Joshua Losefa

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I think Joshua Losefa “Brown Brother” speech is well crafted, emotional and yet inspiring. Joshua is an inspiring role model to the people and encourages them to move on forward regardless of the obstacles, through the thick and thin of life as a young adult Pacific Islander. That being a Pacific Islander isn’t bad but is something to be proud of, that society is wrong to describe Pacific Islanders with stereotypes and you shouldn’t abide ‘or’ worse, force those stereotypes onto yourself. Thus being the reason for me looking forward to his next speech as it’ll probably have me itching with inspiration. The way he structured his speech, highlighting important moments from his life. This is seen within his speech through powerful hand gestures. He used figurative language to help express his metaphor when quoting “Stuck in a muck trying to scrub my skin with ‘lux’, soap”. He also showed his courage when talking about his life through to a large audience while keeping the great consistent dialog and pacing. …show more content…

I heavily relate to this since my family is getting very old and i’m about to part from them, my “home” towards my own journey to find my own ‘home/ family’ and where I belong. I can easily relate to Joshua Losefa since we share these same thoughts that and that they are hard continue on

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