Mohandas Gandhi‚ born on October 2‚ 1869‚ led non-violent independence movements in India and South Africa. Gandhi was an advocate for the civil rights of Indians‚ and had a background in law. Among his many achievements were the organized boycotts against the British through methods of civil disobedience. Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar‚ India‚ which at the time was part of the British Empire. As a child Gandhi hated school and rebelled‚ doing things such as smoking and stealing small amounts
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Expository Writing Expository writing is writing that EXPLORES and EXPLAINS things. It gives the writer the freedom to investigate a topic in such a way that the writer can show the reader various aspects that are interesting‚ challenging and thought provoking about a topic/prompt. This type of writing/essay allows for exploration of the topic while still being able to express a viewpoint. Such an essay should give a balanced discussion of different views and should consider the pros and cons of
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How Technology Affects Our Lives Christopher David McCray COM 150 January 20‚ 2012 Karen Shively How Technology Affects Our Lives Have you ever wondered how much different life would be without the continued study and advancement in technology? A lot of conveniences that we now know and cannot imagine living without make our lives easier and more comfortable. Technology is helping the world stay connected and grow at an alarming rate. Today technology is being used in ways that
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Vie Mai Lander English‚ 2nd 16 December‚ 2013 To Kill a Mockingbird Expository Essay To be prejudice and to be bias is to judge a book by its cover; to judge a person by their appearance‚ by their skin color. To assume and to choose to believe false rumors about someone’s race‚ or ethnicity before you have met them. Prejudice has affected everyone’s life in one way or another. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author‚ Harper Lee‚ demonstrates various examples of prejudice shown by the folks
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the British’s unjust acts against them. He did not believe in violence‚ but he did believe in civil disobedience. He believed in standing up for what you believe in. Gandhi participated in a salt march‚ boycotts‚ home spinning his own clothing and he even partook in fasting for up to twenty-one days all for economic freedom from the British. He has influenced a number of people with his civil disobedience and persistence‚ for example Martin Luther King Jr‚ Nelson Mandela‚ Albert Einstein and our very
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English context expository essay Prompt: with experience comes change. Texts: Tuesdays with Morrie -the messenger Statement of intention In this piece I will be discussing with experience comes change; I will also be using references to Tuesdays with Morrie and The Messenger. Within this piece I will talk about a life experience that has caused change in me and how the size of the experience may not reflect the size of the change. Often in life people will have small experiences
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Is it considered okay to disobey some laws? Does committing civil disobedience actually do any good? Martin Luther King Jr. believed that it was moral to obey just laws and disobey unjust law. “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just law. Conversely‚ one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” (Jacobus 382). Henry David Thoreau also conveyed this same idea when he said “If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government‚ let it
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What characteristics make these essays expository? I thought both essays used evidence‚ examples‚ or facts to explain a concept and they informed me as the reader about their topics with a thesis as its base. The information was presented fairly and in a non-biased manner. Identify the type of organization each author used to develop the essay (topic‚ time order‚ space order‚ or informative process). The type of organization the author used for the essay “Setting the Table” was the Informative
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Civil disobedience to me means a group or an individuals protesting or blocking a civil action against the government. To me I personally been in a situation where I was involved in a dispute. At the time I was attending Harris Stowe State University and the university was celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr like they do for the past 15 years and during the time of the ceremony it was the whole issue of the Michael Brown case. So there were angry protestors that marched on campus grounds as well
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Sample Expository Essay The purpose of an expository essay is to present important information about a specific subject. In the following example‚ RHS student writer Kellyann Bandusky carefully explains her career ambitions. Notice that the essay follows the proper MLA format. Bandusky 1 Kellyann Bandusky Mrs. Cavallo English I January 30‚ 2006 A Career to Make Life Worth Living Many teenagers spend a lot of time contemplating what they want to do when they graduate from high school. I am fortunate
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