Lin-Manuel Miranda's The Stories We Tell

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On Monday, May 16, 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda, an award-winning playwright of works such as Hamilton and In The Heights, gave a speech "The Stories We Tell" to the class of 2016 graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, an ivy-league school as well as everyone who has watched it live. Miranda focuses on the fact that the stories we chose to speak up about will allow the graduates to let themselves create their image of themselves. Sharing experiences with classmates they will never speak of again, or even ones they tell everyone. Miranda hits hard with his tone throughout the speech with little jokes to lighten the mood, he also uses his emotions to connect with the audience, and he uses repetition at the very end of the speech to get his point across. During Miranda's speech, he …show more content…

Additionally, Miranda also exclaims "Let me get into character for a moment and say "cheesesteaks, and you can have scrapple, soft pretzels, and Wawa hoagies whenever you want. You win, Philly. You win every time. Water ice. He discloses within the joke that Philly always wins, and gets laughs out of the audience. Miranda also uses his sense of emotion when he speaks to an audience. Miranda shows a very vulnerable side of him when he speaks to the audience, allowing them to connect with his stories. For example, Miranda announces "I broke up with my girlfriend that night." showing us that everyday human things happen to him even with him being an actor, letting the audience connect with him. Miranda also claims "My dear, terrified graduates- you are about to even the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives." He doesn't hide the fact that they are going to enter a very scary part of

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