Gusi Peace Prize

Have you ever heard of nonconformity? I got a better question. Have you ever heard of Albert Einstein? Well, Albert Einstein was a nonconformist born on March 13, 1879, he was born in the south of Germany in the city of Ulm. His family was middle class. Albert Einstein and his family were Jewish. Albert Einstein was known for making theories and how smart he was. He represents nonconformity by the way he acted and by the way he dressed the way he had his hair and how he had little interest in money

believes nonviolent movements tend to work better than fighting back and stooping down to the oppressors level, Obama believes peace can’t always be a helping hand and that there will be times where violence is necessary to prove a point. Discussing the topics of the role of violence and dealing with uncivil and dehumanizing belief systems, as well as, the steps to peace, we can see their contrasting ideas. Although, both King and Obama differ in opinions, these two men can come together when speaking

Wangari Muta Maathai was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, delivering her acceptance speech to not only those in Oslo City Hall, but it was also televised for the world to witness. Her speech mentions several problems the world faces, especially in her home country of Kenya and all of Africa. She was an environmentalist and an activist who wanted to do more than offer a speech, but to provide a solution which she believed anyone would be able to contribute in. The speech, if the

Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama both have similar viewpoints on how to handle problems, but their positions in society make them think differently about when violence actually needed to obtain peace. King is a firm believer that nonviolence is the best way to obtain a goal and proves so when he says that nonviolence is the answer to the biggest political question of the time, and he is clearly stating that nonviolence is the answer to the big problem of that time period, which

When I was attending elementary school, my third grade teacher, Mrs. Leak, assigned the class a journal, “who do you consider a hero and why?” Of course many of my peers wrote Batman, Superman, and Wonder woman. There were even a few who said no one. Some individuals may not ever believe in heroes, but they have never met my dad. If I was to spell out perfection, it would be my dad. Everything about my father make him the best hero including; his advice, personality, appearance, his wardrobe and

1.269 million people view only one person as their father Gandhi, he is the father of India and many citizens follow his philosophies to this day. Gandhi campaigned against violence so he could solve problems through words instead of war. He was a very influential man and changed many people's point of views about many world problems. Gandhi is defined as a leader all around the world, he tries to bring out the good in everybody he has ever met and believes nothing will be solved with violence, but

Moving to Wisconsin was in many ways a disaster. Rogers’ vision of psychology and psychiatry holding hands was never fulfilled and he was quickly at odds with several of his new colleagues, especially in the Psychology Department. So great were the conflicts that in the end Rogers resigned from the department, although he continued to work with the Psychiatric Institute. The powerful desire to be more influential which took Rogers back to University of Wisconsin was in no way fulfilled by the work

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, one of only 16 women to have won the prize, and the only woman from Pakistan to have won the prize. Malala won that prize for standing up for the social issues of Pakistan and almost getting killed for standing up for what’s right. There are several issues going on in Pakistan but more specifically in the valley of Swat. The social issues going on in Pakistan are gender discrimination, education rights, and extremism

The film A Beautiful Mind follows the Nobel Peace Prize winner John Nash. Nash graduated from Princeton University with his doctorate and began teaching and conducting research at MIT during the Cold War. The film begins with Nash at Princeton, where the viewer first sees signs that he is suffering from a mental disorder. From the audience’s perspective Nash may have seemed a little odd, but it is discovered that he has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia displays positive and negative symptoms, which impacted

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Martin Luther King Jr. writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to address Clergymen during April 16, 1963, after being jailed for parading without a permit. King’s purpose is to have equality, and justice for negroes. He adopts an indignant tone in order to present unjust law that Clergymen were making. In a similar fashion, Jonathan Edwards, a Valedictorian at Yale, writes “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to address puritans. Edwards purpose is to persuade the Puritans