Peace of Westphalia

fought between the Colombian government and their rebel groups, costing the Colombian people their homes, lives, families, embedding fear into the people, giving the people uncertainty and little hope. There has been riots, talks of peace, but also rejection of the peace, and the people of Colombia are being misinformed of the civil war that is raging right outside their doors. Firstly, Alvaro Uribe, was the president of Colombia from 2002 until 2010. His campaign pursued tougher policies and…

The Nobel Peace Prize is just some worthless piece of metal. Anybody can achieve it, yet some of the people who have received it accomplished feats that anyone could do. Watson and Crick did not have to discover DNA, anyone could have done that, and Gandhi did not have to invent the nonviolence movement, that’s so easy. Tom Toles illustrated a political cartoon in the Washington Post and Michael Binyon wrote an article in the London Times claiming that the prize the Nobel committee gives to…

1920’s, numerous attempts at securing peace among nations influenced the many policies that were written in the hopes that the world would become united despite World War I, which ultimately destroyed the pre-war worlds confidence. Many of these attempts and creations of unity were carried down into policies that were written into a document called the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was written based on 14 points that Woodrow Wilson deemed important to world peace and brought an end to WWI.…

not get caught by the Nazi another text is,” Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl” is about all the things that Anne Frank had to go through and the struggles of leaving behind friends,and last but not least is, “The Acceptance Speech from the Nobel Peace Prize” is about a man who is a Jew that was in a concentration camp and was able to survive through it all so he gave a speech about the Holocaust and all the difficulties. This is about a play of anne frank called “The Diary of Anne frank…

illogical and unethical to judge others based on their appearance, family, intelligence, economical status, or color of skin. Dr. King’s speech was of a direct quotation, allusion, and poetry, he used analogies and metaphors, according to “The Nobel Peace Prize” (1964), he studied The US Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the Bible and he used biblical dialect and metaphor to prove his point. Dr. King used frequent repetition and rhythm to bang home key points. Dr. King’s…

The Ancient Maya By Emily Guyer The Ancient Maya Are different from the maya today. The mayan culture today does not do the tradition’s that their ancestors did. One of them is the law that they follow is the same as in the us. The language that they peak is spanish which they are only allowed to speak because the language that their ancestors had was wiped out from there colcher. So they still do some of the traditions that their ancestors did. By gardening, clothing and then music. The maya…

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Obama was voted in as president was a momentous moment in the United States’s history. One major event that marred Obama’s first years as the President was the inaccurate awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize according to Michael Binyon, author of “Comment: Absurd Decision on Obama Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize,” which appeared in the London Times and Tom Toles, the creator of the cartoon “Heavy Medal,” which was published in The Washington Post. They feel as though the award was awarded…

they would never be attacked again. Woodrow Wilson He was President of America. He wanted to make peace by ending the war. He wanted to make the world safer and a better place for all the people. In 1918, Woodrow Wilson published the ‘Fourteen Points’ saying what he wanted. The 14 points is a statement of principles for ending the World War I. He said that he wanted disarmament and also wanted peace that countries could talk their problems with each other, without war. FOURTEEN POINTS The…

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a nonfiction narrative written by Malala Yousafzai and co-written by Christina Lamb. I am Malala was originally published on October 8, 2013. This outstanding book had the privilege to undergo worldwide recognition and receive the Goodreads Choice Awards, for best memoir & autobiography. I am Malala, is an inspiring narrative and a great read. I am Malala shares the life of a young Pakistan teenager who endured a…