WRT102
Prof. Jeffrey Green
David Foster Wallace – Kenyon speech
David Foster Wallace passed away last week who was one of the most brilliant
writers in America. In his speech, “published here for the first time, he reflects on the
difficulties of daily life and 'making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot
yourself in the head'” Wallace’s speech is probably the best "wake up call" for people
who live everyday life in the same robotic motions over and over again. The best part of
the sentence for me is "I am not the wise old fish" because, as a recent college graduate,
this is who I think I should be listening to. People used to think that the world or life
belonged to them. Wallace argued that people belonged into the world like sitting in
traffic or waiting in the shopping line because they are both part of life, thus deserve the
same care and time that other parts of life do. “I experience the boring, frustrating,
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- Spring '08
- Frost
- Psychology, Writing, English-language films, Personal life, David Foster Wallace, Prof. Jeffrey Green David Foster Wallace
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