SOPHS #1 Journal: Laugh, Think, and Cry (due Nov. 4)
Jim Valvano coached the North Carolina State Wolfpack to an upset victory in the 1983 NCAA men's basketball championship game. Valvano parlayed this victory along with his gift of public speaking to become one of the most likable and recognizable coaches in the land. A year later, I had the pleasure of listening to Valvano speak to a group of Delaware high school basketball coaches at an All Star banquet in Dover. Leaving the banquet hall that night, I thought to myself, "This guy is a natural born world shaker." Or something like that. He was THAT impressive a speaker.
Though his future teams were always competitive, North Carolina State would never come close again to matching the success of the fantasy 1983 season.
In 1992 Valvano developed cancer, his toughest and most insidious foe yet. A year later, ten years after his national championship, his body ravaged with cancerous tumors, Valvano fought for his life, not only to win his own battle, but also to get donations for cancer research. At the 1993 ESPY's Awards, ESPN awarded Valvano the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
Hearing Valvano's speech at the ESPYs will make you laugh, think, and cry--three things--according to Valvano, that you should do every day.
In that speech Valvano announced the beginning of the Jimmy V Foundation, his charity to fund cancer research. Though Valvano passed away soon after his moving speech, the foundation is still active and important today, annually raising millions of dollars. An early season NCAA men's basketball tournament, almost always featuring announcer Dick Vitale, benefits the cause.
As a speaker, Valvano is a great storyteller. One small part of his method was the use of the "power of threes." This rhetorical "trick" lists three (or sometimes more) items in parallel structure. An example is the famous line of Caesar (not Valvano), "I came, I saw, I conquered." Take note for Valvano's use of "threes" in his speech.
Valvano also makes effective allusions to sports greats Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi. Find out who these men were if you don't already know.
Your assignment: listen to the speech (click on this link) and read the words to the speech at this link. Write your journal by responding to the following prompt (MINIMUM OF 250 WORDS):
Analyze the speech according to pathos, ethos, and logos. You should be able to write a short paragraph about each of the three. What strategy is most effective? Support your answer citing key lines from the speech, maybe your favorite lines. Warning: the speech is very emotional.
Though his future teams were always competitive, North Carolina State would never come close again to matching the success of the fantasy 1983 season.
In 1992 Valvano developed cancer, his toughest and most insidious foe yet. A year later, ten years after his national championship, his body ravaged with cancerous tumors, Valvano fought for his life, not only to win his own battle, but also to get donations for cancer research. At the 1993 ESPY's Awards, ESPN awarded Valvano the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
Hearing Valvano's speech at the ESPYs will make you laugh, think, and cry--three things--according to Valvano, that you should do every day.
In that speech Valvano announced the beginning of the Jimmy V Foundation, his charity to fund cancer research. Though Valvano passed away soon after his moving speech, the foundation is still active and important today, annually raising millions of dollars. An early season NCAA men's basketball tournament, almost always featuring announcer Dick Vitale, benefits the cause.
As a speaker, Valvano is a great storyteller. One small part of his method was the use of the "power of threes." This rhetorical "trick" lists three (or sometimes more) items in parallel structure. An example is the famous line of Caesar (not Valvano), "I came, I saw, I conquered." Take note for Valvano's use of "threes" in his speech.
Valvano also makes effective allusions to sports greats Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi. Find out who these men were if you don't already know.
Your assignment: listen to the speech (click on this link) and read the words to the speech at this link. Write your journal by responding to the following prompt (MINIMUM OF 250 WORDS):
Analyze the speech according to pathos, ethos, and logos. You should be able to write a short paragraph about each of the three. What strategy is most effective? Support your answer citing key lines from the speech, maybe your favorite lines. Warning: the speech is very emotional.
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Jimmy Valvano's speech appeals to pathos because it has many emotions. In this speech there is a lot of humor. When he starts speaking he says that he doesn't have a cue card, so he'll talk longer than anyone else. Also, in the middle of the speech, a screen in the back is flashing that his time is up and he announces that he sees it and doesn't care. The most sad part of the whole speech is when he says that he will be back next year to give the Author Ashe recipient the award. This is very sad because everybody listening to the speech knew that he would not be able to make it that long.
In Jimmy V's speech, there are no real appeals to ethos because he is very humble and doesn't build himself up. However, there is an appeal to ethos because he is the speaker. Jimmy Valvano was a great basketball coach that led an average team to a national championship in 1983. Also, he was well respected by other coaches for his character and his personality, on and off the court. The media already loved Jimmy and the way he and his players had fun with interviews and their public speaking.
Jimmy Valvano's speech has appeals to logos when he talks about his three steps to a full day. He says that we should laugh, think, and cry everyday. Think about it, if you have laughter, if you have thought, and you have emotion then you're living a full day. Jimmy makes it seem that simple and logical, that that's all we have to do in order to live life.
Jimmy V's most effective strategy is the rule of three. This is used throughout his speech. One example is, "We hug, we kiss, we love." Also, he says, "If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day." Another line he says is, "Think where you started, where you are, and where you're gonna be." A line he took from Vince Lombardi is to focus on three things; religion, family, and the Green Bay Packers/Rutgers Basketball. I believe his use of the rule of three draws the audience in, and keeps them locked in throughout his whole speech.
Jim Valvano shows ethos in his speech by talking about his own battle with cancer. He talks about when people ask him how he gets through every day. He mentions the first speech he ever gave at Rutgers University. Valvano also speaks about knowing where he came from and a little about his family. He announces that he and ESPN are starting a cancer research foundation and also expresses how much he wants to give the Arthur Ashe award next year. Finally, he tells the audience that cancer cannot take away his mind, heart or soul.
Valvano shows pathos in his speech by talking about being emotional and passionate. He also reveals the three things we should do every day, which are laugh, think, and have your emotions moved to tears. Valvano says the courage in his family are his wife and three daughters. Valvano also tells the audience to get enthusiastic every day. Finally, he asks that people give him a smile and a hug if they see him.
Volvano uses logos in his speech by reasoning that if you laugh, think, and cry then you had a full day, and if you do it every day you can make your life special. He mentions the three important things to him, which are where you started; where you are; and where you're going to be. He quotes Emerson who said "nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm." He also talks about how cancer research gets ten times less funding than AIDS and gives statistics on how many people will die from cancer that year to convince people to donate to cancer research. He reasons that the research may save someone you love, and will ultimately save others and help them prosper. This form of rhetoric seems to be the most effective approach in my opinion because Valvano is able to backup everything he says and add importance to what he is telling the audience about in his speech.
The speech delivered by Jim Valvano is very emotional and deep, delving into the roots of humanity and life. What people should do with their limited time on Earth. As someone with more limited time than others, Jim gives a speech about three things you should do with life. He begins the speech with Pathos. He discusses how limited time on Earth is and how precious time is. He plays on the emotions of the audience by telling them how one day they will die, and how everyone has to leave sometime. He follows this with Ethos. He builds up his reputation to be a speaker, why he is able to speak about such a topic. He discusses how he has cancer and people ask him about how to go through each day. He discusses how emotional and passionate he is and his parents and the history of his family. Doing this he builds up why he is qualified to discuss the topic. He continues to use Ethos throughout most of the speech, telling anecdotes and stories that build up his reputation and explain about who he is. He tells about his time coaching and what it was like, how children acted. He tells how he discussed his family with the team. He ends with a mixture of logos and pathos. He uses logic to explain why it is that you should live your life in a certain way. Why you shouldn’t worry about diseases and what’s truly important. He uses logos to promote donating to research to stop diseases and how it will save lives and maybe even the life of someone you love. He ends with pathos as he discusses how kind ESPN is and how cancer can take away his physical ability but can never take away his ability to laugh, think and cry using logos to create an emotional situation mixing logos and pathos for a perfect ending that will touch audiences for years to come.
The speech by Jim Valvano was an appeal to ethos in many ways. He started the speech by "name dropping" by not only telling of his ride on the plane with Mike Krzyzewski, but also stating that they were close friends. He also stated that Vince Lombardi was his idol, and was important because Jim was a basketball coach and Vince was a football coach. This connected him to people who might not be fans of basketball, but are fans of football, and catches a wider audience. He uses many statistics, and this shows that he is a well studied man who knows what he is talking about and should be listened to. Lastly, and probably the most important appeal to ethos was the fact that he was receiving the Ashe award, a humanitarian award, and by receiving this, it connected him to Arthur Ashe himself and all of the other recipients of that award.
In appeals to Pathos, Jim talks about his fight with cancer in a both serious, and light hearted manner. He makes a joke when he says why should he care about the man up in controls saying that he has thirty more seconds because he, very seriously, treasures all the time he has left. When he talks about his foundation and asks for donations, he said that it won't be able to save him, but it might be able to save his kids and the loved ones of the recepiants of his speech. This is important in three ways. First it shows that even thought it won't help him, he wants it for other people, and this makes him seem almost heroic. Also when he says the funded research could save his kids, it reaches out to the people listening because Jim is regretful that he won't be there to help them, and that he might be responsible for their suffering if they recover the disease. Lastly when he appeals to the audience's loved ones, he is making the threat of cancer realistic in the lives of the listeners, and people tend to want to help those close to them rather than complete strangers.
As an appeal to logos, Jim uses statistics to make his point realistic. He talks about the fact that aids research is very advertised and funded, while cancer research is put on a back burner. He also talks about how one in four people are affected and how it is sometimes forgotten even though it is a real and very dangerous disease.
I believe that in Jim Valvano's acceptance speech, his appeal to pathos is the most effective because what he talks about is a very emotional topic. In his last sentence he states, "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever." This is a very powerful sentence and it really affected me personally. It showed that he believed in his causes do his foundation one hundred percent and had accepted that he might not be there as it grows and prospers.
Jim Valvano uses ethos in his speech to appeal a specific audience, which in this case are sports fans and educated people. He does this by often referring to famous figures in sports or education. For example, he quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, “Nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm” to explain importance of enthusiasm in one’s life.
Valvano also uses pathos in his speech, which is an emotional appeal. Basically, this speech is about a man dying from cancer and asking people to donate money to cancer research. Valvano uses an story about his first job, and during the story, Valvano asks his audience a rhetorical question, which is, “Who doesn’t like their very first job they had? That’s a special place.” The rhetorical question makes the audience to think about how far they have come over the years. This makes people feel emotionally connected and united. Valvano then goes from making a connection with the audience to the audience making a unity among themselves.
Lastly, Valvano uses logos in order to prove that cancer is a big problem in society. At the end of the speech, Valvano says, “five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer... that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease.” By saying this, Valvano makes the audience worried that they or a loved one can die from the disease. Usually, when people are afraid of something, they unite and help each other make things better. This connects the audience, like Valvano’s pathos appeal did.
Pathos, I think, is the most affective rheotoric device used because it made people feel obligated to donate money to the cause and it helped the audience become united as one.
Jim Valvano showed Ethos, Logos, and Pathos in his speech at the ESPYs. It shows Ethos, which refers to the credibility of the writer or speaker, when Valvano's words reflected on who he was as a person. When he speaks about Mike Krzyzewsk he mentions that he played against him and that they coached teams that played against each other. Although they competed against each other, Valvano and Kryzewsk were great friends. Jim Valvano said he was ten times better a person than a coach, and he was a great coach. This appeals to Ethos because Valvano said his competitor was a great person. When he coached Rutgers basketball, Valvano planned on being the next Vince Lombardi, who was his idol and a coach for the Green bay Packers. Also, he stated you have to be willing to work to achieve your dreams. Jim Valvano worked hard to do just that.
Valvano uses Logos, which refers to the facts and reasoning, to convince people to donate money to cancer research. The money collected for AIDS is ten times the amount collected for cancer research, but it still isn't enough. Jim Valvano also stated, "I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background." These facts convinced people to donate to cancer research because it showed how many people are affected by the disease.
Pathos is used in the speech, too, and I think in the case of Jim Valvano's speech, it is the most effective. Pathos is associated with emotional appeal and includes opinions. Valvano's said during his speech, "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever." This statement really makes you think. It is both sad and showed that Jim Valvano was not going to give up and that is very important and emotional. He said that he had tumors all over his body and he was going to take life one day at a time and enjoy every minute that he got. We should all enjoy all the time we get like Valvano did.
Ethos is appeal based on the the character or reputation of the speaker. Although Jim Valvano was great coach, there was something more to him. His speech was so effective because he was able to give it with passion and confidence. He had cancer so he was able to give his speech on a personal level. He was able to relate what he talked about to his own life. Valvano's speech is a wonderful example of ethos because it did not focus on what he did, it focused on who he was and how he did it.
Logos is appeal based on logic or reason. During Valvano'' speech, he used "the power of threes." He gave us three things that we should do every single day: laugh, think, and cry. He told us this because he wants people to look back on their day as a successful every day. He says that doing those three things can create a day that is special.
Pathos is appeal based on emotion. Anyone who listened to or watched this speech must have been filled with emotion. This entire speech is based on different kinds of emotions: happiness, sadness, confidence, and laughter.
Ethos and Pathos are the most effective strategies in giving a speech because I think they go hand-in-hand. If a person is able to give a speech that touches all of the listeners hearts and is based on personal experiences, there is simply nothing better. A speaker cannot give a moving speech without having the listeners feel emotion towards them. My favorite line in the whole speech is "keep your dreams alive in spite of your problems." This touched my heart because this is what Valvano did. He had cancer. So what? He was able to fulfill his dream in doing something good for someone. And he is just that on numerous occasions. And he left us with another one of his dreams, to save someone's life through his research foundation.
Jim Valvano shows ethos throughout his speech. He starts off his speech saying he will speak the longest out of any speaker throughout the night. He mentioned that he competed with Mike Krzyzewski, and Valvano said he was a great person and coach. He said he was able to compete with Krzyzewski, which built up his own character. He also talked of his coaching career at Rutgers University. About his career, Valvano stated, "And I'm going to be the greatest coach in the world, the next Lombardi." At the end of his speech, he said he was not going to give up or let his cancer control his heart, mind, and soul in a way of showing ethos.
Valvano sided with pathos many times when talking about his cancer. He repeatedly mentioned his limited time. He also added humor. His speech to his football team brought laughs when told, while his line, "I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh" brought humor mixed with sadness for his cancer. His ending lines that talked about donations used pathos to tell the people their donations could help someone survive their disease and be cured.
Valvano used logos throughout his speech. He talked about his cancer. "Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that." He said that you should laugh, think, and cry everyday which he strongly believed was the truth. He called Lombardi's team "perennial losers." Valvano also talked about the statistics of AIDS and cancer. He said we seem to put those statistics in the background, but they should be brought to attention, which is important to do.
Pathos would be the most effective strategy to use. Influencing the listeners' emotions could be useful in order to get a point across. Valvano used humor to bring entertainment to the listeners, but also brought the harsh reality of his cancer to bring attention to the help needed. Pathos, in my opinion, would cause the listeners to donate and take action more than logos or ethos could, and that is why I think pathos is the most effective.
This speech appeals to Pathos because he starts the speech with a joke about Dick Vitale, Valvano also goes into how he does not know how much time he has left until he dies of Cancer that he recently developed. He says you should use emotions everyday of your life, more specifically Laugh, Think, and Cry. Valvano makes other coaches in the audience think about and relive their original coaching job and giving their first pep talk to their team. He talks about former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi giving a famous speech and how it inspired many. To close his speech Valvano tells all to enjoy life, live everyday to the fullest, to laugh, cry and think every day because you don’t know how many more times you will get to, To be enthusiastic and keep your dreams alive by working hard to do so. Valvano wants to use his time left to help others. Valvano says that cancer may take his physical strength , but will never touch his mind, heart, and Soul, and those will live on, forever.
This speech appeals to Ethos when Valvano says you should laugh, cry, and think, it makes for a full day and if you do that all seven days a week you’ll have something special. The three things Jim thought about was where you started, where you are and where you will be. At the end Valvano begins to talk about the Arthur Asche foundation that raises money for aids victims, he then begins to give statistics about how many people will die from cancer and how many will also suffer with aids. He also talks about his new foundation in association with ESPN called Jimmy V’s which will raise money for cancer.
This speech appeals to Logos when Valvano says that even though he is fighting cancer his life has not changed. Lombardi’s speech mentions that the team should only think about their Family, Religion, and the Green Bay Packers, Valvano did the same, but replaced “Green Bay Packers” with Rutger’s Basketball, but in the end failed and said Packers instead.
Jim Valvano’s acceptance speech at the 1993 ESPY’s was a good blend of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, but leaned more heavily on Pathos. Valvano’s speech left the whole crowd in awe of how this man, beaten by cancer, still was able to give this amazing speech that will be a lasting stamp in the mind of anyone who heard.
Although I had never heard of Jim Valvano before, I found that his speech was very effective and touching due to his use of rhetorical devices, primarily pathos. His strategy of combining ethos, logos, and pathos and centralizing the emotional aspect is so effective because he creates a bond with his audience by inviting them to understand his own feelings.
Starting in the beginning of the speech, Jim Valvano builds up his qualifications to speak by talking about how he competed against his friend Mike Krzyzewski and coached against him in basketball for 15 years. By establishing his motto of “Laugh, Think, and Cry,” he shows his audience that he is full of experience and wisdom that he has acquired throughout his life. He also proves his knowledge of famous American figures by quoting Vince Lombardi and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Throughout Jim Valvano’s speech, he makes listeners contemplate about the importance of their lives and how to live their lives to the fullest extent. He says “... I always have to think about what's important in life to me are these three things. Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be.” He knows that in order to improve yourself you have to realize how you have improved and how to go forward from where you are. Towards the end of his speech, he wants to support the fight against cancer so he says, “What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.... I want to bring it back on the front table. We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research.”
Most importantly, Jim Valvano appeals to ethos which is the main aspect of his speech. He tells the audience that there are three things they must do each day, “Laugh, Think, and Cry.” He says, “That’s a heck of a day. If you do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.” On a more comedic note, Valvano proceeds to the beginning of his coaching career to his memory his first pre-game locker room speech. Attempting to emulate Vince Lombardi, he fails to storm through the door to the locker room and directly quotes Lombardi, accidentally telling the players to focus on the Green Bay Packers. At the end of the speech, Valvano emphasizes the need for support in cancer research and talks about how many people in the world are being affected by cancer. He asks the audience from his heart to help others by donating money towards the cause, which might help his kids and others whom he loves. Through the incorporation of emotions into his speech, Jim Valvano evolves it into something truly inspiring and memorable.
In Jim Valvano's speech, ethos is evident throughout his speaking. From being a basketball coach, he learned exactly how to become a motivational speaker and supporter. This helps him greatly influence his audience. By telling his story of the pep talk he gave before a game, he displays his strong feelings towards wanting to achieve great things in his life.
Jim also displays logos in his speech. When he says, "It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important," he is giving the audience a logical reason to donate to the cancer research fund. He tells them that he doesn't know who it will definitely help, but that if they donate to find a cure, then it will one day help someone who needs it.
Pathos is a powerful technique speakers use to make the audience feel related to the speech somehow. It is a way to get the audience emotionally involved in the speech. Jim Valvano was very good at using emotion in his speaking. He touched on points of how he can relate to other cancer victims and on how much help they need. One line he spoke that could really affect someone emotionally was when he said, "And...that screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh? I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?" It shows how he is trying to live his everyday life, when all he is certain of is the cancer that is taking over his body.
I believe that the most effective technique used is pathos. People may say that they don't cry or get upset, but when it comes to life or death, humanity begins to take over and fear sets in. It draws people's attention and they listen. They are so desperate that they will do anything they can to avoid death. This is why raw emotion is important in an effective speech. You have to connect the audience to what you're saying in order make them feel a relation.
Jim Valvano effectively uses ethos, logos, and pathos in his speech. He uses ethos throughout the speech, especially when he mentions how Vince Lombardi is his role model, and when he proceeds to go into detail about his first time as a basketball coach (at Rutgers). This story is interesting and enjoyable to the audience, as they are hearing about some of young Jim's experiences. Another major usage of ethos is when Jim acknowledges that he has received the "Arthur Ashe" award. He links himself with the many other great recipients. Jim also uses logos in his speech. Mainly, he speaks about how ESPN has teamed up with him to create the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. He says to "…try if you can to support…so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease." He points out that in order for those afflicted with cancer to hopefully be cured, everyday people much contribute to cancer research. This is (of course) logical, as funds allow the research to continue. Jim mostly appeals to pathos throughout his speech, as he is emotional - he tugs at the heartstrings and is humorous. One example would be when he jokes about how someone in the back is reminding him that he has thirty seconds to finish his speech. He says "you got a lot, hey va fa napoli, buddy," saying how he doesn't care because he has cancer, which is a much bigger deal than ending his speech in a short time. This is both humorous and saddening. Another example of pathos is when Jim says that "cancer can take away my physical ability…it cannot touch my mind,…my heart,…and my soul…those three things are going to carry on forever." This touching line reminds the audience that he will die soon, yet he will live on spiritually. Pathos is by far the most effective, as it makes the audience laugh, and it makes the audience cry. It moves them the most and instills powerful feelings in them. One of the most moving (and saddening) lines using pathos is just mentioned above, and it brings to light that Jim is on his way out, but he will always be remembered and loved.
Jim Valvano spoke using ethos. This form of rhetoric is used to show the qualifications of the writer of speaker. Valvano told the audience that he had spoken publicly before. He stated that he had given a speech in a locker room. This was not just any locker room, Valvano had spoken at Rutgers University when he was just a freshman coach.
Jim Valvano also spoke using pathos. This is an appeal to emotion. Jim Valvano takes the audience through experiences of laughter, deep thought, and expression of emotion. His speech encompasses all of the three things that he said each person should do daily. Valvano expresses humor by recalling an embarrassing event I'm his life. The audience goes from laughter to suspended silence consisting of reflection and consideration. The audience is moved in more than one way. They are inspired that even a man battling a disease can wake up everyday and live his life for the betterment of others. They are also struck by the effects of cancer.
Valvano also used logos in his speech. He states a few statistics about the effects of cancer. Jim Valvano said that one in four people are infected by the disease. These facts were not only used in logos, but also in pathos. The audience considered these facts and they were shocked. He used these to show the audience that cancer really does affect people everywhere, and that it deserves to receive more attention.
Ethos is the most effective strategy. The crowd is both humored and inspired by Jim Valvano. This allows them to be comfortable when they are listening to him. His lighthearted speaking makes him appear friendly. If an audience feels familiar with a speaker, they might be more comfortable listening to them.
This speech appeals to Pathos because he starts the speech with a joke about Dick Vitale, Valvano also goes into how he does not know how much time he has left until he dies of Cancer that he recently developed. He says you should use emotions everyday of your life, more specifically Laugh, Think, and Cry. Valvano makes other coaches in the audience think about and relive their original coaching job and giving their first pep talk to their team. He talks about former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi giving a famous speech and how it inspired many. To close his speech Valvano tells all to enjoy life, live everyday to the fullest, to laugh, cry and think every day because you don’t know how many more times you will get to, To be enthusiastic and keep your dreams alive by working hard to do so. Valvano wants to use his time left to help others. Valvano says that cancer may take his physical strength , but will never touch his mind, heart, and Soul, and those will live on, forever.
This speech appeals to Ethos when Valvano says you should laugh, cry, and think, it makes for a full day and if you do that all seven days a week you’ll have something special. The three things Jim thought about was where you started, where you are and where you will be. At the end Valvano begins to talk about the Arthur Asche foundation that raises money for aids victims, he then begins to give statistics about how many people will die from cancer and how many will also suffer with aids. He also talks about his new foundation in association with ESPN called Jimmy V’s which will raise money for cancer.
This speech appeals to Logos when Valvano says that even though he is fighting cancer his life has not changed. Lombardi’s speech mentions that the team should only think about their Family, Religion, and the Green Bay Packers, Valvano did the same, but replaced “Green Bay Packers” with Rutger’s Basketball, but in the end failed and said Packers instead.
Jim Valvano’s acceptance speech at the 1993 ESPY’s was a good blend of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, but leaned more heavily on Pathos. Valvano’s speech left the whole crowd in awe of how this man, beaten by cancer, still was able to give this amazing speech that will be a lasting stamp in the mind of anyone who heard.
This speech appeals to Pathos because he starts the speech with a joke about Dick Vitale, Valvano also goes into how he does not know how much time he has left until he dies of Cancer that he recently developed. He says you should use emotions everyday of your life, more specifically Laugh, Think, and Cry. Valvano makes other coaches in the audience think about and relive their original coaching job and giving their first pep talk to their team. He talks about former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi giving a famous speech and how it inspired many. To close his speech Valvano tells all to enjoy life, live everyday to the fullest, to laugh, cry and think every day because you don’t know how many more times you will get to, To be enthusiastic and keep your dreams alive by working hard to do so. Valvano wants to use his time left to help others. Valvano says that cancer may take his physical strength , but will never touch his mind, heart, and Soul, and those will live on, forever.
This speech appeals to Ethos when Valvano says you should laugh, cry, and think, it makes for a full day and if you do that all seven days a week you’ll have something special. The three things Jim thought about was where you started, where you are and where you will be. At the end Valvano begins to talk about the Arthur Asche foundation that raises money for aids victims, he then begins to give statistics about how many people will die from cancer and how many will also suffer with aids. He also talks about his new foundation in association with ESPN called Jimmy V’s which will raise money for cancer.
This speech appeals to Logos when Valvano says that even though he is fighting cancer his life has not changed. Lombardi’s speech mentions that the team should only think about their Family, Religion, and the Green Bay Packers, Valvano did the same, but replaced “Green Bay Packers” with Rutger’s Basketball, but in the end failed and said Packers instead.
Jim Valvano’s acceptance speech at the 1993 ESPY’s was a good blend of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, but leaned more heavily on Pathos. Valvano’s speech left the whole crowd in awe of how this man, beaten by cancer, still was able to give this amazing speech that will be a lasting stamp in the mind of anyone who heard.
Throughout the speech given by Jimmy Valvano, pathos, logos, and ethos are used to make the speech more effective. Ethos was used many times throughout the speech from talking about his battle with cancer to coaching. He mentions that Dick Vitale said he was a very emotional and passionate man, which is what helps him get through a life of fighting cancer. He mentions how his parents shaped who he is as a man and how they helped him get to where he is today. He mentions his coach and good friend, Mike Krzyzewski. Even though they played against each other, they still managed to remain good friends.
Logos is used to persuade his listeners to donate to cancer research. The most persuasive line using logos is, ""But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease." This sentence inspires people to donate not only for their benefit of feeling good about themselves, but so that they might actually save someone's life.
Valvano's speech, while very informing, was revolved around emotion. The entire speech was very touching to anyone who listened to it because of the different aspects of pathos used. The line that expressed pathos the most was Valvano's last statement, "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul." The effect that statement had on his feeling towards cancer moved every single one of his listeners and made them aware of what he, along with others, have to go through everyday to survive.
In Jim Valvano's speech, he appeals to ethos by reaching out to different sport's audiences rather than just basketball. He makes references to different successful people in the sports industry who inspired him to be a better coach and speaker. This helped him appeal to football fans as well by mentioning how greatly influenced he was by Vince Lombardi. He talked about how inspired he was by how great of a speaker Vince was. Also, by receiving the Arthur Ashe award, he was able to relate to Arthur Ashe and other people who receive the award as well.
Valvano's speech appeals to logos by using real data and statistics to back up what he was saying in his speech. It makes his speech even more successful because if he is using proof and real research to prove his point, it makes people realize how serious of a disease cancer is. He uses logos to show how many people can die a year from cancer yet how ignored of a cause it is.
His speech appeals to pathos by encouraging people to live their lives with laughter, thought, and emotion. He wants to let people know that he even though he is dying of cancer and tumors, he does not live his life in despair. Instead, he spreads love and spends time with family and uses his illness to create good. He raises awareness about raising money to hopefully save, not his life, but others lives because he wants people to be more involved in ending cancer. Though it is a sad thing, he does not view it like that because he lives life to the fullest. It is touching to see how high-spirited he is. An example of this is when he says "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever." This just shows how even a disease as serious as cancer, and knowing that he doesn't have long to live, will not affect his mental strength and his "live life to the fullest" attitude.
The ethos in this speech comes from Jim Valvano's great success. Jim, the speech giver, was a very well known basketball coach who lead the North Carolina State Wolfpack to victory in 1983 and in many other years. He also was very well known for his cancer, and more specifically, the charity that he created, the Jimmy V Foundation. He was also very well known for his Arthur Ashe Courage Award that ESPN awarded him in which this speech was given. Overall, Jim Valvano was a very reputable speaker, and people ere eager to listen to him.
Valvano used logos in his speech through the way he said things. He oftentimes said things in groups of three, such as how every day if you laugh, think, and cry, you've lived a full day, and when you do that all week, then there is something special. He also uses logos by stating statistics such as, "...five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background." This put into perspective the severity of cancer, and what people's donations can do to help maybe not him, but maybe his children or loved ones.
Pathos is the most apparent form of rhetoric in this speech. Jim Valvano was a very emotional man, as he said multiple times, "I can't help it." There was a lot of humor in his speech, especially when Valvano related his first time giving a speech to him giving his speech right then. He was all ready to go with his speech to his freshman team at Rutgers, and when he gave it, he accidentally said Green Bay packers rather than Rutgers basketball. His speech was also sad because he talked about not knowing how much time he would have left. This speech was extremely emotional and followed what he said to do every day: laugh, think, and cry.
Jimmy Valvano is a very remarkable and good speaker. He especially shows his qualities in his speech after receiving the Arthur Ash Courage Award. In his speech he shows pathos through his emotional and humorous statements. Throughout his speech he states many statements that relate to his illness of cancer. During his speech he says "time is precious to me and I don't know how much I have left". This really hits hard because he might die soon from cancer and time is everything that he has right now. He states how the guy in the back is saying he has 30 seconds, while he says that he's gonna take all the time he needs cause he has rumors running through his body. He also says how he hopes that he will be back here next year to say another speech. While a lot of things are sad he also throws so humor into it, for instance when he tried to ouch open the doors but they wouldn't open and he fell. He also talks about how people need to pay more attention to cancer, not only to save him but to save others. I think that this is the most effective strategy because it draws people in to what's going on. It gives people a perspective of what cancer can do to you.
Jimmy Valvano shows ethos because of his reputation. Valvano is a famous college basketball coach who has many titles and has become a wealthy man. Since he has cancer many people have sympathy for him which make them want to donate to the foundation. He also talks about how important family, which shows him that he is a loving person. He also says that these donations aren't just for me they are four your loved ones who might get cancer one day. He shows how is is not a selfish man and cares for others. When he states he is friends with one of the coaches that he played against in college shows of how is he a nice guy to get along with.
Jimmy Valvano shows logos through many statements. When he is talking about cancer he states that one in very four people will have cancer. This gives a reason for people to donate towards the foundation. In the begging of the speech he gives a reason to live and to have good days, to think, to cry, and to laugh. He also gives stats of cancer and how it is just as important as AIDS.
Jim Valvano's speech about his struggle with cancer is extremely moving. He first uses ethos to put himself down. He talks about being categorized with the great basketball coaches. Jim discusses how he would talk longer than anyone else that night because his time left on Earth is precious.
Jim's use of pathos is astronomical. He tells everyone that we should, laugh, think, and cry. We should laugh everyday because it is healthy to keep you emotions lighthearted. We should think everyday because thinking helps us expand our understanding of the world around us. We should cry everyday because it is healthy to grieve. Another use of pathos is when Jim says he will be back the following year to deliver his award to the next recipient. This is extremely emotional because everyone listening knows that Jim will not be alive to meet the next recipient. He discusses ESPN's joint efforts with him to raise money for cancer research. Jim implores people to donate because saving the life of someone you love is extremely important.
Jim Valvano uses logos in his acceptance speech. He reasons that if you laugh, think, and cry during your day, than you have had a full day. If you do this everyday, you will have a very special life. Jim discusses how cancer gets ten times less donations than AIDS even though it affects one in every four people. Each word that Jim uses appeals to the three pieces of rhetoric which are ethos, pathos, and logos. Because he uses the pieces of rhetoric, Jim Valvano is a great speaker.
In 1993, Jim Valvano delivered a moving speech as his acceptance speech for the EPSY award that he received. In this speech, he used pathos, logos, and ethos many times, and his the way he used them, his speech brought many to tears. He uses logos, an appeal to logic, by asking about the need for cancer fundraising and comparing it with aids which was the pandemic sweeping the nation at the time. He uses controversial opinions, but words them wisely enough so that they do not come across that way. He also uses uncontroversial facts to send his message into the minds of his listeners. "... One in every four people are afflicted with this disease..." Without statistics like these his argument would become baseless.
Jim Valvano also researched what he was going to talk about before hand and used his knowledge to appeal not only to logos but also to ethos. Part of this ethos was simply by being present and speaking at this particular awards ceremony. He was receiving a humanitarian award for his amazing works in this world. His name was linked with many important people that carried from sports icons to famous humanitarians. He personally furthered himself in ethos by dropping certain names into his speech. He was talking about famous people that he knew or was friends with in order to further his ethos such as Mike Krzyzewski.
He also appealed with pathos, emotional appeal. In my opinion, this is the most effective part of his speech. He makes jokes about his serious condition referencing his own cancer struggle. “I got tumors all over my body. I’m not worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?” Although he makes jokes about his situation, he also is quite serious about it at times bringing tears into everyone's eyes. In the beginning of his speech he said, "Time is very precious to me [and] I don’t know how much I have left…” These three literary devices are used to create an effective speech and Jim Valvano mastered them is a speech that will be remembered for many years to come
Jim Valvano's speech showed ethos in his speech by telling his audience about his battle with cancer. He tells them that people ask him all the time how he gets through every day knowing that he only has a limited amount of days to live. He tells the somewhat humorous story of the first speech he ever gave to his basketball team. Valvano also tells the audience about knowing where he was from and his family. He tells his audience that cancer will not take away his mind, heart or soul.
Valvano's speech also showed pathos by telling about being a passionate man. He tells the audience the three things that people should do every day. He said to laugh, think, and cry. Valvano tells that he has the most courage in his wife and daughters. He tells his audience to get enthusiastic every day. Finally, he asks that people give him a smile and a hug if they see him.
Volvano uses logos in his speech by saying that if you laugh, think, and cry, then you are having a full day. If you do it every day you can have a special life. He tells the three most important things to him. They are Where you started; Where you are; and Where you're going to be. He quotes Emerson who said "nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm." He talked about how AIDs research gets 10x's the funding of of cancer research and gave statistics on how many people will die from cancer per year to talk people into donating to cancer research. He says that it may save someone they love, and will definitely save others and help them live well.
Jim Valvano effectively uses ethos, logos, and pathos in his speech. He uses ethos throughout the speech, especially when he mentions how Vince Lombardi is his role model, and when he proceeds to go into detail about his first time as a basketball coach (at Rutgers). This story is interesting and enjoyable to the audience, as they are hearing about some of young Jim's experiences. Another major usage of ethos is when Jim acknowledges that he has received the "Arthur Ashe" award. He links himself with the many other great recipients. Jim also uses logos in his speech. Mainly, he speaks about how ESPN has teamed up with him to create the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. He says to "…try if you can to support…so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease." He points out that in order for those afflicted with cancer to hopefully be cured, everyday people much contribute to cancer research. This is (of course) logical, as funds allow the research to continue. Jim mostly appeals to pathos throughout his speech, as he is emotional - he tugs at the heartstrings and is humorous. One example would be when he jokes about how someone in the back is reminding him that he has thirty seconds to finish his speech. He says "you got a lot, hey va fa napoli, buddy," saying how he doesn't care because he has cancer, which is a much bigger deal than ending his speech in a short time. This is both humorous and saddening. Another example of pathos is when Jim says that "cancer can take away my physical ability…it cannot touch my mind,…my heart,…and my soul…those three things are going to carry on forever." This touching line reminds the audience that he will die soon, yet he will live on spiritually. Pathos is by far the most effective, as it makes the audience laugh, and it makes the audience cry. It moves them the most and instills powerful feelings in them. One of the most moving (and saddening) lines using pathos is just mentioned above, and it brings to light that Jim is on his way out, but he will always be remembered and loved.
Jim Valvano relies on Pathos throughout the speech. An example of this would be when he says, "We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important." Also when he says, "And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too." Another example is when he says, "I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!" This line especially plays on Pathos because it was know that he would not have long to live, but he wants to fight and be able to attend the awards show next year. Another example is when he said, "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever."
Jim uses a smaller amount of Ethos in his speech compared to Pathos. An example would be when he tells the story of Mike Krzyzewski and him coaching against each other and playing against each other. Also, when he tells the story of his first job as a freshman coach for the freshman at Rutgers.
Logos is used when he says, "To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy." This is a reasonable statement that I would agree with. He also talks about some statistics with AIDS and cancer research and donations.
I believe that Pathos was the most effective of the three. Since that he doesn't have much time left to live, he lets everyone know in a somewhat positive/upbeat way. He tries to use Pathos to make small jokes and funny stories to the audience. He mixed the emotional, serious moments with the playfully-humorous moments perfectly. I think that this keeps the audience attentive and interested.
Jim Valvano shows ethos in this speech by talking about how it's such an honor to just be mentioned with Arthur Ashe and how he'll treasure it for forever. He goes on saying how he'll be the one talking the longest and about how he is fighting a battle with cancer. Valvano tells us about his day leading up to him giving this speech, and about his fist job, his first speech. Ethos is used in this speech by using names of people he knows and who he idolizes, by talking about himself, and by quoting others. Valvano also uses pathos in this speech. Pathos is an emotional appeal, and in his speech Valvano talks about having cancer and he even asks for people to donate money to help with the research for cancer. "It's important to know where you are", this line is essential for pathos because the many people listening to this speech may not know exactly what they want to do with their life just yet. This speech can make you laugh, smile, and maybe even cry and that's what pathos is all about. By using all of his emotions Valvano can bring out all of our emotions just by listening to him speak. Logos is used as well in this speech which is an appeal on logic or reason. "Alright, Arthur Ashe Foundation is a wonderful thing, and AIDS, the amount of money pouring in for AIDS is not enough, but it is significant. But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research", Valvano is talking about how the money raised for research on AIDS and how it's about much more then amount raised for cancer. He goes on saying that five hundred thousand people will die from cancer that year and goes on saying statistics. He uses real facts to get people to think about how much of a problem cancer really is. In my opinion pathos is the most effective strategy used in this speech. This is because this speech is emotional, and Valvano knew it, he used his emotions to bring out the feelings of anyone listening to this speech, no matter if you were in that audience in 1993 or watching a video of it more than twenty years later.
In 1993, Jim Valvano delivered a moving speech as his acceptance speech for the EPSY award that he received. In this speech, he used pathos, logos, and ethos many times, and his the way he used them, his speech brought many to tears. He uses logos, an appeal to logic, by asking about the need for cancer fundraising and comparing it with aids which was the pandemic sweeping the nation at the time. He uses controversial opinions, but words them wisely enough so that they do not come across that way. He also uses uncontroversial facts to send his message into the minds of his listeners. "... One in every four people are afflicted with this disease..." Without statistics like these his argument would become baseless.
Jim Valvano also researched what he was going to talk about before hand and used his knowledge to appeal not only to logos but also to ethos. Part of this ethos was simply by being present and speaking at this particular awards ceremony. He was receiving a humanitarian award for his amazing works in this world. His name was linked with many important people that carried from sports icons to famous humanitarians. He personally furthered himself in ethos by dropping certain names into his speech. He was talking about famous people that he knew or was friends with in order to further his ethos such as Mike Krzyzewski.
He also appealed with pathos, emotional appeal. In my opinion, this is the most effective part of his speech. He makes jokes about his serious condition referencing his own cancer struggle. “I got tumors all over my body. I’m not worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?” Although he makes jokes about his situation, he also is quite serious about it at times bringing tears into everyone's eyes. In the beginning of his speech he said, "Time is very precious to me [and] I don’t know how much I have left…” These three literary devices are used to create an effective speech and Jim Valvano mastered them is a speech that will be remembered for many years to come
In the very beginning of the speech Jim Valvano uses ethos by saying, "I can't tell you
what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something
I certainly will treasure forever." He is using ethos because he is saying how is is an honor to be
mentioned equally with Arthur Ashe who clearly to him is a very important person whom he
honors. He says how it is an honor to be mentioned with him and that since Arthur Ashe is very
highly honored person he is therefor appealing himself to the audience that he too can be highly
honored. Also in Jim Valvano's speech he uses pathos by saying "But, I can't help it. Now, I'm
fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through
your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me." By saying this he is telling the
audience about how he has a battle with cancer everyday. This might make them feel emotional
about Jim's battle with cancer and they might feel bad for him because of this daily struggle he
goes through. Lastly in Jim Valvano's speech he uses logos by saying "I'll also tell you that five
hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four
will be afflicted with this disease." This is logos because he is logically explaining how cancer
will effect others.
Jim Valvano opened his acceptance speech using a joke. He then went on to say what an honor it was to be mentioned in the same sentance as Aurthur Ashe. Ethos is an appeal based on the character of the speaker. Although he is not directly talking about his own character, by complimenting and praising others, he builds up his character. When Valvano spoke about his fight with cancer, he is also showing his bravery and strong attitude about his disease. He also talks about how he is a notional and passionate man. He talks not only about his courage in his battle, but also the courage and support of his family.
Valvanos speech was very organized. When he gave examples he would always use 3. This common number three gave his speech structure and kept it organized. Logos is an appeal based on fact. Valvano did not use much logos in his speech.
Valvano used pathos, the appeal based on emotion, throughout his speech. He spoke about how in life everyday we must, laugh, think, and cry. He also talked about how he wants to fight to be there next year to present the award, with a large display of emotion. Pathos is the most effective strategy. He appeals to the emotions and also clearly displays his emotions. A very emotional line was when he was talking about the need for money for cancer research and he said "We need your help. I need your help". This line seemed important to me because it layed out his emotions and showed his need for help and support.
The speech by Jim Valvano was one of the most moving speeches I've seen in a long time. His words were powerful and encourage you to live your life to the fullest. His speech uses ethos, logos, and pathos well. Ethos is used when Jim talks about his first coaching job at Rutgers university. His imitation of Vince Lombardi's speech to the Green Bay Packers, puts himself down ("go to knock the doors open just like Lombardi. Boom! They didn't open. I almost broke my arm.") by making fun of his own failure, but shows his desire to impact his players, which raises him up. His use of logos is not very evident. He talks about the need to donate money to cancer research, as one in four will get it, and 500,000 will die that year from it. He leads with this to talk about his new cancer research foundation with ESPN. Pathos is his strongest and most effective rhetoric strategy. His cancer is his largest heartstrings tigger, and is the background to his largest appeals. He asks people to live every day with laughter, thinking, or crying. "If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." He attacks our emotions, particularly mine, with his conclusion. "I know, I gotta go, I gotta go, and I got one last thing and I said it before, and I'm gonna say it again: Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever." His use of threes was very impacting, and drove his pathos home, and made his Courage Award speech memorable.
Ethos is a rhetorical technique that brings appeal based on the character of the speaker; it was present throughout this speech. One example of ethos was within the first couple sentences when Jim Valvano made a joke about Dick Vitale. He also said that he was an emotional and passionate man because of the family he came from. Parallel structure of groups of three things were present multiple times and with the previous statement he said the first group of the speech. About his family he told the audience that, "We hug, we kiss, we love." Ethos was also used when he said of Mike Krzyzewski "People don't realize he's ten times a better person than he is a coach, and we know he's a great coach."
Another rhetorical technique used by Jim Valvano was logos, or appeal based on logic. This technique was used towards the end of his speech when Valvano talked about AIDS, cancer, and medical research. He said that there was a decent amount of money going to AIDS research but not nearly enough. Also, cancer research got about one tenth of the amount of money that AIDS research did while five hundred thousand people would die of cancer that year. Those were logic, facts, and evidence that supported Valvano's speech.
The third rhetorical technique used was pathos. Pathos is appeal based on emotion. Because Valvano was battling cancer, it was not difficult for him to have and provoke emotion. He simply stated that everyone should laugh, think, and be brought to tears by his or her own emotions at least once everyday. There were three things in his life that were important to him; those were "Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be." Although he messed up his pep talk at Rutgers, it made him remember where he came from. He also knew where he was. The real question was "how do you get from where to are to where you wanna be?" Valvano's answer to his own question was that "You have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it." Despite the challenges of cancer, Valvano was able to joke about it. He informed the audience that a screen was flashing and telling him he had thirty seconds. He responded by saying he had tumors all over his body and wasn't the slightest bit worried about some guy in the back saying he had thirty seconds. Jim was a passionate man focused on living life to the fullest and encouraging others to do the same. He concluded his speech with "I got one last thing and I said it before, and I'm gonna say it again: Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever."
I think pathos was the most effective technique used because everyone has emotions and can relate to them. Cancer is a very sad thing and merely the mention of it can spark emotions within many.
Kirsten Albanese
Ethos
Jim Valvano using ethos when he says " I also don't have one of those things going with the cue cards, so I'm going to speak longer than anybody else has spoken tonight. That's the way it goes." He is saying that he is saying all of this off of the top of his head and he has not practiced is speech before. He also states several times about his fight with cancer. This is to show people that he is strong.
Logos
He uses logos when he is talking about his new cancer foundation. He states facts, such as "five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer." He also says that cancer has been put in the background. He also uses it when he says that you should laugh, cry, and think at least once a day.
Pathos
He uses pathos in many ways in this speech. He uses it when he is talking about how many people get cancer every year when he says that you could be saving his children or your own loved one. He also uses pathos when he's says, " I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!" This is a use of pathos because it is very emotional to think that he could be gone in less than a year.
I think pathos is the best used form of rhetoric in this speech because his topic was very emotional. Also, his use of pathos was the best. This was a very emotional speech because it focuses mainly on death and disease.
The speech delivered by Jim Valvano is very emotional and deep, delving into the roots of humanity and life. What people should do with their limited time on Earth. As someone with more limited time than others, Jim gives a speech about three things you should do with life. He begins the speech with Pathos. He discusses how limited time on Earth is and how precious time is. He plays on the emotions of the audience by telling them how one day they will die, and how everyone has to leave sometime. He follows this with Ethos. He builds up his reputation to be a speaker, why he is able to speak about such a topic. He discusses how he has cancer and people ask him about how to go through each day. He discusses how emotional and passionate he is and his parents and the history of his family. Doing this he builds up why he is qualified to discuss the topic. He continues to use Ethos throughout most of the speech, telling anecdotes and stories that build up his reputation and explain about who he is. He tells about his time coaching and what it was like, how children acted. He tells how he discussed his family with the team. He ends with a mixture of logos and pathos. He uses logic to explain why it is that you should live your life in a certain way. Why you shouldn’t worry about diseases and what’s truly important. He uses logos to promote donating to research to stop diseases and how it will save lives and maybe even the life of someone you love. He ends with pathos as he discusses how kind ESPN is and how cancer can take away his physical ability but can never take away his ability to laugh, think and cry using logos to create an emotional situation mixing logos and pathos for a perfect ending that will touch audiences for years to come.
Pav N. Yellow
Jim Valvano's speech appeals to pathos in the sense that it it very emotional and deep. He uses humor throughout his speech. He said that he doesn't have a cue card so he'll talk longer than the others. He also talks about how he messed up the first speech he gave to the first team he coached. He also appeals to pathos when he talks about his battle with cancer. He talks about it in both a serious and a lighthearted manner. He talks about his research fund, saying that even though it most likely wont be able to help him, it could save his kids or the loved ones of the audience. He has a more lighthearted manner when he makes a joke about having thirty seconds left when he has tumors all over his body so why should he be worried about how much time he has left. This speech also appeals to logos when he talks about his three steps to every day. He says you should laugh, think, and sry everyday. If you did that, then you have a full day. He makes it sound logical and simple to achieve a full day. He also talks about cancer and AIDS and gives statistics about cancer and how many people will die from cancer each year so people understand the true destructive power of cancer. If people understand this, then they'll fight harder for a cure. Valvano's speech appeals to ethos when he talks about himself and his battle with cancer. He also talks about being a basketball coach at Rutgers University. He also talks about his family. He talks about the cancer research foundation he started with ESPN. He also tells the audience that cancer can take away his physical abilities, but it can't take away his mind, heart, or soul. I think the appeal to pathos is the most effective because the speech is very emotional, especially when he talks about his own battle with cancer. The last thing he says, "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever," is very emotional because it shows that he believes, even though he may die from cancer, people will carry on his words and his thoughts forever.
Valvano starts his speech with the appeal to ethos. He talks about his cancer and how people ask him how he gets through his day, saying that nothing is different. He also talks about his first locker room pep talk he gave at Rutgers University. He tells the audience that he was raised a very emotional and passionate man. He says that cancer can never take away his mind, heart, or soul. Valvano ends his speech talking about how he, along with ESPN, started a cancer research foundation.
Valvano uses pathos when he says the three things you should do every day, which are laugh, think, and cry, or as he put it, "have your emotions moved to tears." He talks about how he will one day die and that even though we can't save him, we can save others. He also tell people to be enthusiastic about their life every day.
Valvano uses logos when he says that five hundred thousand die from cancer in the US each year., and every one in four will get cancer. He also tells the audience that AIDS research gets ten times as much funding money compared to cancer research. He tries to rationalize life into sets of three things: laugh, think, cry, and where you came from, where you are, where you are going.
I think logos is Jimmy Valvano's most successful rhetorical device, because he uses statistics to convince people to donate money to his charity. Also his use of the number three makes the speech rememberable. Someone telling you about this speech would probably quote the laugh, think, cry line first.
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