Preview

the last lecture

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
349 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
the last lecture
Romancing the Brick wall in Pausch’s Heart
When I read the pages 57 – 79 in Pausch’s (2008) The Last Lecture, I was surprised and impressed by his expression to his great wife. Even though he continued to love his wife, Jai, he sometimes felt her to get over such obstructions as a big wall and formidable things. He wrote, “The most formidable brick wall I ever upon in my life was just five feet, six inches tall, and was absolutely beautiful. But it reduced me to tears, made me reevaluate my entire life and led me to call my father, in a helpless fit, to ask for guidance on how to scale it.”(p.73). He deep respected all of her, so he expressed that she was the most precious thing in the world. How romantic and fun its expression was. His expression surprised me because his love of Jai was well expressed by his use of metaphors like a poem. When I finished reading this book, I would remember his love phases as the poet and author of the romantic. Furthermore, I was deeply impressed by Jai’s choice to keep her love and her husband. Even though his health was not good enough, he wanted to move to Pittsburgh for his working. She couldn’t understand his decision. But she finally came back his beside. He wrote, “She had come to a realization: She was in love, after all. Once again, my parents had come through. Love had won out. At week’s end, Jai moved to Pittsburgh.”(p.79). I was impressed by a powerful lesson from her loving. Honestly if I was Jai, I would ban him from working his job. Above all, the reality of life is more important than love. Despite of that truth, love might have the great power in the world. They certainly didn’t confuse and scare to death by her discovery of true love. Through this book, I was surprised by his expression about his lovely wife and I was impressed by how he overcame the difficult situation through the great love.
[344]

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Better Essays

    In Osip Mandelstam’s poem numbered “300”, and in Marina Tsvetaeva’s poem “you loved me” both speakers are struggling with a loss of love. For Tsvetaeva’s speaker, the loss stems directly from a love built in a relationship and partner and the sudden feeling of betrayal and loss. For Mandelstam’s speaker however, the loss of love is in that of his friends and family, and not in that of an intimate relationship. They have betrayed his trust, and left him in a life of solitude and loneliness. Both speakers are encountering a powerful loss of something they care about and in their poems they are showing their resiliency and rebuttal towards that loss. This rebuttal comes from a place of isolation and understanding. It is only through recognition…

    • 1143 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The collection of texts presented in this essay depicts an underlying theme of love. The texts have been examined and explored in order to note the similarities or differences in various categories. To compare two texts by the length of their stanza would be to diminish the value of its words; indeed a comparison of texts must come from the connotation.…

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Last Lecture

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Don’t judge a book by its cover. You hear that expression all the time. However, it couldn’t be applied greater than the book titled, “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. When I first looked at the book, I expected to encounter a story filled with nothing but sadness. However, after reading this National Bestseller, I found that I had discovered a tale of life.…

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Lecture 34

    • 399 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Astronomy/Origins 2B03 “The Big Questions” Lecture #34 What makes a particle “elementary” ? • A particle is elementary if it has no inner structure (i.e not “made” of some even smaller entities). Quarks and leptons are the most elementary…

    • 399 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    17 Lecture

    • 8750 Words
    • 250 Pages

    Chemistry102 5/7/2013 Lecture Presentation Chapter 17 Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria John D. Bookstaver St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Ion Effect HA(aq) + H2O(l) ⇔ A−(aq) + H3O+(aq) • Adding a salt containing the anion NaA, which • is the conjugate base of the acid (the common ion), shifts the position of equilibrium to the left…

    • 8750 Words
    • 250 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Lecturess

    • 1267 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The Lecturess which was written and published in 1839. This novel is about a young woman named Marian, Marian is torn between falling into the ideal woman’s’ sphere of that time and following her heart and being a lecturess. Throughout this novel we meet a few different characters who either believe that she should be a lecturess such as her mother. While others believe that she should just fall into place as woman of this time period such as her good friend Sophia. Marian is torn between her will to be a lecturess and fight the ideal woman’s sphere of that time period which is a woman should be at home and taking care of their husbands and family. However, she does not want to fall into this sphere and wants to fight it and stand for what she believes, which is that a woman should have a voice and be able to state it and not be punished or pushed aside because of it.…

    • 1267 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Tita’s marriage bedspread shows how love cannot fully satisfy one’s needs. Pedro’s bouquet of roses reveals the harm and pain in a romantic relationship. Lastly, the over-powered sex represents true love finally coming together, but ending in lifelessness. Although it is desirable for true love to be effortless and untroubling, the author not only shows the goodness and richness of love, but also exposes the hardships and pessimistic outcomes…

    • 1020 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Last Lecture

    • 1894 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash, someone getting cancer, a mass shooting, someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say, “that’s terrible, why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man and an amazing professor. I could have never imagined being able to accomplish those things like he did.…

    • 1894 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Lecture 8

    • 690 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Symmetry: Character Tables All symmetry operations associated with a point group are given in a character table having the point group on top left and the symmetry operations in the first row. H2O, SO2 The z axis coincides with the principal symmetry axis (C2 above) and the molecule (H2O, SO2) lies in the yz plane (σv’ above). NH3, CH3Cl CHEM 331 – 2014 Dr. Roland Roesler 8-1 Symmetry: Character Tables BF3, CO32ˉ 2C3 stands for C31 and C32. C33 = E.…

    • 690 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The Last Lecture Summary

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Randy Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was living a great life with his wife and three children, two boys and one girl. He always imagine his life as he was living it. One unexpected day he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The survival rate of this cancer is very low so he knows that he was going to die soon. His reaction was opposite to the reaction that you would expect. He reacts very optimistic and decide to give a last lecture. He wanted to give this lecture because it would be the last time many of the people he cared about would hear him speak to an audience. The first part of the novel, The Last Lecture, discusses how Randy decided to make his lecture about achieving childhood dreams and about why his wife, Jai, did not want him to give the lecture, she want him to spend his remaining time with family but then she supported him. The second part of the novel, Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, he discusses all of the dreams he had when he was child. He was able to accomplish all of his dreams. The third part is called Adventures and Lessons learned, here he received the news that he has ten other tumors in the pancreas and it spread through the liver, so his life chances were less. From this day on he decides to live everyday as if it is his last day. In this part of the novel he also discuses how he fell in love with his wife. The next part, Enabling The Dreams of Others, is where he really gives the most advices. He tells us to dream big, show gratitude, never give up, tell the truth, and many other things. This part is very inspirational. The last part of the novel is where he discusses the dreams he has for his children and how much appreciation he has for his wife. Unfortunately, Randy Pausch passed away on July 25, 2008 at the age of 47 but he will always be remembered.…

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Lecture 25

    • 796 Words
    • 20 Pages

    The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology DNA Replication (Chapter 16) BSCI105 P RINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I BSCI105 P RINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I 4/8/15 1 4/8/15 BSCI105 P RINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I BSCI105 P RINCIPLES OF…

    • 796 Words
    • 20 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Final Speech Analysis

    • 645 Words
    • 3 Pages

    My speech evaluation is based on Steve Jobs’ Inspirational Speech, “If today were the last day of my life.” He was trying to persuade the audiences that whatever you do, follow your heart, if you were to die tomorrow, would you want to do this. During his speech, he said that, “I ask myself if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer is no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” He also said that, “Remember I am going to be dead soon, is the most important tool he ever encountered to make the big choices in life.” Steve effectively delivered his message. The speech is very inspirational that after the speech, I feel like I need to change my life.…

    • 645 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Lecture 4 2

    • 3084 Words
    • 24 Pages

    Financial Strategy and Governance Taught by Dr.Viktor Manahov Financial Strategy and Governance Lecture 4: Financial strategies from growth to maturity to decline. Learning outcomes…

    • 3084 Words
    • 24 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Lecture # 1

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages

    wonder until they saw the eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth which…

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The elements that contribute to this tragedy of love are greatly varied, from the differing personalities of its main characters, this being the internal reason of the tragedy, to women’s low standing in the society, an example of the effect of environmental factors, and the influence of the author’s own life experiences on his writing. All these elements determine the inevitability of the story’s tragic end (Lanlan 78).…

    • 1861 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays