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opportunities and basic rights typically granted solely to straight, wealthy white males. Modern and early feminists alike fought for these rights and “while acknowledging these limitations (sexual orientation, race, and personality), both groups of peace workers recognized the significance of building identities for their respective communities through embracing principles of nonviolence and respect for diversity” (Pois). Feminism is a movement for those who are not born with everything handed to them

A Comparative Essay on Hope In Troubled Times and Summary Written by Bob Goudswaard, David Van Heemst, and Mark Vander Vennen Hope in Troubled Times: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises, is a compelling book that captures the attention of any reader especially when we live in such troubling times. The Forward was written by none other than Christian Leader Desmond Tutu who opposed the apartheid in South Africa. Despite the cheery title this book was no easy read what so ever. The book covered

Long ago, when civilizations lacked intelligence and morals is where my journey began. The year was 2016 and I was being created by some sweaty children in a cramped, rat-infested building. After hours of gruesome toiling with their simple machinery, they suddenly stopped mid-way through finishing me and were herded out of the unsanitary factory. I was left there alone and vulnerable. I cried in agony, “God left me unfinished!” But, to my disbelief, they didn’t come back till the break of dawn the

A young Pakistani girl, only a few years old, toddled into a classroom sparsely decorated with small desks and a chalkboard. She walked to the front of the room and babbled in her own language as if she was lecturing a class and sat in on the older kids lessons to soak up every bit of information available. She yearned to wear the school uniform and start learning everything she could (Yousafzai). Malala Yousafzai began her career as a public speaker early on in life as class representative and only

Nations. Ralph Johnson Bunche was born on August 7, 1903 and died on December 9, 1971. He was an American political scientist, educator, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be awarded and honored in the history of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was also Involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. With all of his hard work he was in 1963, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President John

Rebecca Beechhold Kathryn Edelstein Honors English 10 22 September 2015 ADD Hook The Holocaust revealed the extreme evil in human nature on both a grand and small scale. Hitler, a strong supporter of antisemitism, had an agenda to create a dominant Aryan race and would stop at nothing to diminish the Jewish population. This meant forcing innocent Jewish people into death and labor camps, where conditions were brutal and treatment was atrociously inhumane. Overtime, this grand scale oppression sparked

In his commencement speech in regards to winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 alongside the International Panel for Climate Change, concerned Albert Gore addresses the exacerbation of global warming. Albert employs analogies, appeals to logos through cause and effect, metaphors, appeals to ethos through biblical references in his speech. Through the utilization of these rhetorical devices, Gore’s clear purpose is to convince the audience that in order to repair and simultaneously prevent the detrimental

A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 1.) A.) A Beautiful Mind is a biography based on the events that happened to a mathematical genius John Forbes Nash Jr. He was invited to go to Princeton University on only one term, and it was to create a truly original idea based on using mathematics. Once he is enrolled in Princeton he is looked at as a social outcast. Once after originating his idea of what other mathematicians thought was unsolvable, he shocked the mathematical world by becoming an overall

21st century’s most famous schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, was shot in the head by the Taliban – and survived. Since then, she has opened a school for Syrian refugees, taken on the president of Nigeria, and become the youngest recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. At the age of 18, her life story has become a movie. None of this would be possible if it hadn’t been for a convergence of extraordinary events that began in a village where people traditionally expressed sorrow for the parents of any child who

blasphemy and needs to be shut down.” Malala was upset and flustered of why this was all happening to her. All she wanted to do was learn and she was going to do whatever it took to do so. The Taliban took control of the swat in 2007. They had a peace treaty with the government that stated they would stop their campaign against polio vaccinations and girls’ educations, but it never stayed in effect. They declared people to rise up in violence and did harsh public punishments. They government ignored