MLK Commentary: The Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Martin Luther King was a powerful‚ memorable‚ eloquent and educated civil rights activist. He passionately promoted the drive and push for peaceful non-violent protesting. His speeches were inspirational‚ charismatic and effective and the passion and power in his delivery set the pacing of the emotional experience. He used many rhetorical devices along with his determination to get across the feeling and flavour of perpetuated slavery of
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Elizabeth Potoa’e Ms. Casberg AP English P.3 15 January 2012 AP Essay MLK Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. has always been a great public speaker because of the amount of passion instilled in his words and his extreme mastery in putting images in the minds of his audience. Not to mention‚ his message is explicitly conveyed to the audience. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize with powerful insight of the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the must to overcome segregation
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In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Faulkner takes the opportunity to talk to the “young men and women‚” who are also dedicated writers. Faulkner explains to the “young men and women” what valuable writing is. Faulkner implies that man cannot write about physical dangers‒ man must write about the universal truths. Faulkner defines what valuable writing is through parallel structure and repetition in his address. In his Nobel Address‚ Faulkner incorporates parallel structure to answer
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A Prize for What? Early in the presidency of Barack Obama‚ he was given attention that some see as being premature. The Norwegian Nobel Committee saw it fit to reward Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. At this point‚ not much had changed in America during Obama’s time as president. Many people saw the award as a strict political act by the Committee. Others simply see the award as something that Obama has not done anything to deserve. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama is
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Wangari Maathai expresses her gratitude to the world for her Nobel Peace Prize‚ and also calls her audience to action. Her goal is to convince the world that the environment has much more importance than most people seem to realize. In her speech she begins by expressing her gratitude‚ and persuading her audience that she is worth listening to. Second she discusses the importance of the environment and explains how the Green Belt Movement has helped and changed the world. She then clarifies the
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Good Afternoon‚ I elected to analyze William Falkner’s Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech for this week forum. At first‚ I had a hard time identifying the different aspects of the speech until I found audio of it. As part of his introduction‚ Falkner uses the first sentence in his speech established his credibility and ethos. Then he goes on to state the purpose of his speech very directly by saying that he would like to use this moment to talk to young writers and more specifically the
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Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech I was an obscure individual in those days. My name was hardly known outside my own province‚ but I was quite content with that obscurity‚ which protected me from the curiosity of crowds. And then came a time when my heart felt a longing to come out of that solitude and do some work for my fellow beings‚ and not merely give shape to my dreams and meditate deeply on the problems of life‚ but try to give expression to my ideas through some definite
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On December 10‚ 1950‚ William Faulkner delivered his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Today his speech is considered one of the most brilliant and inspiring speeches ever to be read at the Nobel ceremony. Faulkner stressed the "writer’s duty" to write only of "the old verities and truths of the heart." He spoke of avoiding writing anything that is not worth writing about. He felt concerned about new writing where authors gave in to America’s shallow desires to read "not of love but of lust‚ of defeats
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Are bystanders guilty or innocent when they witness civil injustice? In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice. Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel)
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If we forget‚ then this event will happen again‚ so we will not forget so that the event won’t happen again. In this essay‚ I will be finding sources in the stories The Diary of Anne Frank: A play‚ Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech‚ and Parallel Journeys. I will argue that Stand Up and Don’t Forget is the best way of responding to conflict because you will remember and you will not forget it. Stand up and Don’t Forget is supportive because if we forget‚ We don’t know what we could be going through
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