Abstract From "Sabang ‘till Merauke" is the name of a song dedicated to Indonesia’s many islands and its diversity. It’s numerous chain of islands contained in the thirty-two thousand miles dividing two oceans‚ the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Sabang is a small island just off the coast of Sumatra; Merauke is a small village near the border of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia’s 13‚677 islands inhabited by 350 different ethnic groups‚ and more than 200 different languages. Consequently this part
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Letter From Birmingham Jail In King’s essay‚ "Letter From Birmingham Jail"‚ King brilliantly employs the use of several rhetorical strategies that are pivotal in successfully influencing critics of his philosophical views on civil disobedience. King’s eloquent appeal to the logical‚ emotional‚ and most notably‚ moral and spiritual side of his audience‚ serves to make "Letter From Birmingham Jail" one of the most moving and persuasive literary pieces of the 20th century. In Birmingham
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“The Bonds of Unity: The Knights of Labor in Ontario‚ 1880-1890” Written by: Gregory S. Kealey and Bryan D. Palmer Reviewed by: Cindy Kambeitz This article is presented as a thorough history of the Knights of Labor in Ontario‚ Canada’s most industrialized province‚ in the late nineteenth century. It examines the rise and fall of the Knights‚ an organization which embodied a late nineteenth century working class vision of an alternative to the developing industrial capitalist society.
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Helal Ahmed Professor Smith English 125 October 6‚ 2010 Summary of M.L.K.’s Letters from Bringham Jail Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written during his 8 day sentence in jail in 1963. He chose to travel and protest in Birmingham due to the fact that it was widely known as one of the most segregated city in the U.S. The letter not only addresses the issues of unjustly being arrested for being an "extremist" of his approach to the protest‚ and of the
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Language represents both unity and pluralism because the writers are united due to the fact that they are all writers but they are different in the sense that they all write about different things in different ways. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan uses in the way that peoples language helps shape the way of life for many people as wells as their developmental stages. In the story‚ Tan’s mother speaks “broken” Chinese‚ so it’s her responsibility to translate her language into proper English. Tan
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Unity or Diversity Two of the poems which I found myself fascinated with are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales and “To live in the Borderlands means you” by Gloria Anzaldúa. These two poems talk about the pride of each of the author’s cultures and races. The authors do not want to make excuses for being the way they are but want to tell about the pride they feel for being the way they are‚ and they found no way to change themselves but show that history has made them the way they are
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1 Jenny Lum 10/10/14 Period 1 "Letter From Birmingham Jail" Essay Response Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” claiming “Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection”. This was the view King had on white people who supported racial equality but initiated no action pertaining to it. Through previous experiences in my life
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California. They endure much hardship along the way‚ and they finally make it to California only to find that work is scarce and human labor and life are cheap. Tom Joad‚ the eldest son in the family‚ starts the book freshly out of jail and slowly evolves from selfish goals to a sense of an ideal worldly purpose in uniting people against injustice. Jim Casy‚ an errant preacher who is accepted into the Joad family early into the story‚ changes his beliefs to include all people in a sort of oversoul‚ as he
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the “Letter from Birmingham”‚ which would later become one of the most influential pieces of writing‚ to send a message not only to the eight clergymen but also the Americans about the cruel reality of segregation. In the letter‚ King used many biblical references‚ historical references‚ and his own logic to make a persuasive argument against the criticisms from the clergymen as well as the society favoring segregation. Firstly‚ King related himself to figures in the Bible throughout his letter to
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children and talking to them and‚ even more‚ playing with them. For the moment I forget that I am terribly old and it is very long ago since I was a child. But when I sit down to write‚ I cannot forget my age and the distance that separates you from me. Old people have a habit of delivering sermons and good advice to the young. I remember that I disliked this very much long ago when I was a boy. So I suppose you do not like it very much either. Grown-ups also have a habit of appearing to be
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