Silvia Torres Address to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – Rhetorical Analysis Outline: I. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in which she took the opportunity to note that in the 15 years since the Fourth Worlds Conference on Women held in Beijing a lot of progress had been made by women worldwide to help provide all women with more opportunities. Nonetheless‚ just because advancement
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As Thomas states‚ “Cities have all the Ik characteristics”(82). Cities are a big influence because everyone watches or reads news about how they treat each other and others. They portray Ik characteristics on themselves or others. Thomas states that cities have the same qualities as Iks because they also have greedy and heartless characteristics‚ and they could have been
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today: the Internet‚ television or an old-fashioned newspaper. He says that even with all of the resources available‚ we still waste our time by watching reality TV shows. Even with the invention of the Internet‚ only an astonishing 18 percent of Americans listed the Internet as their primary source of information. Mindich mentions that most studies show that instead of researching information online‚ people’s time is spent browsing Facebook or playing games. Not paying attention to the world around
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“That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem too lightly‚” a quote by Thomas Paine during the american crisis. A quote during a time of hardship and anger‚ you see my understanding of this is just simple you feel better the harder you work for something. But I know this has a deeper mean than just that‚ you have to go back into the time of which this was said‚ why is this so meaningful that’s the question you have to ask. Why do people today still look at this quote of being relevant. The quote originates
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ideologies: conservatism and radical liberalism. Some would say that Burke is more a true philosopher than Paine‚ but in my view this is not fair‚ and both are important: Burke for warning of the dangers of trying to shape society according to abstract concepts and ideals‚ and as a representative of traditional English Conservatism; Paine for foreseeing the welfare state‚ as well as American independence from Britain. Burke was born in Ireland‚ and went to London in 1750. Though Burke was a harsh
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The topic is "American Promise " because our speaker Barack Obama refers to it throughout the speech. Barack Obama shares his insights about the American promise to the American people. He believes anyone can follow their dreams if they just work hard enough . (1‚ line 6) : "(...) through hard work and sacrifice ‚ each of us to pursue our individual dreams (...)" . Obama delivered this speech at the Democratic National Convention on 28 August 2008. Listeners were the American people. Even before
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truly shaped history‚ describing it as “brilliant eloquence” and inspiring “American hopes” for the future (Humes 207). In analyzing this address‚ it is important to first know some background of President Kennedy and his 1960 campaign‚ the global landscape of the time‚ and what he hoped to accomplish with this speech. Kennedy led a privileged life as the second son of Joseph Kennedy‚ a third-generation Irish-American Catholic who made his fortune on Wall Street‚ in movie production and liquor
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The first source I will be analysing is a photo of a young Aboriginal boy named Thomas Moore‚ before and after his attending a residential school. This source is from 1874‚ as stated by the caption. In the before photo we see Moore wearing traditional Aboriginal clothing. He appears to be standing outside and has long‚ braided hair. In the second photo we see him again‚ but this time he is wearing European style clothing‚ a dress shirt and slacks. He is standing inside a building and now has very
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Thomas Paine‚ a large supporter of America during 1791‚ describes his perspective of America as a perfect utopia that lives together in harmony and produces no flaws. This however‚ is not always the case‚ as Paine’s argument can be justified as both accurate and inaccurate. One topic that Paine addresses in his piece is the topic of diversity and how people from different nations join and live peacefully with Americans‚ which is known as immigration. Nonetheless‚ Americans in today’s society have
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Unity and World Peace After the Vietnam War‚ Americans had become annoyed and conflicted on the subjects of war‚ as well as their government. The American culture was changing as people began to realize how ‘dishonest’ and ‘untrustworthy’ some of our politicians had become. During this period society’s faults and weaknesses also became more apparent. In the midst of this changing environment‚ in 1960‚ John F. Kennedy was elected. On January 20th‚ 1961 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the president
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