Nobel Peace Prize

Greg Mortenson, the author of the allegedly true story , Three Cups of Tea, is a series of fabrications in order to convince the world that he was a hero. He was able to utilize his isolation to create horrific lies in order to give himself the heroism and pure qualities that people would admire. Greg Mortenson’s triumph was an fictional story full of lies and deceit which led to his ultimate downfall. Through him, people had to learn that heroes only belonged in comic books. For instance, the

Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize” is that many recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have not actually achieved peace. More specifically, Binyon argues that Barak Obama should not have been awarded the prize. He writes “rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. This is correct because it demonstrates a lack of the integrity that this award was I tended to uphold. More specifically it is believed that this was a way for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to show approval

“the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.” (Blaisdell 209) Mother Teresa was a woman who loved and cared deeply for the ones in need who had forgotten what it was to love and care for them. She spent most of her life helping the poor in both spirit and money. Because of her contributions to the world, Mother Teresa has been awarded with several awards including the well-known Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. The Nobel Peace Prize dates back to the death of Alfred Nobel who’s one wish was to award

The 2010 airing of the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony was met with controversy from numerous ends of the world, as its recipient was the jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo. It has been argued by the Chinese government and outlets that this event is a product of the media and by doing so critiques the broadcast as a representation of western imperialism and as such highlights the limits of the liberal political-press model. The communist party ran newspaper Global Times attacked the broadcast as

Essay on I Am Malala As part of the Noble Committee, it has come to my understanding that the time has come to award the winner(s) of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. There have been many people who have earned the prize from brave activist, Martin Luther King Jr., to faithful, hard-working Mother Teresa. In order to be awarded with this prize, our committee believes that the candidate has to make the world a better place while exhibiting the traits of wisdom, experience, and ambition. This year,

immediate and the dramatic. An intricate story with a rich background, and history spanning decades is not as likely to gain the attention it deserves and become headlining news. This is the case with the story of Juan Manuel Santos winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his continued efforts of ending the Colombian Conflict. Negative feedback continues to be seen in journalism, and can exist in any form of media whether it be a top down or bottom up model. The issue with the Santos story is not that the

Nelson Mandela, delivered “Acceptance and Nobel Lecture” in 1993 for his contributions to the “peaceful termination of the apartheid rule and for laying the foundations of a new democratic South Africa.” (Nobel Prize) Mandela begins building his credibility with facts and statistics, and employing emotional appeal and ultimately sustaining the readers’ interest. Mandela’s lived an eventful life and delivered a spectacular speech for his works of peace in South Africa. The NobelPrize.org records

Out of all thirty three living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, I am most interested in hearing Betty Williams speak about her efforts to inspire peace. Betty Williams was awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work and devotion to bettering the lives of suffering children. The 1976 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Betty Williams and her partner Mairead Corrigan in 1977 because the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the 1976 prize had to be reserved for the following year since none

Malala Yousafzai - Persevering Activist On her way to school minding her own, she’s shot by a member of the Taliban. At only sixteen years old, she’s winning Nobel Prizes. For the good of others, writing anonymous blogs and putting herself in danger. This is Malala Yousafzai. Despite her young age, Malala is already fighting to make a difference in the lives of school girls in Pakistan. (Malala’s story). Malala was born on July, 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, named

be one of the youngest female to win a Nobel peace prize. Malala's voice has encouraged and inspired every girl to take action and fight for an education. In the article, Christina writes “The power of the voice of women frightens them” (15), Her voice and passion towards this issue has made her become a courageous young woman, at the same time she was a female speaker that threatened the Taliban just by using her words and that won her the Nobel peace prize. Malala never gave up on the millions of