Monday, September 7, 2009
the divinity school address
I dont think i have ever been so confused by a writing. His style of writing is elaborate but he just does not know where to stop. I found myself one totally confused by his big words but also questioning his sanity. I am pretty sure i got why he was banned from speaking at Harvard. One he decided to talk for entirely too long and secondly he sort of talked bad about god and religion. This is a time when christianity and religion was a very important part of every americans day to day life. I am sure the audience was not happy that the god they believed in was being talked down on during their graduation. I am not sure if i got the right idea but that is what i was able to take from that very confusing speech.
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I'm sorry you were so confused by this piece (though, to your credit, its syntax can be very tough to follow). In the future, you'd be better off using this blog to EXPLORE the roots of your own confusion. For example, if you were to rip a phrase (or a whole sentence) out of the speech, reproduce it at the top of the post, and then spent your time trying to figure out what, specifically, it meant, then your time might be more productively spent.
ReplyDeleteFor now, I hope that our class discussion will help to clear up some of this confusion.