https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear/transcript?language=en
In this video, "Dave Isay: Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear" Mr. Isay speaks about his belief that every one's story is special. That every person on the face of this earth has something important to say. He founded an organization called "StoryCorps", Story Corps has booths all over the world, set so that people of any age can walk in and, with the help of a facilitator, can perform an interview with a stranger, a friend, or a family member. Dave Isay speaks about the importance of listening and understanding people's stories and how they have impacted our lives. Story Corps's recordings are all sent to the library of Congress. This means that in the distant future people will be able to listen back on interviews given by their great-grandparents. They will be able to hear the emotion and the convictions in their voice. People will be able to understand their family just a little bit more, understand who they are and what they truly care about.
While giving this talk, Dave uses actual interviews that were performed inside of some of his booths. He shows three different interviews. All with different messages, all with different backgrounds, and most importantly, different bonds between the people who performed them. A mother and son, a woman and the man who killed her child, who she now recognizes as family, and a married couple. These testimonies help to show the bonds between people, using pathos to show the emotional attachment between people. This pathos also helps the audience feel connected to Story Corp, everyone has someone special in their life, someone they love and are loved by. Story Corp is a way for people to express their feelings as well as tell their life story and show how it makes them feel.
I connect to this TED Talk because it makes me wonder what I would hear if I were to interview one of my family members. After thinking for a long time, I realized that interviewing my grandpa would have been an interesting experiment. He was in the military and also led an extremely interesting civilian life. He had many stories to tell and he liked to tell them to people who were willing to listen to him. He was not always social, yet he liked to tell stories to me. If given the chance I would have interviewed him and then I would have listened to the tapes over and over again. He was never one to express emotions but listening to his stories showed a new side of him to me and to the rest of my family. That is what made me so interested in this Talk, the implications of what it could mean for my family.
-Nick
Hey Nick,
ReplyDeleteI loved your description of your talk and your explanation of your personal connection was awesome. I would have liked a little more rhetorical analysis, besides an explanation of the videos used by the speaker, but besides that I think you did an awesome job.
I really like the topic that you chose. I think that it is true that everyone has something important to say. I feel like a lot of times we disregard what certain people say because of age or we think that they normally say something ridiculous. I think we need to reconsider how we view what people say because sometimes the most insightful comments come from where we least expect them.
ReplyDeleteYour TED Talk seems really interesting and I like the idea of Story Corps. I do agree that everyone has something important to say. I wonder how much of these stories are based on truth versus what the person wanted to remember. I also think it is really cool that people will be able to watch these videos in the future in order to gain insight as to what issues and current events important to us. I wonder what important subjects while be discussed in these talks in the future. I also liked your personal connection.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this blog post. The idea that in the future my grandkids and there kids could be able to hear my voice and listen to my story is awesome. In your rhetorical analysis part I think you could have examined the emotional appeal within the individual interviews a little more and connected that to the emotional appeal the speaker used to create a stronger argument of how the speaker relayed his message to the audience. Overall a great job though.
ReplyDeleteMore analysis needed- start with the structure of the talk itself and move into the speaker's intentions to end with an understanding of the overall purpose, intention, and effect. Think of this in the same way you think about a paper one response- a textual analysis
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