Notes on Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson" Characters: Sylvia: the narrator and protagonist‚ a sassy‚ defiant African-American girl who resists the educational overtures of Miss Moore. The story’s plot centers on a "teaching moment" or pedagogical breakthrough‚ where Sylvia is disturbed out of her complacency‚ having been exposed to the other side of the social ladder. Sugar: one of Sylvia’s better friends‚ a sidekick if you will. Sugar noticeably picks up on Miss Moore’s lesson faster than
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed speech‚ I have a dream‚ in his pan-African campaigns. King presented his speech to thousands of Americans who had congregated in Washington DC for a political rally which they referred to as the March. They marched on the streets of the nation’s capital‚ advocating for freedom and equal treatment in jobs. With a vast knowledge of the blacks’ history‚ King inspired an empowering determination in his argument. He came armed with the constitution and the nation’s
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was sworn into office in Washington‚ D.C. on January 20‚1961. On the same day he delivered one of the most memorable speeches in history. He spoke about several different topics such as‚ poverty‚ nuclear testing‚ freedom‚ democracy and most importantly‚ unity and support for the country. Kennedy’s main argument was to change not only America‚ but around the world as well. He brought up many great arguments which convinced the audience
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On November the 25th of 1963 this was John F. Kennedy Jr.’s third birthday and the day began with his sister Caroline and nanny Maude Shaw singing "Happy Birthday" to him. At 10:50 a.m. The Kennedy family assembled at the Capitol to be with John F. Kennedy on his historic final journey. Servicemen from the Army‚ Navy‚ Marines‚ Air Force and Coast Guard very concerned that the coffin was really fucking heavy and heavy is a bad thing going downhill. They practiced all night trying to insure that no
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Through the new King Henry V’s speech to his brothers after their father’s death Shakespeare deals with the realities of succession‚ the difficult negotiation between governmental stability and a confused power struggle‚ and the death of a king while trying to keep his character true to their personality. This speech touches on everything from politeness and external observation‚ to the fear that naturally comes in a shift of power‚ to different kinds of mourning. Hal‚ newly King Henry V‚ must take
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Shakespeare’s play “King Lear”‚ and it greatly resembles “King Lear”. Both tell a story of betrayal which a king distributed his wealth to his offspring. Two of the offspring turned against their father‚ while the third supports the father even though the father did no good thing to him. Since “Ran” is a movie derived from William Shakespeare’s play “King Lear”‚ they are connected to each other but not exactly the same.
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In Martin Luther King Jr.’s‚ “Speech on the Vietnam War‚ 1967” he audaciously criticizes America’s contribution in the Vietnam War‚ in hopes of encouraging citizens to protest against the war through irony‚ rhetorical questions‚ and allusion. King’s effort for racial equality shows in his speech as he includes irony in lines 38-40 when talking about forcing black and white men to fight in the war. He states‚ “So we have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys
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Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech speaking to his people to assess the problem of segregation and the unfairness of it all. The promises made saying that they would fix the problem only to snatch it away at the last second or to add some kind of loophole that they could find their way around. His goal was to get the people to join together to come to a peaceful solution a solution that would come about without the violence of fights breaking out. King uses
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in the form of speeches and letters. Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F. Kennedy gained fame in the movement for their unequaled eloquence through letters such as King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and Kennedy’s impromptu speech following King’s death. Everyone in the Civil Rights Movement strove for change but the way people started to convey their message eventually became circumstantial. An excellent example of this would be King and Kennedy‚ who used similar language to share their message but
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The Assassination of President Kennedy - Two Points of View One of the greatest tragedies in our nation’s history‚ the assassination of President John F. Kennedy‚ has also been one of the greatest mysteries of the past forty-seven years. There have been two deeply contested beliefs regarding how the assassination was completed. One is that this was the action of a single gunman and the other that their were two or more gunmen. Another key debate has been who was behind the assassination.
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