Values Revealed In Lou Gehrig's Speech

Values expressed in the body of this speech

The phrase value as used by Lou Gehrig refers to certain actions that the speaker is telling his audience, but values are not a call to take action. In simple terms, values refer to the speaker’s main point of concern, view and expression regarding the sadness of baseball fans. With this regard, there are two values that are highlighted in Lou Gehrig’s speech (Anderson, 2013). First, sadness of baseball fans –Lou Gehrig’s speech highlights how the audience should express and address their feelings appropriately without overshadowing the baseball game. In addition, Lou Gehrig’s speech highlights how the audience should eliminate the emotional exigency of sadness (Anderson, 2013). Second, gratitude

The body is where majority of the information is contained. It requires careful consideration, thought and imagination to effectively organize the speech. The body of Lou Gehrig’s speech is arranged based on two main tactics. First, issues, themes and concepts which represent the core topics that Lou wants to bring out in his speech i.e. sadness of baseball fans (Anderson, 2013). Second, opinions – this reflects the different viewpoints of the speakers regarding a wide range of issues. In this case, Lou Gehrig has provided his viewpoint regarding the sadness of baseball fans, and the role that fans should perform not to overshadow the baseball game (Gurak, Lannon and Seijts,

For instance, the function of the introduction is to capture the attention of the audience, provide a general overview of the topic, as well as give a general direction of the speech to ensure that the audiences don’t get lost on the way in the course of reading the speech. This is evident from Lou Gehrig’s speech because a reader can know what the speaker will address by reading the first paragraph of the speech. For instance, from the first paragraph of the speech it is apparent that the speaker will address the problem of sadness among baseball fanatics. Similarly, the function of the conclusion is to provide a summary of what was covered in the speech. The core function of the conclusion is to summarize your core arguments and ideas (Anderson, 2013).

How the structure of this speech manages the resources and constraints

Resource constraint refers to a condition where the available resources cannot effectively meet its intended functions. Lou Gehrig’s speech has successfully managed resources and constraints by ensuring that the speech is shorter, the speech talks about shared values, the speech is appropriate to the occasion, the speech is well prepared and heartfelt (Gurak, Lannon and Seijts, 2012). In addition, Lou Gehrig’s speech has effectively managed resources and constraints by ensuring that the speech uses the right language and written using a right structure