Informative Speech: Alfred Nobel Speech 1100 What would you say if one morning you wake up‚ read by mistake your own obituary‚ and see what people think about you? How would you like to be called:” the merchant of death‚ who built a fortune‚ by discovering new ways to mutilate and kill‚ is dead”. This happened to Alfred Nobel. The story is that when Alfred Nobel’s brother died‚ a French newspaper mistakenly published an obituary of Alfred. When he read this‚ he remained pained all of his life
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Alfred Stieglitz The Steerage Noah Browne 4A March 30‚ 2015 1. What are the messages? The messages behind The Steerage are the divide between the upper and lower class‚ the struggle of lower class people living in the steerage‚ over crowding in the steerage‚ and immigration. 2. What choices in composition has the creator made? What has been omitted? The image conveys the architecture of the ship by describing an elaborate counterpoint of line‚ volume‚ and tone. Across the picture’s width is
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Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) In 1881‚ Alfred Stieglitz went to Berlin to study mechanical engineering and met Hermann Wilhelm Vogel whose experiments with orthochromatic emulsions and active role in photographic societies convinced Stieglitz to pursue in photography. In 1890‚ Stieglitz decided to pursue a life as an independent medium. His role was as a “choose one” guiding his people out of the slavery of old practices. Stieglitz desired to produce a major exhibition reflecting the principal
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love worth the heartbreak? This is a question that every person has asked at least once in their life. If you could go back and forget every moment you had with someone so that you wouldn’t feel the pain of losing them‚ would you? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot explores this question through Prufrock who is on a journey through life and whose anxieties separate him from the rest of society. Prufrock’s fear of judgment debilitates him‚ rendering him unable to create human connections
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In the Adler and Van Doren’s essay titled “The Activity and Art of Reading‚” we are asked to respond to the conclusion that a teacher can help the students‚ but the student “must do the learning.” His argument‚ for me‚ seems to be a bit difficult to follow and yet I found myself nodding my head at the same time. I am not in total agreement‚ but with my best efforts I am trying to understand‚ in full‚ the context which he communicated to his audience. Having been a former helicopter instructor myself
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Alfred Yuson Born on 23 February 1945 in Manila . (Also known as Krip Yuson.) He has authored 23 books‚ including novels‚ poetry collections‚ short fiction‚ essays‚ and children’s stories‚ apart from having edited various other titles. Yuson was conferred the Southeast Asia Write Award (SEA Write) in 1992 in Bangkok‚ and has been elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature‚ the Philippines ‘ most prestigious literary distinction. He has frequently represented
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When I reflect on the meaning of positive psychology‚ a multitude of thoughts and ideas come to mind. Positive psychology is not simply defined and I imagine it has different meanings for different people‚ based on their backgrounds and unique perspectives. I am drawn to the concept of positive psychology because it places considerable emphasis on positive aspects of human life and behavior. People do however‚ experience legitimate problems and sufferings in life and I believe we need to be careful
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Alfred Binet was a French Psychologist who was born in Nice on July 8‚ 1857. His father was a physician and his mother was an artist. Before becoming involved in the testing of cognitive abilities graduated from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and soon became a lawyer. Binet’s father wanted him to become involved in the medical field‚ but Alfred decided not to. While Binet was young he wasn’t extraordinarily brilliant‚ but he still had the willingness to work as hard as possible. Due to the wealth
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life. Alfred Nobel was one such person (Biography.com‚ “Alfred Nobel Biography”). In his early life‚ Alfred Nobel was an intelligent young man. He was fluent in many languages including English‚ Swedish‚ Russian‚ French‚ and German. The Nobel children’s education was conducted by private tutors in St. Petersburg‚ Russia. Aside from excelling in languages‚ Alfred Nobel’s interests rested in poetry‚ English literature‚ chemistry‚ and physics. On a trip impressed upon him by his father‚ Alfred became
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Death takes man into a world from where he cannot return but immortality has brought Tithonus far away from the world of men‚ too far to retrace his steps .Tithonus‚ written by Alfred Tennyson is based on Greek mythology‚ Tithonus fell in love with Eos‚ goddess of the dawn‚ and asked her for immortality. Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal youth‚ only eternal life. He‚ therefore‚ grows old but never dies while Eos not only never dies but also never grows old. What makes Tithonus’s
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