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David Foster Hell Is Water

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The speech "This is Water", is a speech delivered to the class of Kenyon College 2005. David Foster wrote this speech to inform the struggles and lifestyle of what happens after college. Foster uses his lifestyle on an everyday basis to give examples of the life after college. Therefore, David ends his speech with "It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.", he expresses this along with his examples to state the struggles of life.
Mr. Foster utilizes the beginning of his speech by describing fish swimming and meeting an older fish. David then continues and the fish asks, "What the hell is water?" meaning that the fish do not really understand what challenges they are about to face subsequently graduating
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