while a teenager‚ spoke out publicly against the Taliban’s prohibition on the education of girls. She gained global attention when she survived an assassination attempt at age 15. In 2014 Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace recognizing their efforts on behalf of children’s rights. Childhood And Early Activism The daughter of an outspoken social activist and educator‚ Yousafzai was an excellent student. Her father—who established and administered the school
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Inconsistency (A critical comparison of A Rose for Emily and Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech) Shakespeare put it beautifully in Hamlet when he put the words into Polonius’s mouth‚ “To thine own self be true.” It truly is a noble sentiment and a worthy goal. Each person on the planet earth is confronted daily by decisions that challenge his or her commitment to his or her own self. This is evident in many art forms. Painters‚ musicians‚ and writers take pieces of themselves and put it into what they
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Essay1: Summary Nobel Lecture on Global Warming Knowing your future is in danger caused by a problem you’ve created‚ would you solve it? Global warming affects not only yourself‚ but the whole world. Former Vice President Al Gore has studied the environment for over 30 years. Gore has deep feelings for the Earth and also has great concerns for its future. His attempts of striving to get the world’s attention for a planetary emergency led him to win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Upon accepting his
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"Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise." Or was it an old man? A guru‚ perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story‚ or one exactly like it‚ in the lore of several cultures. "Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind. Wise." In the version I know the woman is the daughter of slaves‚ black‚ American‚ and lives alone in a small house outside of town. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people she is both the
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reason for both exploitation and utilization of youth in the destruction and construction of any nation respectively. youth is not given a proper chance to prove their potentials in countries like ours‚ but‚ “The young” ‚ according to Pearl S. Buck‚ (a Nobel Laureate in literature) “do not know enough to be prudent‚ and therefore they attempt the impossible‚ and achieve it‚ generation after generation”. this single quotation of her is sufficient to motivate the whole nation? Or do we still need motivational
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In the Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Martin Luther King is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize but realizing that people are suffering. He presents his speech by using examples‚ analogies‚ and the repetition of words‚ figurative language and inductive and deductive reasoning. Martin Luther King specific purpose of the speech was to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He is talking for other people (men and women) over the world that suffers racial injustice. He reminds people that there is hope
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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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since the age of eleven‚ and is now eighteen. She stuck up for herself and others for the injustices that the Taliban did‚ and brought. According to biography.com‚ “She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014‚ she was nominated again and won‚ becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.” The nominations and winnings that she has won‚ she has truly deserved. She stands up for herself and others‚ even though she has her life on the line for doing
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Doris Lessing was born in Kermanshah‚ Iran‚ on October 22‚ 1919‚ and is a famous writer‚ winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Since childhood she moved with his family to Zimbabwe to perform agricultural tasks. It was there where she became a lover of nature and at the same time‚ she met the miseries of racial discrimination.Due to the poor relationship of the writer with its authoritarian mother‚ Doris decided to leave school and continue her studies on her own‚ at which time he began
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technology‚ which‚ despite their efforts‚ were to move the broad spectrum of humanity above the subsistence level for the first time. Today’s proponents of economic activism are typically not of the working class and are usually quite well educated. Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief‚ who gave the keynote speech for the National Academy of Engineering at its
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