...human destiny is beyond human beings.” This is one of the most independent sayings I have heard by John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. Although, John may not be around today, is famous quotes and speeches are still changing the lives of others. His sayings provide great advice for anyone; along with many others like Einstein, Franklin, and Roosevelt. One of the most motivated, and educated sayings is, “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation” (Kennedy, John). To explain, this expression means if you try hard enough at succeeding your goal, it will come true and many benefits will come from it. If you take this advice, one day you shall too reach higher and touch the stars. So, when you’re struggling in school, or even at work look to this for inspiration and hope. Another great one of JFK’s is, “So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved” (Kennedy, John). At a time of war people tend to fight over ridiculous matters, like each other’s differences, but with common interest you can settle those matters to forgive and become friends, is what this quote means. If only the world was like this, than there would be long lasting, world peace. Now at last...
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...John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address By Leah Albright John F Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable speeches on January 20, 1961 after being sworn into office. His inauguration speech was so powerful that it captured the entire nation’s attention, and quotes from it are still remembered by people today. It is one of the finest speeches ever written. People who never heard the speech can quote lines from it. Being that JFK was the youngest president to ever be in office there is no doubt that he encountered a lot of skepticism. This speech had many purposes but most importantly it gave him positive recognition. The inaugural address was written to encourage the American public to get actively involved with their country. It also reassured them that it was not a contest that he won but rather a chance at a new beginning. This speech reassured the voters that they made the right choice and informed a country that they were going to see some changes. The inaugural speech was structured so that it flowed. There is a lot of comparison and contrast in the first paragraph of the speech. For example “We observe today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end as well as a beginning—signifying a renewal as well as change.” There is also some cause and effect in the paper. I think that this is to be expected because of all the discussions on war. He made it sound like it was our moral responsibility that we should go to war. These are...
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...the very first inauguration featuring the United States first president, George Washington. During Washington’s second inauguration, after his re-election, Washington gave the shortest Inaugural address on record. This address was just 135 words. Nonetheless, every president since Washington has delivered an Inaugural address. The purpose of this address is for presidents to present their vision of the country (United States) and to set forth their goals for the nation. With that being said, this paper will use the strategy of genre analysis to critique to examine Barack Obama’s second Inaugural Address and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech. Genre analysis is a type of rhetorical analysis that examines speeches based on the artifacts or commonalities that contain. The artifacts of speech are created by the rhetor as a response to a specific exigency. So as Bitzer’s essay, The Rhetorical Situation, saw it, in order for a text to be rhetorical, it must come in response to a rhetorical situation. Furthermore a rhetorical situation has three characteristics, an audience, an existence of constraints, and as mentioned above, an exigency. One manner, in which we can analyze an artifact, is through...
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...John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis John F Kennedy delivered one of the finest speeches on January 20, 1961 after being sworn into office. His inauguration speech was so powerful that it captured the entire nations attention, and quotes from it are still remembered by people today. It is one of the finest speeches ever written. It provides a strong appeal to pathos, ethos and logos, and it is because of this that people who never heard the speech can quote lines from it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He graduated from Harvard, and joined the navy. He worked as a reporter before entering the political arena. He later wrote “profiles in courage” which won the Pulitzer Prize Award. Being that JFK was the youngest president to ever be in office there is no doubt that he encountered a lot of skepticism. This speech had many purposes but most importantly it gave him positive recognition. The inaugural address was written to encourage the American public to get actively involved with their country. It also ... middle of paper ... ...61 that made this speech so memorable, emotional, and meaningful. In conclusion this essay was both powerful and eloquent. Its use of expressive and figurative language makes it a memorable speech. JFK uses his speech to communicate his commitment to the American public as well as the expected changes. His use of logos, ethos, and pathos makes it an incredible piece of writing...
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...As many may know, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. The three documents that were provided all discuss the same thing, the inauguration of JFK. Although they do discuss the same topic, each one is done in a different manner because the first document is the speech itself, the second is someone looking back on the day of the speech, and the third is a photograph of the inauguration. Starting with the first document, it can be concluded that it is the speech that John F. Kennedy had given at his inauguration. It really allows one to gain an understanding of JFK’s thinking and learn more about what he had planned. In the document it reads,”We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom.” First, he uses “we” frequently along with similar pronouns. Another point of this...
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...Introduction to Sociology Paper Topic 1 Due: March 6, 2015 Opinion essays require a personal and argumentative approach to the given assignment. Once a personal opinion is stated, it becomes challenging for the writer to defend his/her argument that justifies their opinion. You will want to rely both on your views and external sources to support your opinion(s). Below are popular quotes by famous peoples. You are to write an opinion essay from one of the listed quotes. You will be graded on your ability to follow instructions and write a well-composed 2-3 paper. Winston Churchill 1. “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.” 2. “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” 3. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up.” John F. Kennedy 1. ”Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” 2. “Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.” 3. “Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.” Malcolm X 1. “I don’t see an American Dream, I see an American Nightmare.” 2. “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that is power.” 3. “America preaches integration and practices segregation.” Thomas Jefferson 1. “Banking...
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...10/13/06 American History Essence Harden 5/2/00 African-American Civil Rights “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” –Coretta Scott King, page666 The 1960’s were a time of great turmoil in America and throughout the world. One of the main topics that arouse was black civil rights. In my essay I plan to compare the difference of opinion between these particular writers and directors, towards racism and the civil rights movement in the 1960’s The movement truly got underway with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King jr. and Malcolm X in the early 1960’s. Students who wanted to bolt on the equality and protest bandwagon quickly followed. Most of the students went to the Southern states (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, etc.), to stop the racism and hate crimes. The truth of the matter is that the violence and abhorrence would get worse before it got better. The Klan became stronger and more violent, committing many more lynching and gruesome murders. Bit by bit most of the Caucasian Americans came around to the idea of integration, and did not believe that the African Americans as a ‘threat’ anymore. The only reason that this great monumental change occurred was because of the great leadership of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King jr., and not to mention the thousands of other less famous civil rights leaders, that worked to change the views of their community. There also where lobbyist and protesters...
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...Grand Canyon University GCU Style Guide for Lower-Division Students Introduction Lower-division students of Grand Canyon University (GCU) are required to use a writing style based upon a simplified version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) for preparing written assignments, except where otherwise noted. In the interest of providing resource material for student use, this guide to GCU style and format has been developed and made available. A template has been provided in the Student Success Center’s Writing Center for student download and use. PLEASE NOTE: The curriculum materials (Syllabus, Readings, Resources, etc.) created and provided by GCU in the online or Web-enhanced modalities are prepared using an editorial format that relies on APA as a framework but that modifies some format and formatting criteria to better suit the nature and purpose of instructional materials. Students and faculty are advised that GCU course materials do not adhere strictly to APA format and should not be used as examples of correct format when preparing written work for class. General Academic writing, which is independent thought supported by reliable and relevant research, depends on the ability to integrate and cite the sources that have been consulted. Use APA style for all references, in-text citations, formatting, etc. Write in first- and second-person sparingly, if ever. This means, avoid using I, we, and you; instead, use he, she, and they...
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...Grand Canyon University GCU Style Guide for Lower-Division Students Introduction Lower-division students of Grand Canyon University (GCU) are required to use a writing style based upon a simplified version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) for preparing written assignments, except where otherwise noted. In the interest of providing resource material for student use, this guide to GCU style and format has been developed and made available. A template has been provided in the Student Success Center’s Writing Center for student download and use. PLEASE NOTE: The curriculum materials (Syllabus, Readings, Resources, etc.) created and provided by GCU in the online or Web-enhanced modalities are prepared using an editorial format that relies on APA as a framework but that modifies some format and formatting criteria to better suit the nature and purpose of instructional materials. Students and faculty are advised that GCU course materials do not adhere strictly to APA format and should not be used as examples of correct format when preparing written work for class. General Academic writing, which is independent thought supported by reliable and relevant research, depends on the ability to integrate and cite the sources that have been consulted. Use APA style for all references, in-text citations, formatting, etc. Write in first- and second-person sparingly, if ever. This means, avoid using I, we, and you; instead,...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Taught more than thirty decades ago, cursive writing has a famed and legendary past. It was once a vital element of American education but is now becoming an archaic artefact as technology advancement and the requirement of more regulated tests push it out of the education system. Cursive writing should be scrapped out of the education system for there is no need of wasting time and resources to continue teaching a skill that won’t be beneficial to the students in the near future. For many students in America, cursive writing is as foreign as the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egypt. In most colleges and universities, more students are increasingly using tablet computers and laptops to take notes rather than the old adage of using pen and paper. With the changes in technology, handwritten letters are rare to come by. Most people have changed with the dynamics of technology. Most communication is done using email, Skype and Facebook as opposed to manual letter writing. Just like calligraphy, cursive is unnecessary. Writing is seen as a means of communicating. Technically talking, we are past the times of physical writing as an art. Whatever can be created by a pen, a computer can recreate it much better. Welcome to the world of technology. If it can be printed then it can be communicated in the penned form. The argument that cursive writing aids in refining the motor skills of students is completely untrue...
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...What Shaped Me to Become the Man that I Am Today? Kofi Annan once said that, “if tolerance, respect, and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.” This quote summarizes who I am and what shaped me to become who I am today. In this essay, I will discuss how my family and the society that I grew up with influenced and molded me as a person. Not everyone is born with a silver spoon, especially not in South Carolina where I was born. I was born and grew up in poverty and to a single mother and four other siblings. The early years of my life were surrounded by deprivation, hunger and violence. When I say poverty, I literally meant little or no access to basic necessities, much more to material goods. Being poor and the unfavorable one in my family, I can remember vividly diving into dumpsters for food. It...
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...How far were the actions of the African Americans the main reason for the advancement of the Civil Rights in the period 1865-1980? “Power concedes nothing without demand, it never has and it never will”[1]. Said by Fredrick Douglass in 1857, an escaped slave who had bearded the brunt of the slave years. He had come to the realisation that African Americans had a fountain of “power”; however that power that they possessed would never establish anything without a “demand”. Fredrick Douglass awoke the conscious of African Americans to make them realise that wanting to be free and wanting to achieve full civil rights was not enough, neither was enduring a life under white supremacy waiting for life after death to see a new dawn .Believing and hoping was not enough. “Power concedes nothing without demand” the solution is to be willing to work hard to establish it yourself by demanding what belongs to them. However using power in order to concede civil rights was a struggle which was acknowledged by Fredrick Douglass “Without struggle there is no success”. To achieve advancement in African American Civil Rights, African Americans had to undergo a process of struggle. A rainbow is not made without rain; you can not want rain without thunder and lightening being accompanied by it. To achieve full civil rights African Americans had to pay the price along the way which was persecution, de-humanisation and scrutiny. Martin Luther King being inspired by Fredrick Douglass said “Freedom...
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... BERNATH LECTURE The New International History of the Cold War: Three (Possible) Paradigms* The Cold War is not what it once was. Not only has the conflict itself been written about in the past tense for more than a decade, but historians’ certainties about the character of the conflict have also begun to blur. The concerns brought on by trends of the past decade – such trifles as globalization, weapons proliferation, and ethnic warfare – have made even old strategy buffs question the degree to which the Cold War ought to be put at the center of the history of the late twentieth century. In this article I will try to show how some people within our field are attempting to meet such queries by reconceptualizing the Cold War as part of contemporary international history. My emphasis will be on issues connecting the Cold War – defined as a political conflict between two power blocs – and some areas of investigation that in my opinion hold much promise for reformulating our views of that conflict, blithely summed up as ideology, technology, and the Third World. I have called this lecture “Three (Possible) Paradigms” not just to avoid making too presumptuous an impression on the audience but also to indicate that my use of the term “paradigm” is slightly different from the one most people have taken over from Thomas Kuhn’s work on scientific revolutions. In the history of science, a paradigm has come to mean a comprehensive explanation, a kind of scientific “level”...
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...Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror POL 201 American National Government The recent War on Terror has caused quite a stir. Many patriotic Americans are now on guard even though the main character in the War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, has been caught and executed. Many other “terrorists” have been arrested and detained at a prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. This raises the question of whether they are being detained legally or not. One issue is the concept of habeus corpus. This essay will briefly outline the war on terror and demonstrate the concept of habeus corpus and what it means for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The War on Terror may have begun with the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in the countries of Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. At the time, it was uncertain who caused the attack or why it happened. “Two bombs with a single message: don't forget the world's superpower still has enemies, secret, violent and determined. America is ever a target, its embassies and installations abroad inviting symbols of its power See, say the bombers, despite your enormous wealth and strength, we can still inflict a great hurt” (McGreary, 1998). This message suggested that there was more terror on the horizon. The author remembers this well as he went to Kenya in 1998 and returned from his trip two days before the US Embassy was bombed there. Many Americans may have forgotten about these attacks when, three years later, the United States was attacked on its...
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...An Abridged Guide to the Harvard Referencing Style Academic Learning Centre Academic Communication The Abridged Guide to the Harvard Referencing Style (author-date) is based on Commonwealth of Australia 2002, Style manual: for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Milton, Qld. This document can be found on CQUniversity’s referencing Web site at http://www.cqu.edu.au/referencing (click on Harvard). Other information about academic writing is available via the Academic Learning Centre’s Moodle site. Maintained by Academic Learning Services Unit Edition T1 2014 Published by CQUniversity Australia COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA WARNING This Material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of CQUniversity pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Do not remove this notice. CQUniversity CRICOS Codes: 00219C – Qld; 01315F – NSW; 01624D – Vic Table of Contents Why reference/cite? .....................................................................................................1 How to reference ..........................................................................................................1 In-text references..................................................................
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