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    Synthesis: Thoreau and His Influences From the infamous high school sit-in from the class of ‘01 or Gandhi’s well known salt march‚ Henry David Thoreau paved the way of passive protest with his display against the government when he wouldn’t pay taxes. Thoreau wouldn’t pay his taxes because he knew that his and everyone else’s tax payments would go to support the Mexican-American War. Henry didn’t know he would inspire some of the greatest civil activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma

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    Still Life with Tornado by A.S King uncovers the real truth of what it’s like to live in a house of parental abuse.The slowly rising plot has complex ideas on what reality and a fantasy world really is. The story continues the message slowly reveals itself. King tells the story from a 16 year old girls point of view who claims to be going through a existential crisis. Sarah‚ the small town philadelphia girl has ran into some problems at school and would rather not go.Instead she wanders the streets

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    Biography of Gandhi

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    Biography of Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869.When he was thirteen he was married to Kasturbia who was also thirteen. Gandhi’s family was strictly vegetarian but he ate goat meat a friend gave him and immediately felt sick. Later that night he dreamed that a goat was bleating in his stomach. He ate meat six other times until he decided it was not worth it. When Gandhi was sixteen his father died. Whatever Gandhi did for humanity he didn’t think it was enough. “To

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    University of Saint Anthony (Dr. Santiago G. Ortega Memorial) City of Iriga NAME: Joerine A. Yamar. YEAR: BEED – 4 TEACHER: Dr. Arlene O. Monsalve RATING: TITLE: MENTORS TOWARDS NEW DIRECTION REFLECTION Teachers possess enormous responsibility inside their classrooms. We are entrusted with the job of teaching children skills that we will need for their futures. In order to do our job well and with success‚ we must be prepared to teach in all kinds of environments

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    GandhiKing‚ and Mandela: What Made Non-Violence Work? All through history governments and empires have been overthrown or defeated primarily by the violence of those who oppose them. This violence was usually successful however‚ there have been several situations‚ when violence failed‚ that protesters have had to turn to other methods. Non-violent protesting never seemed to be the right course of action until the ideology of Mohandas Gandhi spread and influenced successful protests across the

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    displaying peaceful protests‚ and which these protests turned into success. Courage has always been part of history through the protest of Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Nelson Mandela which lead to a better world for these courageous people. First example of a courageous person who choose to face their conflict with a more peaceful resolution is Gandhi. Gandhi faced nearly impossible odds when he took a stance on the Britain Army who were in his home country of India which in the time was under

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    Mahathma Gandhi

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    Indira Gandhi Famous As: Former Prime Minister of India Nationality: Indian Religion: Hindu Political Ideology: Indian National Congress Born On: 19 November 1917 AD Zodiac Sign: Scorpio    Famous Scorpios Born In: Allahabad Died On: 31 October 1984 AD Place Of Death: New Delhi Father: Jawaharlal Nehru Mother: Kamala Nehru Spouse: Feroze Gandhi (m. 1942–1960) Children: Rajiv Gandhi‚ Sanjay Gandhi Education: University of Oxford‚ Badminton School‚ Somerville College‚ Oxford‚ Visva-Bharati

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    Gandhi was a courageous leader in history. Gandhi faced many obstacles in his life one of his big obstacles was racism. Gandhi Also had great accomplishments in his life one of his accomplishments was leading many peaceful protest. Gandhi impacted the world in many ways being a big push for india to become a separate country. Gandhi was a courageous leader in history ‚but he also faced many obstacles in his life Gandhi faced many obstacles in his life one of them being discrimination/racism

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    the Baroque period‚ people saw the invention of a new music form: the oratorio in the 17th century in Europe. The oratorio has a long and profound history since Italian Renaissance. In this essay‚ I will be answering question number two: Explain briefly the meaning of this musical term oratorio and give an account of the most popular and arguably greatest oratorio of the first half of the eighteenth century. Oratorio Oratorio was born in Italy at about the same time as opera. This word ¡®oratorio¡¯

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    Director: Richard Attenborough Cinematography: Ronnie Taylor‚ Billy Williams IMDB page: Gandhi Cast includes: Ben Kingsley‚ Sir John Geilgud‚ Martin Sheen‚ Saeed Jaffrey‚ Roshan Seth‚ Candice Bergen‚ Sir John Mills Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biopic of Mahatma Gandhi is an epic in the true sense; over three hours in length‚ filled with stunning location photography of the Indian landscape‚ a stellar cast and crowd scenes that use hundreds of thousands of extras‚ the film reaped a suitably

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