The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture is a book that reflects about the internal conflicts and extraordinary burden of one man whom is faced with terminal cancer. In the university he teaches at, there are certain lectures known as "The Last Lecture" where in professors take the lecture as if they were to die soon after. However, for Randy Pausch, whom was faced with terminal pancreatic cancer, it was truly his last lecture.

So far in the story, Randy is faced with the sudden realization of his own mortality and how he wants to deal with it. His family, especially his wife, desires to spend the rest of their days using the precious time he has left together. This is quite understandable given the circumstance but Randy can't help but shake the thought of giving a truly final lecture in his own habitat, on school campus. After months of talking it over with a therapist whom specializes in helping families of which one member is terminally ill, Randy and his wife decides to go through with the Last Lecture. To Randy, he hopes that this could be the sort of 'legacy' he may leave behind to his five, two, and one year old children when they grow of age.

This is all a true story and his lecture was recorded by Carnage-Mellon, which is now available on youtube to watch. I haven't watched the actual recording of the lecture on youtube yet, however I wish to once I get to the respective chapter in the book. As for future chapters, I believe it will detail how his thoughts, ideas, and experiences shape the form of his lecture and the internal strife he must deal with in order to prepare such a lecture.