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¶ … speech analysis of Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates' speeches delivered to the Harvard 2013 class uses the block arrangement template. The analysis first of all focuses on Oprah Winfrey Speech enumerating main ideas spelt out in the speech and the relevant supporting arguments. It finally focuses on main points elicited in Bill Gates speech and the supporting arguments.
Oprah Winfrey's "Was that okay?"
Troubles never last
Oprah avers that by the time she received a phone call from President Faust, she had problems with her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and was embarrassed that OWN was falling. She wondered what she could say to successful Harvard students at time she considered herself a failure. She was stuck in a hole. She used the Harvard opportunity to turn things around. It served as a motivation to her. In fact, Prof. Nagy pronouncement to her to walk decisively strengthened her resolve to succeed.
Telling a story
Oprah avers that in today's competitive world telling a story about what you want to be is not enough but telling a story of who you want to be. One should not just tell a story about what they want to accomplish but why they want to accomplish such missions. One must then...
One should not be cheated into believing that clarity in life comes all at once. This is also true for purpose in life.
Making a difference in life
Oprah asks what should be done about those who cannot access healthy food and roofs over their heads and strong public education. She urges those who are passionate about addressing such issues to decide whether it is through working for government, launching television, or collecting change that healthy food, housing, and strong public education can be availed to those not capable of accessing them. She also underscores the need for understanding others.
Bill Gates' Dad I'll come back and get my degree
Improving odds doesn't guarantee success
Gates call to the world's first manufacturer of personal computers to sell them software and their answer that they were not ready and that Gates call them in a month strengthened his resolve. Because they had not written that software he had to work day and night on this extra credit project. Sadly enough, this marked the end of his college education. Fortunately, this marked the beginning of his remarkable journey with Microsoft. The energy and…
Bill and Belinda Gates began their work by just asking how the world could let children whose mothers and fathers had no powers in the market and voice in the system in poor countries die. He in this end supports creative capitalism where more people can make profit or at least make a living, and serve people suffering from worst inequities.
Conclusion
Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey speeches to the Harvard class of 2013 both focus on how somebody can use his position in society to better the lives of those who cannot afford food, roofs over their heads, and medical care. Oprah Winfrey in this context uses the media platform to achieve this. Bill Gates on the other hand uses proceeds from his entrepreneurial engagements to afford children from poor backgrounds medical care.
In order to encourage Linda to continue giving her account, Oprah defends Linda's right to make a choice. However, Oprah then shows an excerpt from a video diary that Linda has kept about when Fred is not at home and about the phone call from his mistress. After showing Linda the obvious anguish that she experiences when she does not know where Fred is, Oprah then confronts her, but