Trevor+O’s+Final+AmEx+2014+Speech

=Title of Speech=

Find your Quintessence of Life; Appreciate America (Star Spangled Banner) =Text of Speech=

Life. Something, most of us have, but choose not to enjoy. We are put onto this world to enjoy ourselves and to live the life’s that we fancy. Live up to the expectations of our elders and peers. Our generation is failing at this. We’re in a world of supremacy, everyone must be on top, or better than everyone else. But why do we have to be like this? Why can’t we all do our own thing, disobey the flow of society, and pursue the pursuit of happiness. Live under the piece of cloth that waves our colors and our patriotism. America- “the land of the free and the home of the brave” we look upon the sky as hope, as if the “twilights last gleaming” is a sight of freedom. This flag that we raise, praise, and gaze upon, whose “broad stripes and bright stars” thru it’s vibrant “perilous fight.” How can we represent this flag if we don’t understand what it holds, what it means, and who fought to make that flag live. Who knew people had the guts to stand up to the British and defeat the most powerful army in the world. Seeing the “rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,” representing the first American victory. And giving us proof through the “darkness of light that our flag was still there!” Reaping the colors and stars of America. All the Victories of America Stand strong and prideful from the “dimly seen mist” of tear gas from WWI to the “shores” of Normandy. Leaving our “foes haughty host in dread silence” of our wrath. I don’t understand how we are so blinded by the world today that we don’t see what life has brought us, our ancestors have fought alongside each other to make America the place it is today. Not by fighting against each other, like we are nowadays, but along the side of one another and to live life to its fullest. What is that “breeze, o’er the towering steep? That fitfully blows” us away from our life’s and “half conceals, and half discloses” us? We should “catch the gleam of the mornings first beam” and go out into the world, enjoy the nature that god has given us. Live! Find our “full glory” that’s “reflected” and “shines in the stream” of life. Find our hobbies, our talents, and our passion that influences us. GO out every once in a while. Live under the “star spangled banner” that represents the “land of the free and the home of the brave!” What have our ancestors been fighting for? Why did it take them around 300 years to make America the way it is today? They have sacrificed a lot, but for what? To have us compete in school and fight against one another? NO, they wanted us to be free, to live! Have us experience the total thrill of life! In the America that I hope to grow old in, I want to see younger generations going outside enjoying life, doing things that they never thought they would do. To experience adventures and live through them, to appreciate what Francis Scott Key has envisioned us to do. Listen to the star spangled banner and understand that we have it easy and that past generations have made America better for us, and to not take that for granted. Fellow Americans, as quoted from the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, I want you “to see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” Find your quintessence of life, step down off of your pedestals and step into the world to go live your life’s and remember everything that has been done for all of us. Thank you

=Cite Your Sources= 1) Key, Francis S. "Star Spangled Banner Lyrics - USA Flag Site." //Star Spangled Banner Lyrics - USA Flag Site//. To the Top WSD&P, n.d. Web. 09 June 2014.

2)Mitty, Walter. "Walter Mitty Quotes." //Walter Mitty Quotes//. Search Quotes, n.d. Web. 09 June 2014.