Rhetorical situation

Speaker

The speaker of the “Make Good Art” speech is Neil Gaiman, an English author. Gaiman delivered his speech on the 17th of May 2012 at the commencement ceremony at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Gaiman has a successful career as a writer of short fiction, novels, comic books, children’s fiction, and film scripts. Gaiman’s career has spanned forty years, and he has published several best-selling and award-winning books. In this way, Gaiman is a reliable speaker to give advice to people starting out careers in the arts sector. 

Gaiman did not attend university, and he makes his position clear to the audience from the beginning: “I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of higher education. ...