speech

thursday night we got together to discuss king's speech. finally. so before i forget everything that went on, i am going to post. i made a few notes on the back of a recite just so i would remember. so i enjoyed this book. that is something i didn't have to write down. it was just plain good. informative. interesting. overall it was well received. i think the message was inspiring-to overcome a hard obstacle in life is amazing. king george had many childhood illnesses, he was left handed-forced to write and use his right hand, and suffered academically. all this contributed to his stuttering speech. he went for years to find a cure and was finished until he was referred to mr. logue. a few points brought out...how hard would it be for the people/your country to trust you if they couldn't understand you or thought you might be a special needs kind of person. how could you then run a country? it was a major pressure put on him and he understood his failure which added to his weakened self esteem. being under the constant eye of the public would be difficult. every speech, every day life, everything you say, being looked upon would be hard to take especially if there is a speech problem. we all liked how the king and lionel were good friends even to the end of their lives. i think that was a special bond for both of them. brenda's favorite quote was after a speech the king had just made..."Afterwards, Logue shook hands with the king and after congratulating him, asked why that particular letter had proved such a problem. I did it on purpose the king replied with a grin. on purpose? asked logue, incredulous. yes. if i don't make a mistake, people might not know it was me..." a couple of other things brought up is how is expressing yourself important? how is being able to express yourself important? and what if you can't.-then what do you do? what measures do you take?

we thought he was the right king for the right time. he took his country through war and hard times and he was definitely the right person for that. he had experience where his brother who had given up the thrown did not and was not good for the country. i like knowing that king george was the right person for that. that it was meant to be. president bush was also brought up in that was he the right person at the time for our current war and situation? i will let you decide...pretty much this was a great read. not just because i picked...it was a good and thought provoking evening. until then-read some more!!