Corazon Aquino The lady in the simple yellow dress‚ stood at the podium‚ addressing hundreds of thousands of Filipinos. They were gathered on a highway between two military camps in Manila in a festive‚ carnival-like uprising. This stirring display of "people power" on 21st September 1986 had ousted dictator Ferdinand Macros and brought Corazon Aquino to the presidency. She had been pushed into the whirlwind of politics after her husband‚ Benigno Ninoy Aquino‚ had been ruthlessly shot dead in
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the “Middle Passage” in miserable conditions would not exist. Olaudah Equiano contributes to this horrid history with The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Through this narrative‚ the appalling personal experience of each slave is depicted. He accomplishes his rhetorical purpose of informing the world of the slave experience in this narrative. His use of unique style and rhetorical devices in this conveying narrative portray his imperative rhetorical purpose. Throughout Equiano’s
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“Ninoy” Aquino Jr. He is a fiery individual‚ filled with tremendous passion and zest for life. Benigno thrives in situations where there is energy‚ excitement‚ action‚ movement‚ dynamism and drama. Along with his exuberant vitality and enthusiasm‚ Benigno Aquino‚ Jr. has an acute ability to visualize future possibilities‚ and an almost childlike faith in "what could be". Unless he has a vision‚ an aspiration‚ or a wonderful dream to believe in‚ Aquino is not completely happy. Benigno Aquino‚ Jr.
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The Interesting Narrative of Equiano features a man who experienced several shifts in identity on his journey to freedom‚ as opposed to someone who worked to construct a specific identity. At the beginning of the narrative‚ Equiano presented the reader with his rendering of Africa—a portrayal of Africa often not in agreement with the Eurocentric view that several non-African native people share. He wiped away a misconstrued guise of primitive and inferior beliefs‚ describing the mannerisms of their
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Olaudah Equiano The slave trade‚ yet horrific in it’s inhumanity‚ became an important aspect of the world’s economy during the eighteenth century. During a time when thousands of Africans were being traded for currency‚ Olaudah Equiano became one of countless children kidnapped and sold on the black market as a slave. Slavery existed centuries before the birth of Equiano (1745)‚ but strengthened drastically due to an increasing demand for labor in the developing western hemisphere‚ especially
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Cory Aquino Restored democracy‚ supported the Filipino entrepreneurs The recent death of the former president Corazon C. Aquino has made us reminiscent of her major contribution in bringing back the democracy in our country. It was the democracy that we almost lost during the martial law era under the leadership of former Ferdinand Marcos. Her role in bringing back the democracy has carried along some other things. One of this is the flourishing of capitalism back in our economic system.
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Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III has always viewed politics as a necessary vehicle for change‚ a perspective he formed early in life through the examples set by both of his parents. In 1998‚ he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives and won. He would serve as Congressman of the 2nd District of Tarlac until 2007. In his nine years at the Lower House‚ Noynoy focused on the fiscalizing role of a legislator. He felt that there were already too many laws‚ and good ones at that‚ but
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myself as a particular favorite of heaven….” This essay will discuss information about Olaudah Equiano’s early life‚ life as an author‚ and his connection to the Colonial Period. Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the son of a chief‚ was born around 1745. Equiano lived in Essaka‚ a Nigerian village. At age 11‚ Olaudah and his sister was kidnapped and brought to the new world. During the time spent on the ship‚ Olaudah witnessed rape and mutilation. He even witnessed someone being severely beaten until
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A Drudge’s Despair Olaudah Equiano’s story made much more of an impact on me than any of the other stories. Equiano plays on people’s sentiments and morals by using rhetorical devices: ethos and pathos. His story appeals to me because I cannot conceive what it would be like to be persecuted and enslaved just because of the color of one’s skin‚ a trait that they cannot help. Because of the well-executed practice of rhetorical devices‚ I can imagine the trip of the Middle Passage‚ aboard the ship
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Jose Rizal and Benigno Aquino III are both great men known for their dignity and love of country. Through comparison‚ Jose Rizal was proponent of institutional reforms through his writings‚ while Benigno Aquino III used his family’s legacy to won in the national election and be elected as president of the Republic to cry out the need for change. Both of them used peaceful means instead of violent revolutions to attain their purpose. Through Rizal’s perspective‚ during the Spanish occupation
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