In our history there have been countless powerful speeches that have impacted people from all over America. The speech by Sojourner Truth in 1851 about women 's rights and how she took the bible into her own interpretation to show women who they really are. Another great speech that was given just 12 years later was by Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Chamberlain is with his Maine regiment, preparing to head to Gettysburg after hearing word that the other troops are too. Colonel is now presented with 120 mutineers that he is able to shoot if he wishes. The speech that he has given and the way he treated the mutineers uncovers Chamberlains character and convinces 114 mutineer men to change their minds and go fight with him in the war. After reading Chamberlain’s speech, it was revealed that 114 out of 120, all but 6 men were impacted by his …show more content…
By getting to both watch and read Chamberlain’s famous speech, it is easy to spot not only the advantages, but the disadvantages of both mediums as well. Some advantages for reading the book would be that the reader would get to use their imagination as they’re reading, they would get other input from the narrator as well as inside thoughts, and could also get to annotate it; really get the true meaning of his words. The disadvantages of reading the book are that the reader cannot actually see the emotion that the speaker is giving off, just visualize what it would be like, also the reader is limited to what they can visualize- when reading, it’s only focused on what the speaker is saying. Some advantages as far as the movie goes, a person could see the emotions and movement of the speaker and it can further expand our understanding of the scene. For the disadvantages, some would say the movie doesn’t give as many details as the book may, and finally, that the movie or clip could be distracting; the viewer may be concentrating on other things when they should be concentrating on the main thing happening or the focal