Compare and Contrast

Williams and Morrison's speeches both are about the same theme; thinking. Thinking is defined as the capability to reason, the ability to form thoughts, and the ability to form opinions. Williams and Morrison both indirectly show the definition of thinking throughout their speeches. Another similarity is that they both value thinking in a way that most people don't. They both see deeper into basic thoughts, and more importantly value how other's peoples thoughts show what kind of perspective they have in life. I personally think that thinking is a big part of our lives. If we do not think then there is no meaning to anything. If we do not go through good and bad experiences then we do not have character. Finding the true meaning behind simple thoughts will open up a new door, and new perspective on how we see things. These doors will sometimes completely change our perspective on everything there is to life.

The way both of these speeches are different is that Williams talks about the specifics of thinking, and what it actually means to think. He expresses hoe important thinking is to our lives. Morrison talks about how multiple people have different perspectives. She also talks about how thinking is a measurement of our lives.

“Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.
It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.” Williams starts off with a statement, and then proceeds to go into depth of this statement. He says that what you experience in life greatly affects the way you will think. Which results in shaping your true character. I believe that he thinks that if we do not find a true meaning of what we live for, then we just wasted our lives thinking useless thoughts.

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." Obviously we all have different views on what the meaning of life is, but I believe that Morrison's view on life is how you live in life, not how long you live. She believes that language makes life more than meets the eye. The way your thoughts are expressed in words is the unit of measurement in our lives.