Robert Z. answered • 09/06/20
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Dear Harsh,
An ethical tutor won't write the speech for you. If you were to use a speech written by another person, that would be plagiarism. That said, a tutor can give you pointers on things to consider.
- Understand the meaning of the quotation and state it in your speech. Is it to be taken literally? For instance, does the fact that a peaceful protester for democracy in Hong Kong is arrested and put in jail mean that champions of democracy in Japan are being treated unjustly? Or should the quotation be understood more figuratively to express the empathy we might have for a victim of authoritarian oppression?
- Take a position. It'll probably be easier if that position is supportive of the quote.
- Use a couple of specific examples to illustrate the principle.(how the mistreatment of someone has a negative effect on others who are not connected).
- If possible, end with a conclusion. Should we be doing something when we know justice is being denied somewhere else in our state? in our country? in the world?
Practice you speech to get comfortable with it and to make sure it sticks to the 2-minute limit.
Rita J.
An excellent answer! I want to add my words of support. Many questions have the feel of searching for a summary/synopsis of essays, books, poems or movies. This is NOT effective. An ethical tutor will give you things to consider and ways to find your own voice, like Robert has. I would ask him for help, if I were you!
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09/12/20
Justice R.
An excellent answer that I just wanted to come in and support. If you want help to figure out how the quote matters to you, what to say about it, and how to do the steps Robert outlined above, that's the sort of work that can only be done in a tutoring session, not the answers section. It requires a lot of back-and-forth communication, so that the ideas are coming from you!09/11/20