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    Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States on Saturday, October 8, bringing up to Category 4 force winds, rain and storm surge to communities across the Southeast. U.S. officials reported damage of at least $10 billion, making Matthew the costliest hurricane since Sandy in 2012. In North Carolina and South Carolina, swollen rivers transformed thoroughfares into canals and homes into sodden islands, in some cases with only the roof or the windows peeking above the water. American Red…

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    contribute to the author’s main message that children and women worldwide should have access to education. She believes that the sympathetic audience should believe that children worldwide should be provided an education, and take action by asking the world leaders to unite and make education their top priority, and assure that basic education is not enough. The nobel lecture audience can clearly see the appeal of this speech, whether they be of people of importance or simply an average person,…

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    murder her in retaliation for her defiance. However, she survived and soon became the face of a campaign to give every child the right to education and young girls the freedom to follow their dreams. Yousafzai is the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize and in her acceptance speech, she uses different rhetorical strategies to spark a call to action for her beliefs. Yousafzai uses pathos…

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    In 1648 the Treaty of Westphalia asserted the equality of sovereign states, thus giving birth to international law. The ultimate goal for the creation of universal law emerged from the anarchic world we live in. Unlike domestic law, international law has no global government enforcing the rules. Since rules provide order and help mitigate conflict, an effort emerged to properly deal with conflict among states. International law is created through international agreements and treaties between…

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    including background checks and citizenship verification,it is not as easy as some might think. The first two requirements for the process are simple. These include being a citizen of the United States, and at least eighteen years of age. Secondly, the Peace Corps must be completely separate from all other government intelligences. This means, anyone who has worked with or in the CIA is not allowed to apply. To add to that, any current military intelligence are usually not allowed to apply if…

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    The Peace Corps Many people may not know what the Peace Corps is but in this paper i’m going to tell you. The Peace Corps is a movement were U.S citizens go all around the world to help people in need. The volunteers are going all around the world to help build houses for the homeless, feed the hungry, help people get jobs,(ext). How did the Peace Corps get started? When the Peace Corps was made in the USA it was started by John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. Some other people that helped come…

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    Joining the Peace Corps is something that I have contemplated on doing since my freshmen of Year College. As a child growing up in a developing country Cameroon, I have experience to some degree what it means to be unnoticed and uncared for. so when came to the united states in 2004 with my siblings, one of my high school teachers asked the class to write on a piece of paper what each of us would like to be when we grow up. As I remember vividly, I wrote “I want to become a political diplomat or…

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    Peace Corps is a wonderful organization that helps people in poor counties. This organization educates people and shows them that there is a different way to live. In future I would like to try myself in this organization and maybe become a part of something big. Jill Conway mentioned in her speech that “Peace Corp gave her a great place to live and work. Also, she met new friends and they become her best friends in the end of their service. Thanks to Peace Corp she learned new language that was…

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    A Separate Peace

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    A Separate Peace by John Knowles, is a non-fiction novel about kids in New England during world war II. The book focusses on showcasing these kids’ childhood and the experiences they encounter together. The setting of the novel helps reveal the character of Finny, by showing him beat the school’s swimming record, by showing him and Gene jump off the tree limb, and even the war has an effect on Finny’s character. When Knowles tells the reader about how Finny beat the school’s swimming record…

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    The theme in the novel A Separate Peace written by John Knowles is that of identity versus codependency. The main characters, Finny and Gene, maintain a friendship that appears to be based on jealousy. Gene envies Finny’s free will spirit and in this, Gene fosters a savage, almost dark side. The novel explores and delves into the relationship of these two friends, where it is revealed to the reader that these boys do not wish to mature. They do not wish to grow up. It is in this adventure…

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