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    by Pramod K.Nayar).In the American canonical literature it was evident that the African-American presence expresses the nature of White American more than the Blacks.However‚this fact never gained the acceptance and the effect has been‚ as Morrison argues‚ “to enforce invisibility through

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    The South in Toni Morrisons Song of Solomon: Initiation‚ healing‚ and home Lee‚ Catherine Carr Song of Solomon‚ Toni Morrisons third novel in an increasingly varied and rich body of work‚ is a remarkable narrative. The novel ’s power lies not only in its recovery and representation of African American experience in the midtwentieth century but also in Morrisons insistence on the necessity of healing her broken‚ alienated protagonist‚ Milkman Dead. Central to both his maturation and his healing

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    Are bystanders guilty or innocent when they witness civil injustice? In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice. Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel)

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    Toni Morrison: Rags to Riches In the mid twentieth century‚ the Civil Rights Movement influenced African-American writers to express their opinions. Most African-American writers of the time discussed racism in America and social injustice. Some authors sought to teach how the institution of slavery affected those who lived through it and African-Americans who were living at the time. One of these writers was the Toni Morrison‚ the novelist‚ who intended to teach people about all aspects

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    Wangari Maathai expresses her gratitude to the world for her Nobel Peace Prize‚ and also calls her audience to action. Her goal is to convince the world that the environment has much more importance than most people seem to realize. In her speech she begins by expressing her gratitude‚ and persuading her audience that she is worth listening to. Second she discusses the importance of the environment and explains how the Green Belt Movement has helped and changed the world. She then clarifies the

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    Good Afternoon‚ I elected to analyze William Falkner’s Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech for this week forum. At first‚ I had a hard time identifying the different aspects of the speech until I found audio of it. As part of his introduction‚ Falkner uses the first sentence in his speech established his credibility and ethos. Then he goes on to state the purpose of his speech very directly by saying that he would like to use this moment to talk to young writers and more specifically the

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    Beloved by Toni Morrison sets place in Ohio during the post-civil war era. Morrison publishes the novel in 1987 to remind the public of slavery in the United States. She implies that the past events also affect future events. Morrison dedicates the book to “Sixty Million and More” slaves. Similar to Beloved’s grave‚ the novel serves as a memorial to remember the black slaves in the United States. Although blacks gain equality towards the end of the twentieth century‚ they are still not equal to whites

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    On December 10‚ 1950‚ William Faulkner delivered his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Today his speech is considered one of the most brilliant and inspiring speeches ever to be read at the Nobel ceremony. Faulkner stressed the "writer’s duty" to write only of "the old verities and truths of the heart." He spoke of avoiding writing anything that is not worth writing about. He felt concerned about new writing where authors gave in to America’s shallow desires to read "not of love but of lust‚ of defeats

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    The Life and Work of Toni Morrison Toni Morrison‚ a premier contemporary American novelist‚ chronicles the African-American experience. Morrison has written six novels and a collection of essays and lectures. Her work has won national and international acclaim and has been translated into 14 languages. Her writing has been described as lyrical and she has been applauded for “writing prose with the luster of poetry.” Morrison won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her novel Belovedand the

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    Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech I was an obscure individual in those days. My name was hardly known outside my own province‚ but I was quite content with that obscurity‚ which protected me from the curiosity of crowds. And then came a time when my heart felt a longing to come out of that solitude and do some work for my fellow beings‚ and not merely give shape to my dreams and meditate deeply on the problems of life‚ but try to give expression to my ideas through some definite

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