Civil rights activist‚ Malcolm X‚ in his speech‚ “The Ballot or the Bullet‚” argues that to gain equality‚ African Americans must open their eyes and become politically mature. He supports this claim by using repetition‚ then anaphora‚ and finally the appeal to fear. Malcolm X’s purpose is to inform his audience of the urgency of ballot or the bullet in order to choose the correct politicians to vote for. He adopts a resentful tone about segregation for his followers. Malcolm X begins his speech
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The Train from Rhodesia is a short story written from a third person perspective yet she is reflecting on her life in that given moment. The train symbolizes life and the tracks symbolize the path you are on. Courage and strength is symbolized by the lion. The Train from Rhodesia is a journey of the failure of self-realization. The woman realizes that her “wonderful” life isn’t so wonderful. She has money and a new husband that wants to make her happy and buy her what she wants. The woman wasn’t
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Malcolm X : The Ballot or the Bullet On February 2nd ‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1946 was passed‚ banning many forms of racial segregation and admitting African Americans the right to vote. On April 12th ‚ just 2 months later‚ Malcolm X gave his encouraging “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech ‚ reassuring African Americans that there is a conspiracy within the government to block the progress dealing with pursuit of freedom and equal opportunity ‚ so black nationalists or should
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Classes in the movie depend on their tickers. The class system in the train is divided into 3 types; first class‚ economy class‚ and low-class passengers‚ depending on what types of ticket they buy. The latter one are those who board the train for free. Each classes receive different treatment and privileges. In the novel‚ class system is divided into 3 types as well. The elites or the inner party members belong to the ruling class. The outer party members belong to the middle class and the rest
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In the Ballot or The Bullet‚ Malcolm X uses several different rhetoric techniques to get his points across and create excitement in those who hear it. On the last page he says “And this time they’re not going like they went last year. They’re not going singing “We Shall Overcome.” They’re not going with white friends. They’re not going with placards already painted for them. They’re not going with round-trip tickets. They’re going with one way tickets. And if they don’t want that non-nonviolent army
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While they were similar in concept‚ the delivery was very different. In “The Ballot or the Bullet” the speaker Malcolm X was constantly saying how black nationalism needed to get on the rise‚ so they could control their communities. He also continued‚ saying that now was the time to get things done‚ this was the generation that was going to make things right. Malcolm continued to compare how this had nothing to do with religious beliefs and was using great public speaking tactics. I would classify
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The No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents Software Engineering (1) is the author of a Ph.D. by Brooks on software engineering‚ its problems (essential and accidental)‚ and solutions to the problems. Brooks mentioned the causes of the software problems and the solutions’ attributes as silver bullets. Although there were many ideal solutions at the time the paper was published‚ he still felt that there would not have a perfect solution to be used in both side’s technology and management for passing
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Tanner Bjorklund Ap English Language & Composition Mrs. Evans 17 January 2014 The Ballot or the Bullet- Malcolm X Synthesis Essay If there was any one man who demonstrated his fierce struggle‚ anger and beliefs of African Americans during the 1960’s‚ it was that of Malcolm X. During this era unemployment and poverty among blacks was exceptionally high and under these conditions Malcolm stood place for change. Malcolm‚ unlike many African Americans at the time‚ stood up for himself to prove
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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for all operators. In the long train trip that passengers need transit to other train’s line‚ the passengers don’t have to waste the time buying the new ticket for other rail operator that they are going to use. The collaboration of Europe’s rail operators make the train ticket covers all usage. Comparing to the air transportation mode‚ the passengers don’t have to go through any security screens. They can arrive at the train station in a few minutes before the train leaves. In the winter‚ the
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