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Book Review: The Power Of Words By Andrea Gardner

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Task 1B)
The video from YouTube named “The Power of Words” by Andrea Gardner shed lights on how changing the words and language in general can remain the exact same message, and in this case have a greater impact on those people whom walked past the blind man (Gardner). At first, the blind man had a sign where he asked for help as a result of him being blind. Undoubtedly, he was in desperate need for help, but the help failed to appear. Therefore, a (?) young women walked past him one day and changed the way he expressed himself by writing the following: “It is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it” (Gardner). The act of help by the lady gave immediate result and the man received more money and help than ever before. This truly shows how much power and influence words and language have on people; when the helpful woman changed the words it seems like the people got a greater insight on how it actually is to be a blind man. They had the opportunity to enjoy the sunny day and have a great time whereas a high numbers of persons didn’t have the same opportunities to enjoy the day. Therefore, the people walking past the blind man started sympathizing with him in contrast to the time before the sign was rewritten by the lady. ¬¬¬Again, this shows how much power words and language have in general. Just by changing some of the words made people more sympathizing and helpful at the same time.

Task 2c)
The Civil Rights movement and the racial segregation:
During the Civil Rights
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