KEVIN

KEVIN. The Commodore 1997-2022 Forever loved. .

[Audio] Everyone has had to say goodbye to a loved one. Whether it be a friend that was moving or a pet that had run out of lives or even a loved one passing. I never expected to say goodbye to an object such as a car that could reach this level of emotional distress. Today I will be saying goodbye to my first car, The 97 VS Commodore. It was a purple/blue color depending on which way you looked at it. He had a battered interior, which most of you would have experienced at some stage. But other than this minor imperfection, you were amazing. Somebody I could always rely solely upon, you were a brother to me.

[Audio] It hurts to think that someday I won't be able to call you Kevin because you'll no longer be cruising with me. Sure, you smelt like burnt rubber, and your exhaust leak made you sound like a hive of bees, but we had some good times together. There was that time we raced my friend in his falcon before one of us decided to smarten up and slowed down. I was constantly taking care of you, and with every drive, you would look after me in return. His favorite place was the A13, he would enjoy nothing more than driving down the open roads. The A13 catered to the nice long stretches with the horrid sweeping bends, but this was nothing that you couldn't handle. There were all those times that you held my life, whether it was because I was speeding through rain or trying to outrun all the problems school presented to me. How about all those late-night drives with friends. The drives when we had nowhere to go and all night to get there. There was also that time I had to catch a bus to a footy game in 15 minutes, but we had more pressing matters. Like checking on our Grandma who lived ten minutes away. But you pulled through and took that 25km/h zone doing 65 and made it back to the bus with 5 minutes to spare..

[Audio] So, what, I'm trying to stay here is although Kevin might have seemed like he was just a chunk of metal, he was so much more. You've been the most reliable friend I have ever had, so I just want to say thank you and Goodbye.

[Audio] Writer's Statement My purpose was to capture the thoughts, feelings and experiences that were made with the one who had passed. The intended audience is people who had also gone through a loss of some sort, whether it be a person or an object. In this eulogy Kevin, My first car is portrayed to be my best friend. This is discovered using techniques, such as personification, repetition, and descriptive language. The most used technique is personification, giving the car human-like characteristics. These characteristics help to tell the eulogy but also try to make the car less of a car and more like a human. A common comparison was made, saying how my car is my brother. Although my car isn't my brother, it shares the same characteristics that a brother would have. This helps to show the connection and raw emotion that was made. This technique of personification is repeated throughout the eulogy, and this helps to reiterate the connection between one and their car. Descriptive language was also used to try and paint an image in the audience's mind. "It was a purple/blue colour depending on which way you looked at it. He had a battered interior" was a sentence taken from the eulogy and just adds detail to the car. In conclusion, this shows a vast number of techniques and meaning in the eulogy about my first car KEVIN..