Speech

To be honest, I've never had a favorite speech. I don't want to be cliche and say that I like a speech that everyone knows. For instance, who doesn't like the "I have a dream" speech, by Martin Luther King jr. I also reread the "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, by Patrick Henry and I liked that as well. I've never had a favorite speech because the speeches I've heard always sound so boring and I don't listen to political speeches. I tried desperately to find a speech that I could like, but all of the famous speeches are historical and boring. I know that all of the historical speeches are all important and have made huge impact on society as a whole. I guess I could lie about a favorite speech but I'm not going to do that.

I've heard inspiring speeches from people who came to my high school over the years, but I don't remember any of their names. Those were the speeches I liked because they were motivational. One speech was given to us from a guy who had gotten into a car accident, he had gotten into the car with his friend who was driving while intoxicated. The guy was left paralyzed and in a wheelchair and I thought that was a really good speech in fact I actually think I was on the verge of tears. Another time two homosexual guys gave speeches about how they had grown up with abuse from their parent/guardians. One of the guys came out to his parents and they kicked him out, but his neighbor helped him by letting him stay at his place. Unfortunately the neighbor sexually abused the guy and he was only about eleven or twelve at the time. Both of the guys' lives sounded so fucked up and horrible, I felt so bad for them and I find it hard to believe how negative and narrow minded people can be.