beyond the dream to discover the man. A SPECIAL PRESENTATION H i s t o r y.c o m DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. What do you think Dr. King means when he says that time can be used destructively or constructively? Why did he believe that the Civil rights movement was an example of using time constructively? 2. How do you interpret the phrase “human progress never rolls on the wheels of inevitability”? Can you think of an example to support your answer? 3. Why do you think Dr. King decided to write
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Is teenage life now‚ a continuation or a change in that of the 1950’s-1960’s? By: Alex Teenagers have behaved in similar patterns for decades. Whether teens have changed their behaviour and habits from the 50’s and 60’s to now‚ or they simply continued their patterns‚ is a questionable subject. In my opinion‚ teenage life right now is just a continuation of teenage life in the 50’s and 60’s. This is a fact because: teens still have similar styles‚ teens still face the same problems‚ and their
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Despite the increase in life expectancy over the last 200 years‚ not all groups of people have the same chances of good health. What factors affect health? It is deplorable to recognize‚ but man is mortal. A human being grows older‚ so ability to adapt to the environment has being slackened with the years by increasing probability of death. Mostly‚ this process has internal character and decease in advanced age is natural. Nevertheless‚ the modern science has cast light on the substantial effect
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Confucius ________________________________________ The Life of Confucius Of all eastern philosophers‚ Confucius‚ born in 550 B.C.‚ is considered the greatest. His teachings are foundational to Asian cultures. His writings‚ The Five Classics‚ the collection of ancient Chinese literature‚ and The Four Books‚ a collection of Confucius ’ and his disciple ’s teachings‚ was for centuries the standard curriculum for Chinese education. Confucius ’ teachings and biography were written many years after
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On Killing a Tree :: Poet: Gieve Patel. A well-known Indian poet and is a doctor by profession. He expresses his concern with living beings through images of violence. On killing a tree is not about the killing of a tree‚ but about the endless life in a tree. Paraphrase of the Poem: [1-9 lines] It takes a lot of time and strength to kill a tree because it grows slowly and rises out of the earth by absorbing years of sunlight air and water. So‚ it is not easy to kill a tree with a single stroke
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U-571: Historically Accurate? U-571 was a movie released in April 2000 and directed by Johnathan Mostow. This movie depicted the capture of the Enigma cipher machine and other cryptographic documentation from a German U-boat by American forces disguised as Germans during spring 1942. According to the film makers‚ this film promised to be thrilling and exciting. Although the movie did live up to its promise‚ it fell short in the historical accuracy department. This film was split in terms of
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The passage explains what is altruism by giving specific examples. Altruism is the act of giving. Moreover‚ it is a behavior in which the animal sacrifices its own interest for others. Explaining this behavior it gives example of meerkat by‚ a mammal that dwells in the burrows in grassland area of Africa and humans who donate the parts of their body. The passage states certain points explainig the act of altruism shown by animals. The professor‚ however‚ contradicts with these claims stating their
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World War One (WW1) beginning on the 28th July 1914 and ending on 11 November 1918 impacted the everyday lives and attitudes of Australians in many ways. The soldiers who fought in WW1 were affected physically (injuries) and physiologically‚ in the trenches and on the battlefields. This caused many of the soldiers to suffer PTSD and shell shock. Consequently WW1 also affected the lives of Families‚ specifically women and children who where left to work at home and do jobs men would usually do.
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Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist‚ Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel‚ a Tamil boy from Pondicherry‚ explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tigernamed Richard Parker. The novel‚ which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide‚[1] was rejected by at least five London publishing houses[2] before being accepted by Knopf
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The Life of Jesus Christ The story of Jesus begins even before he was born. We may think how can this be‚ but it’s true and John the fisherman‚ a disciple of Jesus‚ puts it this way: ‘In the very beginning‚ before anything else existed‚ the Word (Jesus) existed. The Word was with God and the Word was God.’ Mankind had forgotten the existence of God completely and had sinned beyond pardoning. Therefore‚ God sent His son Jesus Christ into the world to remind us that there is God‚ to set aside
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