Prize

American writers, regarded tremendously around the world and produce many of the great novels written. In order to write a good novel, there must be a great author who knows how to manipulate words and phrases to set the mood and let the reader understand how characters feel on a deeper and more personal level; in addition, a great author must also be able to deliver theme across to the reader so the reader can understand what the meaning of the story is, and two of those great authors are…

Both King and Obama obtain positions in society that affect their perspectives on violence. In his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, King states society needs to overcome violence without the use of violence. By him saying this, the reader can tell that King is an activist for the civil rights movement. He believes in fighting violence with nonviolence, something that is thought to be ineffective for civil rights. King also says, “…nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral…

Only 109 people have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This award is given to someone “who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction”(The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954). Nobody has won the prize more than one time in their lifetime, which shows how tough it is to accomplish. The Literature Prize is just one of six prizes that can be won each year; including the Chemistry, Peace, Physics, Economic Sciences, Medicine, and Literature.…

award as part of his will” ("Pulitzer Prizes Fast Facts."). There are currently twenty-one categories. Authors from online newspapers are not allowed to enter. However, online presentations are allowed. To win the Pulitzer Prize, one’s paper is preferably about American life, published the previous year of the competition, and must be electronically submitted. It is also required to submit an entry fee of 50 dollars, paid by credit card only. ("Pulitzer Prizes Fast Facts."). The Cold War was a…

When the unrivaled American author John Steinbeck took home the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, he had concluded his writing career with one final major work he had published a few months earlier: Travels with Charley: In Search of America, a log of his 1960 tour of the continent in an attempt to rediscover America. At age fifty-eight, he was nearing the end of his writing career and, ultimately, his life as well. As a piece of nonfiction, Travels with Charley serves as a love letter to…

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States on Saturday, October 8, bringing up to Category 4 force winds, rain and storm surge to communities across the Southeast. U.S. officials reported damage of at least $10 billion, making Matthew the costliest hurricane since Sandy in 2012. In North Carolina and South Carolina, swollen rivers transformed thoroughfares into canals and homes into sodden islands, in some cases with only the roof or the windows peeking above the water. American Red…

“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…

education. In 2009, Malala started creating blogs about education rights. She also blogged for the BBC about living under the Taliban’s threats to deny her education. Much of her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011. In the same year, Malala was awarded…

Not only Malala won a prize, but other people considered as heroes like Martin Luther King JR won the prize as well. Once she was discovered on the internet she set up a fund in her name (www.nobelpeaceprize.com). In just 8 days she made over 80 thousand dollars and Malala took that money and spent it to build schools…

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…