listen to him read it (tab above)
then comment on what he meant, what it means,
and what you would say - if you won one day
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Anonymous
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I think that what he is saying is that it's like his job to be writing and he doesn't think he could accept it because he is happy just writing. What I would say is thanks and vote for me next year because there is more great books that I have coming.
I would like to thank everyone who has supported me for the love of imangation. I have not heard of anything like this award before. The nobel prize for imangtion. Imagantion is a beautiful thing. Anyone who dreams, who sings, watches movies, even god has imangation. The world would not exist if people didn't believe that anything is possiable. Any dream you have go for its our dreams who make us who we are. Our imagantion shows who we are, and how dreams are endless. It reminds us of our childhood the good times. Think to yourselevs where would we be today without imagantion? Fly freely , and let your mind explore.
In William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, he discusses the importance of future writer's not forgetting their voices. If writer's do not continue to write about the plight of individual's, then they will be failing all those who believe in “. . .love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.” Although there are tragedies that occur everyday, Faulkner feels writer's have the ability to evoke numerous emotions through their writing that will inevitably alter the life of any human willing to become a part of the change. If I were to win a Nobel Prize for literature, I'm not exactly sure what I would say in my acceptance speech. I would thank my family of course, but after that I can not think of anything life changing that I would speak of to the public. Faulkner's speech is still discussed in the present day because his message is always relevant if there are devastating events occurring, but I'm not quite the writer Faulkner was, so I can not convey my opinions to the world in the same eloquent manner that he did.
I think William Faulkner means that even though man may day, they will never go extinct and a writer will live on forever in their Many writings.
I’m here today to accept the Nobel Prize for building the worlds first Automated Car. I am honored that you picked me for this award. It’s been my passion to work on and design cars since I was a kid. I believe that this car will start the new age of the automotive industry. I also believe that it will increase the speed and safety of traffic. This award means so much to me. I hope I won’t disappoint you in the future. Maybe one day I’ll be back on this stage, but until then, I’ll do my best to produce more quality products like this one. Thanks again to everyone of you.
I am standing in front of you today, with this prize in my hand, for expanding education, volunteering, and conducting life changing research of the HIV/AIDS virus. This award means so much to me, I've been working for so long for this. But, its not over get. There are still millions of people that need assistance, and millions of people that need education. Thank you for this wonderful award, and I couldn't have done this without all your support. Thank you.
Faulkner’s speech focuses on people being too caught up in their fear of death to do the best that they can. Although he focuses on writers it seems that he is talking about everyone. When discussing the effect of fear on young writers Faulkner says, “...he labors under a curse.” This can be taken on a more universal level than just writing. Anyone who lets fear come in the way of their goals and dreams is laboring under a curse. To truly do one’s best one must work with confidence, not fear.
If I won a nobel prize I would discuss similar things to what Faulkner did. Although Faulkner may not have been saying what I took out of what he said, I really believe the effect of having confidence is huge. My speech would focus on how one can become the best of them self by being able to find a true confidence.
Faulkner states that he doesn’t feel as if he as a person is deserving of an award of this magnitude, but it is more so dedicated to his work. He does want to take this acclaim and keep it for himself, but he wants to use it as a motivation of some sort for young writers who are going to be toiling away as he did and maybe one day they will be able to reach this pinnacle of their career. This Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Faulkner during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and he states that there is no longer fears within the human spirit, but more so fear of simply being removed from the world and being blown up. He then observes that writers have now forgotten problems of the heart, such as love and heartache, but are now more focused on mortal fears and death. The latter of these fears are not as productive because they do not make good writing on its own. Writers must return to the base of all fears, which is fear itself. They must return to fears of the human heart. Without learning these things, the “decline of man” will begin.
If I were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, it would most likely be in field of literature. Not for being a writer, but for something relating to the development of literature and the preservation of it. I’m not sure what I would say. First I would want to thank my family and friends for supporting me to getting this place. I’m not sure what else I would have to say after thanking my loved ones.
Faulkner's speech is addressed to people in general, but young authors and poets specifically. He compassionately asks that they use their “agony and sweat” to write in matters of the heart. Faulkner wants the younger generation to learn to convey the deep and lasting emotions of the heart. He criticizes, saying that in the state of the world many writers have lost their ability to be in touch with their heart. “He writes not of the heart, but of the glands.” Faulkner is commenting on his observation that because writers have become so out of touch with real emotion that the pain they write about is not lasting. A blow to the spleen perhaps, pain that fades nowhere near that lasting scars of heartbreak. This reminds me much of The History of Love. Leo Gurskey has dealt with so much pain and heartbreak in his life that he can no longer hold his emotion in only his heart. He forces his pains into his other less important organs so it wont be as painful, as lasting as another blow to his weak heart. Faulkner's speech is about preserving the future of writing. A warning to the young authors of the world to get in touch with real and lasting emotion, not the superficial fears of the world. If I had to wrote a nobel prize acceptance speech I know that I would thank the people that had gotten me to that point. As for the rest of my speech and any inspirational things I may write I can't say. One thing I took out of reading Faulkner's speech is that I lack the knowledge and life experience to know what I would say. I am not old enough to know real emotional heartbreak and do not have the experience to comment on the world. What makes Faulkner;s speech pertinent is the passing on of the knowledge he has, the advice he is able to give because of what he has experienced in his life. (I would be winning the Nobel prize in poetry :) Kathryn Violette
Faulkner is saying that the problems of the nuclear age are overshadowing human issues, "the old verities and truths of the heart." He used the platform of winning the Nobel Prize to remind people how important writers are, and to remind writers of why that is (why they need to continue writing about "courage and honor..." etc.) According to Faulkner, it is the poets' and writers' duty to not only document the human condition, but also inspire mankind to "endure and prevail." If I won this prize and had to make a speech... I probably wouldn't. I agree with Faulkner, and I think it's important that people say those things, but I feel like I could say it better indirectly, in a book or a poem. If it was socially acceptable, I would just go up and say "thanks," and then go home and keep working. On a random note, this speech reminded me of a short story I read last year that was influenced by Faulkner, "Love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice," by Nam Le. It's one of my favorite stories, and it was cool to see the connection with the full speech. Just throwing that out there.
Faulkner begins by making it clear that it is only because of his work that he is up on the podium receiving an award. He is not receiving the award, his work is. Nonetheless, he uses this to his advantage to get out a message to the next generation of writers. Faulkner believes that people of his era are living in fear. The world has turned a stone, the things underneath are unfamiliar and scary. This has caused a change (Faulkner addresses the writer of the world more specifically), a change that shaped the motives and inspirations of of people. Writers no longer wrote from the heart, about the heart. They wrote from fear about fear. This is Faulkner’s main message to the writers of tomorrow. If I was chosen to be a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, I hope that it would be for developing some new miracle drug that cured a malignant sickness (e.g. cancer, alzheimer’s,...). My speech would be shaped like Faulkner’s. He begins the speech talking about receiving the prize with a humility that Kanye West never knew existed. It was not Faulkner, it was his work, and I respect that immensely. I would then go on to say what I hope the world would accomplish in posterity. The exactitude of what I would say... I am not sure, but I do know that I would attempt to procure an enduring speech.
Faulkner’s Speech was about how he influenced the world with his literature and how new people will surpass him in the future. He states how his writings were not just his skill but part of humanity. In the end he refused to accept the Nobel Prize.
I’m here today accepting this award not because I’m smarter, but because I just got lucky. Anyone could have have found the Stagagwa race. The fact that I was in the pacific at the instant they sent a sub dimensional transmission, was pure coincidence, not intelligence. The proceeds won’t go to me it will go into progressively opening relations with the Stagagwa people. It will take years before we find out if this finding was a godsend or disaster. Thank you, proud people of this world and I hope we have life times worth of peace. Thank you and good day.
I believe he is saying that he shouldnt really accept the prize because he shouldnt be rewarded for something he enjoys doing and feels like he owes it to everyone to write good stories or books because he is so good at it. If I ever one the prize I would probably thank every one that helped me along the way and hopefully have more short stories or novels to come. I would probably throw in some motivational quote or something also.
I think he is thankful that everyone voted for him to win this award but he can't accept it because he is happy with writing only. I would thank everybody that voted for me and say that more books will come in he future.
I think that what he is saying is that, writers need to keep thinking about the importance of the future and not forgetting about the detail they can put into their writing experiences. If I was selected to win a noble prize, I would talk about the life changing experience that I went through with my grandmother. She had breast cancer that ended up metastasizing to the bones and eventually through out her whole body. We took care of her in our own house for about the last 4 months of her life.
His point was humanity will survive through literature; and some writers don’t even care about what the real writer should write about (soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance)
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I think that what he is saying is that it's like his job to be writing and he doesn't think he could accept it because he is happy just writing. What I would say is thanks and vote for me next year because there is more great books that I have coming.
I would like to thank everyone who has supported me for the love of imangation. I have not heard of anything like this award before. The nobel prize for imangtion. Imagantion is a beautiful thing. Anyone who dreams, who sings, watches movies, even god has imangation. The world would not exist if people didn't believe that anything is possiable. Any dream you have go for its our dreams who make us who we are. Our imagantion shows who we are, and how dreams are endless. It reminds us of our childhood the good times. Think to yourselevs where would we be today without imagantion? Fly freely , and let your mind explore.
In William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, he discusses the importance of future writer's not forgetting their voices. If writer's do not continue to write about the plight of individual's, then they will be failing all those who believe in “. . .love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.” Although there are tragedies that occur everyday, Faulkner feels writer's have the ability to evoke numerous emotions through their writing that will inevitably alter the life of any human willing to become a part of the change.
If I were to win a Nobel Prize for literature, I'm not exactly sure what I would say in my acceptance speech. I would thank my family of course, but after that I can not think of anything life changing that I would speak of to the public. Faulkner's speech is still discussed in the present day because his message is always relevant if there are devastating events occurring, but I'm not quite the writer Faulkner was, so I can not convey my opinions to the world in the same eloquent manner that he did.
I think William Faulkner means that even though man may day, they will never go extinct and a writer will live on forever in their Many writings.
I’m here today to accept the Nobel Prize for building the worlds first Automated Car. I am honored that you picked me for this award. It’s been my passion to work on and design cars since I was a kid. I believe that this car will start the new age of the automotive industry. I also believe that it will increase the speed and safety of traffic. This award means so much to me. I hope I won’t disappoint you in the future. Maybe one day I’ll be back on this stage, but until then, I’ll do my best to produce more quality products like this one. Thanks again to everyone of you.
I am standing in front of you today, with this prize in my hand, for expanding education, volunteering, and conducting life changing research of the HIV/AIDS virus. This award means so much to me, I've been working for so long for this. But, its not over get. There are still millions of people that need assistance, and millions of people that need education. Thank you for this wonderful award, and I couldn't have done this without all your support. Thank you.
Faulkner’s speech focuses on people being too caught up in their fear of death to do the best that they can. Although he focuses on writers it seems that he is talking about everyone. When discussing the effect of fear on young writers Faulkner says, “...he labors under a curse.” This can be taken on a more universal level than just writing. Anyone who lets fear come in the way of their goals and dreams is laboring under a curse. To truly do one’s best one must work with confidence, not fear.
If I won a nobel prize I would discuss similar things to what Faulkner did. Although Faulkner may not have been saying what I took out of what he said, I really believe the effect of having confidence is huge. My speech would focus on how one can become the best of them self by being able to find a true confidence.
Faulkner states that he doesn’t feel as if he as a person is deserving of an award of this magnitude, but it is more so dedicated to his work. He does want to take this acclaim and keep it for himself, but he wants to use it as a motivation of some sort for young writers who are going to be toiling away as he did and maybe one day they will be able to reach this pinnacle of their career. This Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Faulkner during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and he states that there is no longer fears within the human spirit, but more so fear of simply being removed from the world and being blown up. He then observes that writers have now forgotten problems of the heart, such as love and heartache, but are now more focused on mortal fears and death. The latter of these fears are not as productive because they do not make good writing on its own. Writers must return to the base of all fears, which is fear itself. They must return to fears of the human heart. Without learning these things, the “decline of man” will begin.
If I were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, it would most likely be in field of literature. Not for being a writer, but for something relating to the development of literature and the preservation of it. I’m not sure what I would say. First I would want to thank my family and friends for supporting me to getting this place. I’m not sure what else I would have to say after thanking my loved ones.
Faulkner's speech is addressed to people in general, but young authors and poets specifically. He compassionately asks that they use their “agony and sweat” to write in matters of the heart. Faulkner wants the younger generation to learn to convey the deep and lasting emotions of the heart. He criticizes, saying that in the state of the world many writers have lost their ability to be in touch with their heart. “He writes not of the heart, but of the glands.” Faulkner is commenting on his observation that because writers have become so out of touch with real emotion that the pain they write about is not lasting. A blow to the spleen perhaps, pain that fades nowhere near that lasting scars of heartbreak. This reminds me much of The History of Love. Leo Gurskey has dealt with so much pain and heartbreak in his life that he can no longer hold his emotion in only his heart. He forces his pains into his other less important organs so it wont be as painful, as lasting as another blow to his weak heart. Faulkner's speech is about preserving the future of writing. A warning to the young authors of the world to get in touch with real and lasting emotion, not the superficial fears of the world.
If I had to wrote a nobel prize acceptance speech I know that I would thank the people that had gotten me to that point. As for the rest of my speech and any inspirational things I may write I can't say. One thing I took out of reading Faulkner's speech is that I lack the knowledge and life experience to know what I would say. I am not old enough to know real emotional heartbreak and do not have the experience to comment on the world. What makes Faulkner;s speech pertinent is the passing on of the knowledge he has, the advice he is able to give because of what he has experienced in his life. (I would be winning the Nobel prize in poetry :)
Kathryn Violette
Faulkner is saying that the problems of the nuclear age are overshadowing human issues, "the old verities and truths of the heart." He used the platform of winning the Nobel Prize to remind people how important writers are, and to remind writers of why that is (why they need to continue writing about "courage and honor..." etc.) According to Faulkner, it is the poets' and writers' duty to not only document the human condition, but also inspire mankind to "endure and prevail."
If I won this prize and had to make a speech... I probably wouldn't. I agree with Faulkner, and I think it's important that people say those things, but I feel like I could say it better indirectly, in a book or a poem. If it was socially acceptable, I would just go up and say "thanks," and then go home and keep working.
On a random note, this speech reminded me of a short story I read last year that was influenced by Faulkner, "Love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice," by Nam Le. It's one of my favorite stories, and it was cool to see the connection with the full speech. Just throwing that out there.
Faulkner begins by making it clear that it is only because of his work that he is up on the podium receiving an award. He is not receiving the award, his work is. Nonetheless, he uses this to his advantage to get out a message to the next generation of writers. Faulkner believes that people of his era are living in fear. The world has turned a stone, the things underneath are unfamiliar and scary. This has caused a change (Faulkner addresses the writer of the world more specifically), a change that shaped the motives and inspirations of of people. Writers no longer wrote from the heart, about the heart. They wrote from fear about fear. This is Faulkner’s main message to the writers of tomorrow.
If I was chosen to be a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, I hope that it would be for developing some new miracle drug that cured a malignant sickness (e.g. cancer, alzheimer’s,...). My speech would be shaped like Faulkner’s. He begins the speech talking about receiving the prize with a humility that Kanye West never knew existed. It was not Faulkner, it was his work, and I respect that immensely. I would then go on to say what I hope the world would accomplish in posterity. The exactitude of what I would say... I am not sure, but I do know that I would attempt to procure an enduring speech.
Faulkner’s Speech was about how he influenced the world with his literature and how new people will surpass him in the future. He states how his writings were not just his skill but part of humanity. In the end he refused to accept the Nobel Prize.
I’m here today accepting this award not because I’m smarter, but because I just got lucky. Anyone could have have found the Stagagwa race. The fact that I was in the pacific at the instant they sent a sub dimensional transmission, was pure coincidence, not intelligence. The proceeds won’t go to me it will go into progressively opening relations with the Stagagwa people. It will take years before we find out if this finding was a godsend or disaster. Thank you, proud people of this world and I hope we have life times worth of peace. Thank you and good day.
I believe he is saying that he shouldnt really accept the prize because he shouldnt be rewarded for something he enjoys doing and feels like he owes it to everyone to write good stories or books because he is so good at it. If I ever one the prize I would probably thank every one that helped me along the way and hopefully have more short stories or novels to come. I would probably throw in some motivational quote or something also.
I think he is thankful that everyone voted for him to win this award but he can't accept it because he is happy with writing only.
I would thank everybody that voted for me and say that more books will come in he future.
I think that what he is saying is that, writers need to keep thinking about the importance of the future and not forgetting about the detail they can put into their writing experiences.
If I was selected to win a noble prize, I would talk about the life changing experience that I went through with my grandmother. She had breast cancer that ended up metastasizing to the bones and eventually through out her whole body. We took care of her in our own house for about the last 4 months of her life.
His point was humanity will survive through literature; and some writers don’t even care about what the real writer should write about (soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance)
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