Randy Pausch

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A lifetime without him Randy Pausch was an amazing husband, father, son, teacher, student, player and many more roles. Pausch decided to give one last lecture. That lecture is all about his life. Throughout his lecture Pausch talks about childhood dreams, optimism, and working. Pausch first talked about his childhood dreams. He wanted to be in the NFL. Sadly, Pausch never made it to the NFL. Another dream was to be a contributor of the World Book Encyclopedias. This was something he was able to accomplish. The makers contacted him to write in their next book. He would write a section about virtual reality. Pausch wanted to be Captain Kirk from the tv series Star Trek. Pausch wa never Captain Kirk but instead got to meet the actor who played him and make a virtual reality U.S.S. Enterprise. Pausch had a dream to be a Disney Imagineer. When he first applied Disney would out accept him. After meeting with the leader of the Imagineers he was given an opportunity. He could work for six months with the Imagineers and write a paper over it. Pausch eventually started to help other people fulfill their childhood dreams. A student of Pausch’s was interested in Star Wars. Tommy, his student, wanted to work on the next Star …show more content…
When he was first diagnosed with cancer he did not give up. He fought. He did as much research as he could. He took all the treatments he could and finally for a brief time he was cancer free. When he went back for his checkup the cancer had moved to his liver. Instead of being distraught he began to joke and count how many tumors there were. Pausch was given advice which he gives to the reader. Look for the best in people. This is an optimistic trait to have and never lose. Pausch was highly optimistic after he was told that he only had three to six months. He was so optimistic that he went and bought a convertible. Pausch believed that being optimistic can help fight the physical stuff such as

Randy Pausch Quotes

Randy Pausch says “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand”. 17) A lot of people have said this quote or similar ones over time, but how can we prove they believe it? Luckily for Randy, he wrote a book and even gave a lecture, so we have more than enough proof. The first example can be found right off the bat in the introduction. We learn that he has ten tumors in his liver due to pancreatic cancer and only has a few months left to live. We also learn that instead of dwelling…

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The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch Essay

you have learned in life along with what is it you want to be remembered by, what would it be? This is a reality that Randy Pausch was given and had to accept. This book is about a Professor who was given the opportunity to give what I would say as a tell what you have learned through your life lecture. The foreshadowing thing behind that fact was it would be in actuality Randy Pausch’s last lecture due to the fact that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was given only months to live…

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Randy Pausch The Last Lecture Essay

reader, amongst many other things. The book itself is a collection of the author, Randy Pausch's various anecdotes and experiences in his time as a child, a teenager, a young adult and a professor at an esteemed university. It is essentially a written version of his "Last Lecture" talk, where he was asked to describe advice and wisdom he would give if he were to retire from professorship or he was to die. However, Pausch, unfortunately, did not have to imagine, as he had been diagnosed with terminal…

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Analysis Of The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

In his book, The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch describes the morals he lived by. Pausch was dying of pancreatic cancer when he wrote this book, and he left The Last Lecture to influence how his readers saw the way he lived. His morals have lead me to wonder what my own morals may be. I live by an assortment of life lessons that help me succeed throughout…

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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

February 2024 Extra Credit-Randy Pausch The timeless speech by Randy Pauch’s “The last lecture: Achieving Your childhood Dreams” has inspired a global audience beyond the university community. The speech was delivered at Carnegie Mellon University, the speech provides insight into his childhood’s dream and professional journey. Firstly, the primary immediate audience for Pausch’s lecture was the Carnegie Mellon community who attended the lecture. As a professor, Pausch aimed to impart essential life…

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Randy Pausch The Last Lecture Analysis

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving you Childhood Dreams The "Last Lecture" was very inspiring and sad at the time. Randy Pausch talks throughout his lecture how he archived his childhood dream and encourage other to do the same. Some of the parts that have spoken to me from the "Last Lecture" was the title, especially when it was actually his last lecture, made me think how and some ways he was lucky enough to have the opportunity to leave this video for tons of people and particularly for his…

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Obstacles In The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

In “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, the author writes a “final lecture” for the college he works for() mainly directed towards his kids, because of the fact that he might not live long enough to teach his children the lessons of life that he would have taught them if he lived into their adulthood. There are multiple quotes that are spoken during his last lecture that discuss obstacles and how to push through them to achieve goals. There’s a recurring metaphor used for such obstacles throughout…

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Randy Pausch The Last Lecture Analysis

working hard for a better future. All can be solely blamed on ambition. In "The Last Lecture"by Randy Pausch, a fitting example is stated, "And right then, I had the feeling that I had more in me, that if I gave it my all, I might be able to offer people something special" (15). With his growing desire to give his last lecture, Pausch depicts the perfect definition of an American. The ambition shown by Pausch proves…

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture Analysis

In Randy pausch's, “Last lecture,” He gives his students good advice. So this made me wonder what is good advice. Not only to me but to everyone who has heard some piece of advice. The sense that I came away with was the brick walls in life aren’t placed there to set you back but rather to set you up for success. A quote that I saw as good advice was, “I can’t control the cards I’m dealt, just how I play the hand.” This is saying that you can’t control what you are given, you won’t be given…

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The Last Lecture Analysis

Randy Pausch is known for writing his famous book The Last Lecture. He wrote his book about his “last lecture” that he gave at Carnegie Mellon University, one of the two universities he taught at. In the book, there are many literary elements that he seems to hide. One of them is similes. Randy Pausch uses many similes throughout his book. Randy Pausch uses two similes in the first chapter of The Last Lecture. The first simile used by Randy Pausch is, “But being considered the best speaker in a…

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