Due to the various methods of grieving, society has begun to take a turn and rely on suppressing the natural emotional bond that brings us together in times like these, to residing in getting comfort from social media. We tend to decimate the fact humans don’t use funerals as mourning the death of…

After the death of her brother Polyneices and father Oedipus, Antigone’s collective unconscious retreats into an inner conflict between life and death, paralleled in her the derivatives of her name, Anti-gone equating to against birth. Her sense of self is compelled towards in the identities of the dead, particularly exemplified in her morals embedded in her family’s honour. She becomes the epitome of the living death, whereby manifestations of love in marriage and children have been forbidden…