Blog Post 3: The Rhetorical Situation

I have always wanted to tryout for the school soccer team. For the past two I have been putting excuses on why I shouldn't go. I have been afraid about not being good enough and the things people would say about me, but all of that changed up until I heard a speech I am about to tell you about. It happened about a year or two ago when I went to a soccer game. I went to South America with my older brother, my younger brother, and my father. We went to Brazil where Argentina's and Brazil's national soccer team were going to have a friendly match but they weren't airing live on t.v. Everyone was excited because it was going to be a hyped game even though it was a friendly match. My favorite soccer player is Leo Messi. He is probably the one of the few players who inspire me to be better. Before the game started, he gave like a 30-40 seconds speech. What he said made me realize I should not really care about the rest. He talked about how we shouldn't give up on our dreams and whatever we do is for us only and not for the rest. He told us to put the world aside and focus on the one thing we have always wanted in life. After he was done, the whole crowd went wild. He had me thinking really hard about it. Then I told myself I was done putting excuses. This upcoming summer is my last opportunity to be able to tryout because I am going to be a Senior. I saw some of the concepts talked about in the Rhetorical Situation. It included an audience, an occasion, a subject, and a purpose. Out of all the SOAPS, I think the most important one to have is an audience. I think the audience is the most important because without and audience, there is no one to share with.