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January 2020

WWFenn Speaking Contest

    The Indianapolis Speech

From the movie Jaws

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By Flint (Robert Shaw)

    Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief. It was comin' back, from the island of Tinian to Laytee, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know... was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. Huh huh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it's... kinda like ol' squares in battle like a, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark comes to the nearest man and that man, he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces. 

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Music Memoir

My First and Lasting Inspiration 

If you want to make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

- Michael Jackson

    Everyone has an idol. Some look up to the famed physicist Albert Einstein, some have deep admiration for the hall of fame basketball player Larry Bird. For me, the person who has had the greatest impact on my life to date may be a musician. A musician is an understatement for Michael Jackson, as he was one of the best performers of all time. His way of entertaining people through music and dance is inspirational.  

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