President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty and
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literary work‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee should continue to be a part of the Freshman curriculum. The book published in the 1960’s is relevant to the youth of today. It speaks truths and facts of the past that can’t be taught in a textbook and the themes found in the pages of this novel are needed in the world today. To Kill a Mockingbird is relevant today and should be taught as young as appropriate. In chapter eleven‚ Mrs. Dubose is seen as a racist and ill-tempered old lady who yells at
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Shallow-water Acoustics and Relevant Physics By: Elizabeth Fortlage Underwater Acoustics is a complex phenomenon. Leonardo da Vinci simplified the concept in 1940‚ two years before Columbus discovered America‚ by saying “If you can cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear‚ you will hear ships at a great distance from you.” (5‚ p.2) There are many factors that contribute to the complexity of underwater acoustics and sonar
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While I was reading “QUEERS READ THIS”‚ I noticed a lot of the things mentioned in the reading can also be applied to other oppressed groups and it’s interesting how many of the concepts that was mention in the reading is still so relevant in today’s society. The readings defining straightness as normality‚ was interesting because before this my understanding of the word straight was that it meant heterosexual. However‚ after giving the word and meaning more thought‚ the definition of normality seems
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is a common viewpoint‚ many books written in a different time era can change us and the way we think and live out everyday tasks. Even though the book Romeo and Juliet was written in a truly different time era than the one we live in it is still relevant in today’s society. Throughout the entire book many things have changed the way I view many people and my relationships with my family and friends. Looking at the way Romeo was overly dramatic about him and Juliet being unable to be together was
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Eastern Talon Transport Relocation Analysis: The Concepts of Relevant Costing Case Study 1 Report Prepared By: Executive Summary Companies always strive to create value for their customers. In the Canadian trucking industry‚ over $30 billion in revenues were generated by for-hire companies such as Eastern Talon Transport and to attain a sizeable share of these revenues‚ it must also strive to create value for it’s customers. In 2004‚ value is more
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perspective change as she gets older. To kill a Mockingbird must be taught in high schools so teenagers are exposed to important themes and ideas like racial injustices and parenting roles that are still relevant in today’s society. To kill a mockingbird has themes of racial injustice that are still relevant today because today there are a growing number of act of hate crimes toward minorities and people of color in the judicial system and in society as a whole. “Your father is no better than the niggers
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modern society could learn a lot from Jane because of the various lessons she teaches from the experiences she goes through. With the lessons learned‚ women working for their success‚ and the conflict between classes‚ the novel Jane Eyre is still very relevant today. “Jane Eyre is an unusual heroine” (Triska"). This is because she is considered “plain” looking rather than beautiful. She somehow overcomes her troubled‚ impoverished past. She does the right thing for herself. She teaches the readers many
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Lizeth Garcia Ms. Jacober American Literature December 5‚ 2016 Title Fahrenheit 451 is still relevant in today’s world because human beings are still being brainwashed everyday‚ even if they don’t realize it‚ it happens to them all the time from just watching television to learning in school. For example back then when you wanted to find the answers to anything you were required to research it in books till you found the answers and now you can simply type your questions online and millions
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Othello Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity
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