Peace of Westphalia

It Forward I arrive in Oslo, Norway on October 9, 2021, a day before the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. As I stand on the hotel’s balcony, the sun is shining bright, and as I breathe in the fresh air, I take in the glorious view that is filled with exquisite buildings. The warm air blowing against my skin awakes my soul causing me to reminisce on how I made it to the point to be chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Eleven months ago, I attended one of Dr. Rice’s conferences, and…

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964. “ Whose work to resolve serious conflicts without violence is also helping to reduce in the United States the discriminate bitterness that condemns international organization... because of the participation of people of non-white races and of the concerns to promote ‘the dignity and worth of the human person’ regardless of race” (Nobel Prize Foundation.org MLK). The Nobel Prize Foundation was founded by Alfred Nobel in 1901. He…

The American Voice Do the people around you usually have a common issue that they want the world to hear? We all want someone to be America’s voice and help everyone. John Steinbeck is the American voice for the voiceless. John Steinbeck captured the souls of people going through war and tough times. He spoke to the hearts of soldiers and all the Americans suffering through the Great Depression. During World War II all the books and poems were over war which brought horrible nightmares from it,…

may not be exactly significant at times, but it is accurate information nonetheless. He supplies the reader with the knowledge about the Dalai Lama as to why he was taking a tour to the United States. He mentions, “The Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Thondup, who had heard that he was planning a tour to the United States, invited him to visit Santa Fe” (Preston 252). Although this may not seem like the most significant fact, it is still accurate and should be known to the…

I first heard of Malala Yousafzai while watching my favorite show, The Daily Show. As Jon Stewart said, it was “humbling to hear her speak” (The Daily Show). I had a tears form in my eyes just listening to her. She was my age and she was so intelligent and doing so much for her country and girls around the world while I was sitting in my pjs watching One Direction videos on Youtube. After watching her interview I began seeing her all over Tumblr and I could not complain. I became obsessed with…

year before the peace talks took place in Paris, President Woodrow Wilson presented a plan on January 8th, 1918 for lasting peace to the United States…

Deserved or Corrupt? The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a respected and dignified award. It is often presented to renowned figures that have helped to shape worldwide communications today. By presenting this award to undeserving figures such as Barack Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize has been seriously undermined of its credibility and prestige. Both Tom Toles and Michael Binyon excellently explain and criticize this absurd handout through their rhetoric arguments. Their logic and argumentation…

Wilson later did as he entered the Great War to give opportunities to promote his goals. On April 2 , 1917 ,President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany, As he promised in his speech he wanted to, a new world that was based on “peace and justice” among the free and the people that are self-governing in the new world. However president Wilson before entering the great war he established that America was going to declare neutrality,which was vow to keep the united states out…

an ambulance corps of 1,100 volunteers to show the British Empire that they are worthy of full rights of citizenship. In 1906, Gandhi “organized his first mass civil-disobedience campaign” and after years of protest as well as imprisonment, a compromise was made (Mahatma Gandhi). The government then recognized Hindu marriages and abolished poll tax for Indians. In 1919, the British authorities enacted the Rowlatt Act which allowed imprisonment “of those suspected of sedition without trial”…

The Treaty of Versailles was introduced in 1919, shortly after WW1 had ended. The treaty was constructed to serve as a peace settlement between Germany and the Allies, as they intended to create solutions to manage the after-effects of the war. Many countries were deeply affected by the destruction and damage that was caused by the war and Germany was formally held responsible for World War 1. There were many conferences held in Paris during this period, where it was eventually decided that…