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Characterized by her calmness, Lucilla acts justly and honorably despite slights from both her father and her brother. So, what allows Lucilla to remain calm when others find themselves brimming with anger, hatred and the desire for revenge? Initially, Marcus Aurelius insults his daughter, Lucilla, by acknowledging that she would make a great Caesar, but neglects to grant her any authority on account of her gender. Lucilla, however, remains calm and shows no sign of anger at this insult.…

nationalist such as Marcus Garvey and Frantz Fanon were looked up to by later black leaders such as Martin Luther King and Malcom X. All of these leaders contributed their opinion on black lives and the problems that fall behind them with society. Marcus Garvey was a social activist that was born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, dedicated to promoting African-Americans to move back to Africa. By 1919, Marcus Garvey had…

one cannot help but ponder about what happens to our spirit after it leaves our body. That is exactly what Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius do in On the Nature of Things and Meditations, respectively. While Lucretius believes that our spirits are made of miniscule atoms, Marcus Aurelius believes that we are all limbs of God, striving to protect the perfection of the whole. Marcus Aurelius is a stoic, and therefore believes that…

For the purpose of this analytical essay, I chose analyze the events that led up to the assassination of Malcolm X. From my early childhood, Malcolm X was my hero. I remember making a puppet of him when I was 6 and presented his accomplishments to my first grade class. His legacy made me proud to be a Black Muslim. It was difficult for me to understand that he was assassinated by his own people. Malcolm X’s Assassination made me think. He was once the face of the Nation of Islam. The brought…

Marcus Garvey was a social activist, who strived to make a difference for black futures. His philosophies supported the idea of how blacks should depend on themselves for the re-shaping of their futures. The white supremacist who placed unjustly laws, and everlasting struggles on blacks, would not contribute to blacks having an equal life. On a long conquest of protesting the awareness black identification, Garvey was faced with unwelcoming shortcomings as he protested his opposition of white…

Malcolm X believed that experiences in one’s life contribute to their personality . Within his own life he experienced the good and the bad elements of society and allowed these experiences to shape who he became. The transformation of Malcolm Little into Malcolm X can be said to have occurred due to events that lead to dramatic change in his life. Violent discrimination against his family, the loss of his parents at a young age, the life he leads in Boston and Harlem, and his time in prison all…

The Struggle of Becoming an Adult: Marcus Aurelius’ “On Getting Out of Be Marcus Aurelius wrote “On Getting out of Bed” from his book “Meditations”. This piece is a an effective motivational strategy that cues memories of receiving support and encouragement towards others. Basically, Aurelius reminds us that life isn’t just about feeling good or wasting time being inattentive. As a human we were made to experience different things. Nature demands that we must contribute something to this world…

Roman General, Maximus Decimus Meridias. His lone yearning is to return home from the fight to his significant other and child. He has been away for more than two years. Yet, tragically, things are not that simple for Maximus. The Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius sits on his passing quaint little inn that he might want Maximus to guarantee that Rome comes back to open run the show. This implies taking impermanent control of the Empire until the Roman Senate can make some kind of breakthrough…

was born his father had 3 children from a previous marriage as well as 3 children with Malcolm's mother. When Malcolm was born, his mother was a homemaker and his father was a Baptist minister and a supporter of the Black National leader, Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey was the founder of the U.N.I.A (Universal Negro Improvement Association) a black nationalist fraternal organization representing the largest mass movement in African-American history, famous for proclaiming their black…

The story of the 2000 film Gladiator has its setting in Ancient Rome and is a “sword-and-sandals spectacle [which] was directed by Ridley Scott (AAN), an acclaimed filmmaker of science fiction, as a dark tale of revenge” (Britannica Online, “Gladiator,” information retrieved November 10, 2015). According to Britannica Online, “the film traces the fall and rise of Maximus, a general who seeks vengeance as a gladiator after being discarded by the emperor Commodus.” Although most of the scenes and…