Mrs.Monea English 9-Period 1 1 March 2011 Hero Research Paper The term hero is used for many different reasons. A hero can sometimes be someone who protects the community and save lives such as policemen. A hero can also be someone in the military who risk their lives to fight for our country. Another hero could be someone who saves their team from losing in a sports match or someone who just helps the community and is a selfless individual. A hero is really someone who does greater than what
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January 17‚ 2012 Critical Lens John F. Kennedy once stated “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. In other words‚ if we can’t resolve our problems peacefully‚ then violent revolution is bound to happen. This is true because in life when people cannot get what they want peacefully‚ they turn to violence. The pieces of literature which prove the quote true are the book; Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ and the song; “The International” written
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Upon comparing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dalai Lama it becomes apparent that the two share many similar doctrines and beliefs. Although they come from two totally different backgrounds it seems as though their overall goals and dreams coincide. The most striking similarity is that both men advocated/advocate for peace and nonviolent solutions to problems. While they may have approached matters differently the goal was the same. Analyzing both men one begins to see that they are admired by
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No Reason for Violence Imagine: Your school principal informs the student body that starting the next day‚ your lunch time will be cut from the usual 40 minutes to 30. You are upset about his decision. What do you do‚ respectfully confront your principal‚ or blow up the school? Sure‚ blowing up the school will bring attention to your protest‚ but is that the right thing to do? Violent protests are one example of capturing attention‚ but at the end of the day‚ non-violent means of protest are
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a response to "A Call for Unity" by eight white clergymen. His letter was a rebuttal to the clergymen’s unjust proposals. He informs the clergymen of his views and the reasons for his “direct action” on the issue of desegregation. King also attacks the “white moderate” on their actions and expresses his disappointment with their unconstitutional measures. His powerful words‚ "...it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure
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Marshall Applewhite‚ was a music professor at first known for his musical and dramatic talents‚ he sang opera‚ and was a very good public speaker. Applewhite had a wife and two kids‚ but in 1972 he left his family. He lived Houston‚ Texas‚ when he had to go to the hospital because he had heart problems and reportedly had a near-death experience. One of his nurses‚ Bonnie Lu Nettles‚ told him that he was put on this planet for a reason‚ she recruited Applewhite into the Heaven’s Gate cult. It seems
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Martin Luther King is known for being one of the most influential human beings of American history. His great courage of standing up for civil rights for all blacks‚ everywhere was astonishing and remarkably courageous in many ways. Born in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1929‚ during his early ages of life his own mother refused him to have any sort of relationship with whites due to the amount of criticism and deaths upon a black men and women. When he became a Civil Rights activist‚ he suffered through death
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Tevin Larmond Professor Norwood Christian Faith: Issues and Cultures Spet. 10‚ 2013 “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man‚ but you refuse to hate him." Not always do we need to use violence to express how we feel. Anger‚ people tend to use violence‚ but I believe that communication is necessary. Communication would help everyone throughout the world. Martin Luther King “Letter From a Birmingham
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In "A Homemade Education‚" Malcolm X uses personal anecdotes and language to describe the wrong-doing of the "white man" and situational irony to establish credibility and effectively enlighten the audience of the importance of gaining an education and to rise above illiteracy to fight against the "white man." 1. "Where else but in a prison could I have attacked my ignorance ...?"(223). He uses situational irony to illustrate how dedicated he was in educating himself that even though
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out of a book‚ but I remember I suddenly loved to read‚ and when this happened I was pretty young. Malcolm X on the other hand was older when he finally took an interest in reading‚ but no matter what it is‚ and at what age you are‚ that you finally get it‚ it’s one of the best things you can accomplish. You can do anything. In Malcolm X’s autobiography “Learning to Read‚” published in 1965‚ Malcolm X‚ a street hustler that was sentenced to seven years in prison‚ and went on to become a disciple of
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