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In your essay you will present your ideas about the one or a combination of the following topics: individual's role in society, the effectiveness of the writer's argument, the significance of the text and its effect on society and change, the overall importance of the text and the author's message You must use one or more of the texts we read in class and provide an analysis of how the text supports the topic. Once you have identified your source text/s, you need to develop a thesis statement. When you have a thesis statement, post it as a comment. THIS IS REQUIRED! Use this thesis template: TOPIC: CLAIM: REASONS (points): 1. 2. 3. Combine these into a smooth sentence (or two).
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Mr. Sispera
12/15/2017 08:00:21 am
Despite a history of social injustices, ethnic divisions, and armed conflicts, the American dream is still possible too achieve for all individuals.
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Abby DeKryger
12/15/2017 08:07:25 am
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream and Anna Quindlen’s “A Quilt of a Country,” illustrates how freedom can impact a whole nation through diversity, equality, and pluralism.
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Mr. SIspera
12/15/2017 08:11:15 am
The short story "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer reveals how fear can cause divisions among members in a society and force individuals to make ignorant choices.
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Grace Rosser
12/15/2017 08:14:50 am
Martin Luther King Junior's "I have a dream" speech shows how freedom and equality is possible to be reached if just one person tries to speak up and make a difference in society.
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Colton DeVree
12/15/2017 09:14:04 am
The "Gettysburg Address" and "I Have a Dream" are two U.S. seminal documents that support the idea of the individuals role in society is to uphold the ideals of the nation which are freedom, unity, and equality.
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Andrew
12/18/2017 08:56:26 am
King's speech "I have a dream" uses metaphors, persuasive tone, and repetitive parallel structure to reveal that America is still dealing with racial injustice and to convince people that something must be done now.
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Chris Robinson
12/18/2017 09:19:29 am
The "Gettysburg Address" and "I Have a Dream" are two U.S. seminal documents that support the idea of the individual's role in society is to uphold the ideals of the nation which are freedom, unity, and equality.
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Catherine Hildebrand
3/21/2018 10:02:14 am
Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time" illustrates how fear can turn a society ignorant through her symbolism, irony, and history of the apartheid.
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Anna Kuyers
3/21/2018 10:05:02 am
Anna Quindline's "A Quilt of a Country" and Martin Luther's "I Have Dream illustrated how people come together in conflict, how we are tailored to fight for what we believe in no matter what it takes, and the diversity and differences between the cultural groups in the United States.
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Justina Felicioni
3/21/2018 10:08:18 am
The speeches "I have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. and "Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln both impacted America in the past and even today. These speeches embraced the idea of freedom, equality, and unity.
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Hannah VanVels
3/21/2018 10:11:50 am
In Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time" displays how fear can create a boundary between people through symbolism, history of apartheid, and irony.
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Isabell Schooley
3/21/2018 11:09:36 am
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech uses a very persuasive tone, use of extended metaphors, and repetition of words to accentuate the discrimination and segregation going on in America in this time period.
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Micayla Timmer
3/21/2018 11:14:16 am
Because of repeated words and phrases, an extended metaphor, and mentions of "The Gettysburg Address", "I Have a Dream" by Martain Luther King Junior was a very effective speech.
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Savannah Delaney
3/21/2018 11:14:32 am
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech uses extended metaphors, persuasive tone, and repetition of words to betray the segregation and discrimination occurring in America, and to convince people that something must be done.
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Anna Steele
3/21/2018 11:15:58 am
The fictional story “Once Upon A Time” written by Nadine Gordimer, illustrates how fear can turn a society ignorant through her thematic ideas, symbolism, and irony during the period of apartheid in South Africa.
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Kyla Kralapp
3/23/2018 09:55:06 am
Using Souief’s primary account of the people she protested with, a vibrant sense of patriotism, and chilling metaphors, it is proven that any person can become part of a movement.
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Logan Thomsen
10/12/2018 06:58:08 am
Thesis: The nation of America is a unique country that throughout its history has spawned many individuals who have found their roles in society and taken it upon themselves to fight injustice, counter ethnic division, and unite people in times of conflict as demonstrated in the Gettysburg Address and the "I Have a Dream" speeches.
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Kyla Ridenour
10/12/2018 07:05:54 am
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" and Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", are two of the most important and memorable speeches in American history. Both of these speeches are important and memorable because of their strive for equality, their dreams of creating peace and banishing racism.
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Preston LaMadline
10/12/2018 08:13:48 am
TOPIC: I Have A Dream Speech and Gettysburg Address
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Sage Suits
10/12/2018 08:52:40 am
Two U.S. seminal documents Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech and Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" show that one individual can truly play a role in society to make change and uphold the ideals of the United States.
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Clare Korreck
10/12/2018 08:54:22 am
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “I Have a Dream” represents how America is a great example of a pluralistic nation that is able to function because people take great risks for their causes, such as abolishing slavery, fighting to get equal opportunities between races, and the fact that America can be a platform for nonviolent resistance to promote change.
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Reese Buhlman
10/12/2018 08:56:22 am
Motivational speakers Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln were dedicated leaders who shared the common goal of unity, equality, and democracy to support a better path for the future of the United States of America through each of their famous speeches; Martin Luther King Jr's I have a dream speech and Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address".
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Yoselin Emmert
10/12/2018 10:59:17 am
Martin Luther King Jr’s “I had a Dream Speech”and Abraham Lincoln's “Gettysburg Address” are two of the most important and moving speeches in the American History. Both of these speeches are important and moving because they both fight equality, eliminate segregation, and dream of a perfect nation.
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Shay Stewart
10/12/2018 11:28:40 am
In their renowned pieces of literature, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, and Anna Quindlen all adamantly expresses the ideals of America where the country peaceful coexists alongside an assortment of different cultures and ethnicities to embolden a country filled with diversity, unity, and equality.
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Reagan Buhlman
10/12/2018 01:14:13 pm
Topic: “I have a dream” and “Gettysburg Address”
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Emma Burk
10/15/2018 05:12:13 pm
Martin Luther King Jr's speech "I Have a Dream" is one of the most important speeches in history because of the impact it had on the community/the world, the influential goals it contained, and the creative, effective way it was written.
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Kaitlynn Sal
10/15/2018 07:30:03 pm
Anna Quindlen’s article, “Quilt of a Country”, Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech demonstrate how America has become an united, pluralistic nation by overcoming historical conflicts like armed civil issues, racial discrimination and segregation, and shocking foreign attacks.
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Carrie Cline
10/16/2018 06:46:26 am
The role of an individual in society is among as important as its impacts, such as the way a body, a form, twists and cracks much like bones not meant to be broken; but only to be filled by the community, a society, a whole, through the power of unity, voice, and thought, but without an individual there would not be a whole nor a filling; just muffled voices, broken bonds, and wasteful thoughts, as shown in “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution.”
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