Mike ****** AP US History 19 August 2011 Summer Reading Book Review: THE RADICAL AND THE REPUBLICAN The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics is a non-fiction novel that was authored in 2007 by James Oakes who possibly was a historian. The novel goes back in time and clearly and accurately involves the most significant dates and events. James Oakes writes this book while narrating in a chronological style. He surprisingly takes
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According to the the journal published by the Institute of Education‚ at Yale University‚ education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind‚ character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense‚ education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge‚ skills and values from one generation to another. Many people agree that formal education has its roots in ancient Greece with Socrates‚ and then
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Rise of Political Career Although he was not born to an influential family‚ Caesar quickly used his intelligence and oratory skills to rise in the ranks. After he married Cornelia‚ in 82 B.C. the current ruler‚ Sulla‚ demanded that he divorce her. She was the daughter of his rival‚ Cinna. When Julius Caesar refused to give up his loyalty to her‚ he was told that he would be killed if he didn’t. Yet still he refused. In 81 B.C‚ he fled from Rome. Sulla’s death in 78 B.C. gave him a chance to return
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who to control them. Frederick remained until know a symbol for all people for freedom. Frederick Douglass was one of the most leaders in freedom and human rights of African Americans. His most important legacy was his use of words and his oratory to fight for the freedom and rights of the people especially the African American; they were mistreated and did not gain the freedom their supposed to have. His use of word and ability to stand up and talk to people helped and grew up in every
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preached that the black race was superior to the white‚ that the white race was inherently evil‚ and that total separation was the only way to achieve racial equality. Malcolm X rose quickly through the ranks‚ attracting numerous converts with his fiery oratory skills‚ organizational abilities‚ and tireless work. In 1964‚ disturbed by Elijah Muhammad’s accumulation of wealth‚ Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and started his own organization‚ the Organization of Afro-American Unity‚ which vowed to promote
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As Cicero states: “men may construe things after their fashion”‚ in the midst of subjective conflicting perspectives upon a certain personality‚ what would you draw from it? William Shakespeare lends this thought to the audiences of his time as well as ours through the play‚ Julius Caesar. Was Julius Caesar really the noblest man that ever lived‚ an ambitious tyrant‚ or both? Enhanced by the personal values of Cassius and Brutus‚ we can discover that studying the conflicting perspectives of Caesar
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CONTENT INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER I GENERAL NOTES ON LITERARY LANGUAGE 4 CHAPTER II VARIETIES OF LITERARY LANGUAGE 6 CONCLUSION 11 List of Literature 12 INTRODUCTION A literary language is a register of a language that is used in literary writing. This may also include liturgical writing. The difference between literary and non-literary (vernacular) forms is more marked in some languages than in others. Where there is a strong divergence‚ the language is said to exhibit diglossia. Classical Latin
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Telemachus’s Journey to Manhood “’You must not cling to your boyhood any longer – it’s time you were a man’” (1.341). These are the words of Athena‚ the Goddess of Wisdom‚ in her attempt to motivate Telemachus as he embarks on a rite of passage to manhood. Throughout the epic poem‚ Athena assists and inspires Telemachus‚ imbuing him with confidence and courage so he may follow in the footsteps of his father‚ the great Odysseus. After his first encounter with Athena‚ we witness Telemachus mature
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Language of Composition Chapter 1 THESIS: Using rhetoric is sometimes difficult‚ but this chapter explains how to use rhetoric correctly and what all needs to be in a piece of writing. Appealing to ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos is the large part of using rhetoric. This chapter also explains how to organize a piece of writing when using rhetoric. I. Rhetoric often gets referred to as trickery or to be deceptive. A. Aristotle defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any case the available
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in the United States and the change that came afterwards. President Obama establish common ground with the audience at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington by stating that “We rightly and best remember Dr. King’s soaring oratory that day‚ how he gave mighty voice to the quiet hopes of millions‚ how he offered a salvation path for oppressed and oppressors alike”(40). It was because of Dr. Martin Luther King and other brave people that march to Washington that the 50th anniversary
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