If they both sat down to dinner.

If Toni Morrison and David Wallace sat down to dinner it would certainly be something I would like to experience. The stern and somewhat narrow opinion of Morrison paired with the seemingly open minded Wallace would be something amazing. I imagine the conversation starting off rather quickly with strong points from the beginning. However, I do believe they are on somewhat the same page when you really dig deep enough. Morrison makes a very strong initial case that the 'youth' is responsible for the death of language. That only they can be the ones who can save language or send it to its death. So in that aspect it is in our hands and we control it, no one else is responsible. Now, that sounds rather familiar in 'This is Water' doesn't it. Wallace has a different approach to how it is delivered though, which is to be expected as he is giving a commencement speech not a Noble Piece Prize acceptance speech. So it may seem that they are different if you look at it on the surface. Although as you dig deeper into what he is trying to say you find that he is basically saying the same thing just in everyday life as opposed to in a specific sense with Morrison. I think they will actually have a very in depth conversation on what they were trying to say in their own speeches. I imagine they have a very strong respect for each other since they are so highly esteemed. I have come to this conclusion through something I found in both speeches that i feel is overlooked. They both state importance of the very basic things we take for granted, so i feel that we are over analyzing and not focusing on the main idea. Which in both is that it is all in OUR own hands.