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    Rob Kall reviews Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture in his OpEdNews article. Kall summarizes that the book, based on Pausch's real last lecture given when he was dying of cancer, provides a unique and touching perspective on life through Pausch's life lessons and stories. Kall was deeply moved by the book and believes it will make readers think about getting more out of their own lives and give them a renewed outlook, as it discusses themes of positive psychology and achieving dreams despite obstacles.

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    Rob Kall reviews Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture in his OpEdNews article. Kall summarizes that the book, based on Pausch's real last lecture given when he was dying of cancer, provides a unique and touching perspective on life through Pausch's life lessons and stories. Kall was deeply moved by the book and believes it will make readers think about getting more out of their own lives and give them a renewed outlook, as it discusses themes of positive psychology and achieving dreams despite obstacles.

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    Rob Kall reviews Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture in his OpEdNews article. Kall summarizes that the book, based on Pausch's real last lecture given when he was dying of cancer, provides a unique and touching perspective on life through Pausch's life lessons and stories. Kall was deeply moved by the book and believes it will make readers think about getting more out of their own lives and give them a renewed outlook, as it discusses themes of positive psychology and achieving dreams despite obstacles.

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    Rob Kall reviews Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture in his OpEdNews article. Kall summarizes that the book, based on Pausch's real last lecture given when he was dying of cancer, provides a unique and touching perspective on life through Pausch's life lessons and stories. Kall was deeply moved by the book and believes it will make readers think about getting more out of their own lives and give them a renewed outlook, as it discusses themes of positive psychology and achieving dreams despite obstacles.

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    The article provides a summary of the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, which discusses achieving dreams and positive psychology from the perspective of someone facing terminal illness.

    The book is about positive psychology and achieving dreams. It is based on the real last lecture that was given by the author Randy Pausch, who was dying of cancer.

    Some of the life lessons and quotes discussed include that brick walls are meant to show how badly you want something, experience creates success, and failure can lead to success.

    Kall, Rob. "OpEdNews Article: Book Review The LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch.

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    OpEdNews. OEN, 21 Apr. 2008. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

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    The youtube video,
    magazine, and the
    Original Wall Street
    Journal Articles for this
    book are incredible.
    Introduces Randy
    Pausch, the author of
    The Last Lecture, who
    was dying of cancer
    and gave his last
    lecture, which also
    became a youtube
    phenomenon.
    Rob Kall (the author of
    this article) lent the
    book to his manager
    Rose, who cried during
    every chapter.
    Rob choked up reading
    Pauschs life lessons
    and stories, a unique,
    touching book.
    The book is about
    positive psychology,
    with a theme of
    achieving dreams.
    Randy- contribute to
    world book
    Rob- someone use his
    quotes

    Hooks the reader


    Lists ways this book
    has become popular

    Describes the
    importance of author of
    The Last Lecture and
    his situation
    Compares its
    popularity to Disney

    Randy is an engineer
    with life lessons for his
    children
    Brick walls show how
    badly we want
    something, it is
    important to be self-

    Summarizes his respect


    for Randy

    Lists and explains


    several quotes from the
    book that represent
    how Randy lives his

    Shows his first


    impression of the book
    Describes it as unique
    and touching

    Describes some of the


    books main themes
    Gives example of
    Randys dream and his
    own dream

    18

    19

    reflective, experience
    creates success,
    someone has to be the
    first penguin, failure
    creates success.
    Rob was in a bad car
    accident but was
    relatively unharmed
    and is grateful for
    experience for how it
    affected his life, just
    like Randy is grateful
    for his.
    Overall, the book
    makes you think about
    getting more out of life,
    and makes you cry.

    life

    Uses a quote from the


    book of his lucky
    situation
    Shares his own
    experience where he
    almost died
    Summarizes how the
    book will affect you

    Rhetorical Prcis
    Rob Kall, in his article titled, Book Review The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, argues that the
    book, The Last Lecture, is a unique story that gives readers a new perspective on life. He
    supports his claim by first explaining Pauschs situation, then sharing his first impression of the
    book, then describing some of the books themes, then listing several quotes from the book that
    represent Pauschs attitude towards life, then giving examples of his own experience, and finally
    summarizing its overall purpose. Kalls purpose is to convince the audience that the book is
    worth the read in order to help them gain a new perspective on life. He adopts an informal/casual
    tone that allows readers to understand his point of view.
    Believing
    Rob Kall points out that Pausch has
    accumulated lots of experience and has had
    many crazy things thrown at him in his life. He
    has a whole new attitude towards life, and lives
    his life according to a few quotes. For
    example, The brick walls are there for a
    reason. Theyre not there to keep us out. The
    brick walls are there to give us a chance to
    show how badly we want something. Also, he
    believes that people who fail are more likely to
    succeed, because Experience is what you get
    when you didnt get what you wanted. This
    type of attitude shows that Pausch is
    determined, and has the necessary grit to

    Doubting
    Although Pausch lives in a way that
    demonstrates his grit, perseverance, and belief
    that failure creates success, just like Gladwell
    states in Outliers, he did not live this way to
    achieve success. He lived his life with
    determination in order to get more out of life
    and to truly enjoy it without wasting a single
    minute. He did not live the way he did to
    achieve any particular success, although he did
    become successful. Gladwells principals do
    not apply in this situation because his success
    came more than just his positive outlook on
    life.

    become successful, as Gladwell believes.


    Living this way is what created Pauschs
    success.

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