Martin Luther King Jr, a very, very, very good motivational speaker. He fought peacefully for freedom and equal rights influencing others to do the same. President Dwight. D. Eisenhower, a very popular president of the U.S. He inspired the citizens with his knowledge and experience. While MLK Jr and Ike are two famous speakers, their Tones and purposes in their speeches of the “I have a Dream” speech and the Farewell address have quite a few differences.

One of the many contrasts in the two speeches is the purpose. Eisenhower says in his address, “This evening, I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen.”. This shows the purpose of the speech, to say a final goodbye. In MLK Jr’s “I have a dream”, he says, “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”. His purpose is clear, to focus on the great act of freedom towards blacks or other races. He believed it was time for desegregation and racial equality.

Another of the differences about the two speeches and their speakers was the tone. The tone varies based on the purpose. As an example, Martin Luther King Jr had an inspiring and determined tone because it goes well with the subject he talked about. He described things with lots of imagery like “Cash this check….that will give us….the riches of freedom.”. Ike’s tone was different. He was addressing America to say goodbye and warn the U.S of the Military Industrial Complex. This subject merited the somber and serious tone from the president.

Although Eisenhower and MLK Jr wrote very famous speeches, like the Farewell address and the I have a dream speech, the two are very different in style like the tone and purpose. These differences draw the people apart in terms in writing and speaking. Without their writings, the world would be a different place. We wouldn’t know about the Military Industrial Complex and equal rights wouldn’t be the same. That is what makes the speeches so important to history.

After WWII, colonies got their freedom others had to fight for it. Vietnam was one of those colonies that had to fight. France wanted Vietnam back as their colony. They were defeated by the Vietnamese so the U.S took charge of the war, using the Tonkin Gulf Resolution as an excuse to officially enter a war against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong. As the war raged on, the U.S started to loose more and more battles upsetting the public, starting anti war protests. Then came Richard Nixon, the 37th president and the last to be part of the Vietnam war. America signed a peace treaty in 1973.

Colleges like Cal State Los Angeles are using an online lab to conduct their science experiments. With these computer simulations, people are able to lots of things and are able to save money for equipment. There are good and bad things to this new way of science. The good thing is that one, its cheaper, it gives instant results, and help people get through the necessary science courses to graduate. On the other hand, these online experiments are unrealistic. They give instant results unlike a real experiment where you would have to wait. The program gives a simulation and doesn’t prepare students for the real world of science.

The author had no bias and stated the pros, cons, and opinions of the colleges and people. I think that these online labs are cool but not good because people need to really conduct the research and do the experiment. It doesn’t prepare people for the real world. My parent thinks its practical but it can’t replace hand-on science. It lets kids work on concepts without the struggles of materials, safety, time, and money. In addition it can help kids focus on key understandings without introducing too many variables.

John F. Kennedy, the famous and awesome 35th president, led the United States of America from 1961-1963. Being president wasn’t easy especially during all the hard times of segregation and the Cold War. The president had to do something. Unfortunately, JFK was occupied with a potential WWIII but did what he could with the Civil Rights Movement.

Going into JFK’s childhood, he was born on May 29th, 1917, in Massachusetts. He was the second oldest of nine siblings. Through his childhood to teenage years, JFK struggled with sicknesses and further on in his life, was diagnosed with Addison’s disease. With all the health issues, the president-to-be still led a privileged, well educated life going to private schools. Going to Harvard, JFK traveled with his father as his secretary.

In John F. Kennedy’s run for president he had to get the support of the black community who won him the election. The African Americans voted for the young president in the hope of desegregation. The potential WWIII occupied a lot of his time but he did do somethings. He put African Americans in higher job positions, he encouraged desegregation in public areas, and he used the National Guard to enforce desegregation and protect blacks.

When the President died on November 22nd, 1963 the U.S was in shock. He died in Dallas Texas, at 1:00 PM, shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from the sixth floor of the book depository. Many people remembered where they were when the news went out. In honor of the fallen president, Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president used the emotion of the states to pass the Civil Rights Act. John F. Kennedy will be remembered for his involvement in many things and his part in the beginning Civil Rights Act.

JFK, the 35th president. Forty six years old and very popular. Unfortunately, his presidency only lasted two years, 1961-1963. He was assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. LHO was the assassin. His actions and intentions directly caused the assassination of JFK.

LHO was born in New Orleans Oct 18th, 1939. He took an interest in socialism and in 1956, he joined the marines. He was a very good marksman but was court marshaled twice for violent behavior and illegal possession of a weapon(“wikipedia”). In 1954, he left to Moscow to try to join the U.S.S.R. He came back to the U.S in 1961 with his newly married wife and daughter. He would stay in Texas for most of his life.

Lee Hervey Oswalds interest in communism led him to support the revolution in Cuba. He founded a Pro Castro organization called Fair Play For Cuba Committee (“History.com”). In 1963, LHO bought a weapon and later in April he failed to shoot former General Edwin A. Walker (“History.com”). Then, he went to Mexico City to gain entrance to Cuba and the U.S.S.R. Unfortunately, for him he was denied access so he had to stay in America.

This is where JFK comes in. LHO had to stay in America so he settled down in Dallas, Texas where JFK happened to make his tour. As his motorcade passed by the book depository building a man on the 6th floor fires 3 shots. The bullets whizzed through the air and found their mark on the president. He was fatally wounded at 12:30 PM and was pronounced dead at 1:00 PM, thus ending John F. Kennedy’s presidency.

As we go back to the scene where the 35th president died we know a couple of things. We know what drove the assassin LHO to kill JFK. We know how the man Lee Harvey Oswald got to the book depository. We know that the actions and motives of Lee Harvey Oswald directly caused the assassination of JFK. This is an important part in history because it was the end of the 35th president.

Works Cited

“John F. Kennedy assassinated”. History.com. Web.

“Lee Harvey Oswald”. en.wikipedia.org.Web

The book The Good Earth was an interesting story. It was about a man’s life from being young and poor to old and rich. I myself rated it 2 1/2 of 5. I didn’t like it as much because it was weird. The main character Wang Lung, goes through all of his life like when he gets his 2nd wife and 3rd wife. It was OK as a story but it didn’t float my boat. The story starts off when Wand Lung gets married to O Lan who helps him on the farm. But then, a drought came and his new family has to leave everything to go to the south or die of starvation. They moved to the south and started a new life. But his poor life ended when a riot broke out against the rich people. Wang Lung stumbled upon a man who was very rich and offered him money in exchange to save his life. Wang Lung took the money and became rich. He moved back to his old farm and started to expand and hired more workers. While people worked for Wang Lung, he was seeing someone and his wife was slowly dying of disease. At the end, his wife died, he got a third wife, and his life is ending. The story didn’t float my boat but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. I would recommend it if you’re learning about Chinese history.