The article focuses on the commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace to the Kenyon College graduating class of 2005. For starters, I really liked the way Wallace delivered his speech. I could almost imagine a man standing at a podium in front of thousands of people delivering a speech like this. He had a very fluid transition throughout where he would switch between a story and his expectations that went along with his speech. I especially enjoyed his stories, most notably the one about the two men arguing religion. I found it very interesting how he opened the speech with the "What the hell is water" quote and ended it stating "this is water", resembling a metaphor of coming full circle in terms of what these graduates had done in their time at the university. As a current college student, it really struck a chord with me in terms of its relation to me and my life. Overall, there wasn't much to dislike about this speech, besides the fact that it was rather lengthy. I only hope that when I graduate from Ohio State, we have a commencement speech and interesting and well-written as this one.
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