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    William Faulkner's Speech

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    In the year 1950 William Faulkner was at the pinnacle of his writing career, he had many popular novels written and had just been nominated for the Nobel Prize. When Faulkner took the stand to give his acceptance speech he had more to say than just his thanks and gratitude, he had a message. This message was tailored to the writers and poets of the future; more specifically their duties in society. He knew his time would pass and was afraid the art of writing might die off if there was no one to…

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    Two Sides Of Extremism

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    one of the most famous speech all around the world; then at 35 he won a nobel prize for peace "for the furtherance of brotherhood among men and to the abolishment or reduction of standing armies and for the extension of these purposes." stated the Nobel Institute. And instead of keeping the 54,000 dollars he received with the award, he put it right back into the civil rights movement(“Martin Luther King WIns the Nobel Prize for Peace”). Sadly, at age 39 he is assassinated in Tennessee by James…

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    “Well-behaved women seldom make history” are you agree or disagree? Throughout the recorded history the condition of women has been a constant fee. Whether it a social status, economic state, political position, or intellectual freedom. Women have always tipped-off to address this issues to find the solution and change the history. But there are women who risk their own lives and fought for the ideas that today most of us recognized as universal and whether we realize or not and one way or…

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    World War II and Civil War brought the most horrifying time in American History which killed countless people with nuclear gas and atomic bombs.There was one author who wrote about this time.He was William Faulkner, who also won the noble prize at the time for his outstanding and unique contribution to the American literature on December 10,1950. Faulkner addressed his speech in Stockholm, Sweden to the guests, the nation and his fellow writers that he believes will one day stand where he is.…

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    whatever he was working on, causing him to look up at her. She smiled at his expression, obviously disgruntled that she had interrupted his concentration that he was giving his essay on the Holocaust. “You are looking at the new up and coming scholar, Nobel prize winner, the most amaz-,” “-Ing B ever received on a test in the history of ever,” Peter finished for her, smiling and sliding her test off of his thesis statement. Maya glared at him, snatching her B up she smacked him in the face with…

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    Who Is Rosalind Franklin?

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    Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a chemist and she was born in London England on July 25th, 1920. At just the age of 15 Rosalind Elsie Franklin decided she wanted to be a scientist. Receiving her education at several schools which also includes North London Collegiate School which she excelled in science. She was best known for the role she played in the the discovery of the structure of DNA, also her pioneering the use of X-ray diffraction. Franklin enrolled at Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1938…

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    gone to a terrible fate and how incredible unfair it was. Paragraph 14-16 talks about how she is safe while her friends and acquaintances were suffering and walking to death’s door and all because they are Jews. Up next, is a speech from the Nobel Peace Prize about kind-of famous person who told us his experiences when he encountered the anti-Jewish…

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    Women have always played significant roles in science for all of history and contributed to advancing the world to how we know it today. Women have various roles in science and have participated in making groundbreaking discoveries. However, throughout history many women have been seen as only assistants to their male colleagues and have not been given full credit for their achievements. This situation is one that is seen in the film “Contact”, where the main character, Dr. Ellie Arroway, is an…

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    Bob Dylan Influences

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    “The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and based on the fortune of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and entrepreneur” (“Nobel Prizes and Laureates”). The artist, Bob Dylan, was the first musician to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 for his influential music on social issues in the early 60’s. Bob Dylan’s winning shocked many states Sisario, “Mr. Dylan, 75, is the first…

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    In December 2014, Malala Yousafzai won The Nobel Peace Prize, together with Kailash Satyarthi. Both speakers fought against the suppression of children and young people in their native country and for the rights of all children to have an education. Malala Yousafzai delivered a passionate persuasive speech after receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway. In her speech Malala expressed gratitude and honor for all…

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