Nobel Prize

Science and technology is always changing rapidly. Scientists are always going outside of the box to try to create new technologies and better ways of thinking to further how people perceive ideas. Sergio Sismondo states that “Neither science nor technology is a natural kind, having simple properties that define it once and for all. The sources of knowledge and artifacts are complex and various: there is no privileged scientific method that can translate nature into knowledge, and no…

history. Literature can help us remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust by describing their struggles and comparing them to others.It also sometimes explains how it affects us currently.The Diary of Anne Frank, Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and Maus are great examples. The Diary of Anne Frank shared many personal struggles and the victims lives during the Holocaust. This was a primary source, providing us with information of Jews’ experience during WWII in Germany (The…

first black person to be appointed to the Anglican Dean of Johannesburg in 1975. In this new position that he had, he was able to really speak his mind on anything that he really wanted to. Him speaking out to racism and other things got him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. So, with all these things in mind I this makes him a credible source to write about certain things. If you have read his essay in the book Revelations then you know that he is a man of the people who is willing to help any and…

It is a normal day at the psych ward for Dr. Zoe Goldman when a young african american girl is brought in by the police. She doesn’t know her name or where she is coming from creating a troublesome case for Dr. Goldman. Since the young african american girl can not cite her name she is referred to in the system as Jane Doe. She has no idea who she is or how she even got into the ward. This creates the case of a lifetime for Dr. Goldman in the book The Girl Without A Name by Sandra Block. This…

the Holocaust was something that occurred on a daily basis, that’s a well known fact, but there were also many survivors when the camp was seized. Although, Elie Wiesel’s stunning and well-written novel, “Night”, is one that helped him win the Nobel Peace Prize. The memoir is about the year Elie spent in Auschwitz with his father. There are tales of gruesome incidents that took place in the camp, from strenuous work conditions to just the pure insanity of the officers of the camp. In the novel…

eye. Malala began to grow in momentum and her message reach more and more people. Her promotion of women’s and children’s education put her on national media, but it also placed her under the Taliban’s eye. After receiving the National Youth Peace Prize in December of 2011 she began to set out to create the Malala Education Foundation to help send girls that cant afford school, got to…

Of Mice and Men reflects ideas that John Steinbeck conveys in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. John Steinbeck was an American author who wrote multiple books, including Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men is about two Migrant workers in California, George Milton and Lennie Small, after they lost their jobs in Weed, California ,because of Lennie’s stupidity, they had to contemplate on what they had to do next. As Lennie is recumbently George goes to sleep as well thinking about the job that they…

Mother Teresa In our world, there are many people who work to achieve justice. Most of those heroes do not think about themselves, they only think about others, and how they can improve their world and their society. Every one of them has their own way to help the people around them. They spend a lot of effort, money, time and for some even their life to make the world a better place for others. Some of them use their position to help people; others do not have anything except their…

women’s education because he believed that women should be treated equally, this gave more courage for Malala to stand up for women's education. On October 10th, 2014 Malala was announced a winner of The Nobel Peace Prize. Malala is the youngest to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is given to those who have done great work to bring peace between nations. Malala’s Famous book is called ‘I AM MALALA’. This book talks about her whole life story of how she was shot by the Taliban,…

“Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love” (#57, page 29). The saint I have chosen for my confirmation name is Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska. She was born on August 25th 1905 in Glogowiec, Poland and sadly passed away on October 5th 1938. Her feast date is October 5th. Saint Faustina had healed a man's permanently damaged heart instantly. When a lady with an incurable…