Speech Presentations

      This week in class, we gave speech presentations on various speeches in the past years. The presentations given by everyone were interesting and well thought out. I learned many new things about the background of when these speeches took place and what was going on in the world at the time. One of my favorite speeches was the one done by Gareen and Patil about the importance of women's rights. This speech was given by Hillary Clinton, titled "Women's Rights are Human Rights". This speech was given on September 5, 1995 in Beijing, China. This was a time when women were still looked upon as inferior to men, especially in China. This speech was one of my favorites because I agree with the subject of the speech, describing how when human's rights are given, it does not only apply to men, but to women as well.
      Hillary Clinton gave this speech in a very demanding and firm tone, which helped emphasize her point, and her stance on the subject. We got to see a portion of her speech in class. She used loaded words, and her speech was full of emotion and passion about her beliefs. Since she uses such strong and powerful language, it demands the listener's attention, which is exactly what she needed to get people to listen to her side of the situation. I believe that women's rights is a very important topic, that sometimes goes unnoticed when compared to the rights of men. I think it was important for someone like Hillary Clinton to stand up for women's rights and demand that people take notice of them and do something about the injustices done against women, simply because they are not men.