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Diplomacy And Nonviolence

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Imagine a child asleep and comfortable in a warm bed, suddenly in a low roar, the voices of people walking down the street can be heard. These voices all chanting about the abuse their people have endured. However, the focus is not on these people, nor their race or religion but on how they respond to their issues. With violence or nonviolence, how should any child be awoken? Naturally in a nonviolent or technically diplomatic way, now imagine the sleeping child as an intolerable situation. With the desire to change this in the hearts of the people the best way to make that change is with diplomacy and patience. But what exactly is diplomacy? Diplomacy is being capable of dealing with or talking to other people in a sensitive and civil manner. Back to waking up the child or drawing attention to an intolerable situation when waking a young child is it better to viciously shake the child awake or to coax from its slumber. …show more content…

An intolerable or unfortunate situation is the same both in the way to approach it and how to deal with it, with diplomacy and nonviolence. Why should these people use such a dull and time consuming tactic? Both statements in that question are true taking a diplomatic approach is very dull and extremely time consuming for those against and for the situation. Being diplomatic can be drall by having to stand and hold a sign or waiting to sign a petition is always boring but whenever the lives and well of an entire people are on the mind it can be absolutely worth the wait. A question that many have wondered and may be wondering is, how can waiting for change or protesting for it be better than fighting for change? Well

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Literal Content This passage is taken from Chapter 8 of A Separate Peace by John Knowles. This excerpt is taking place a Devin in the winter where Gene is running a course which Finny had laid out for him. Gene reaches the tree and then begins to describe his surroundings noticing the snow and the stillness of the world.

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Ella Reynolds Professor Griffiths REL C 225 Sec 017 March 19 2024 Prescription for Peace In August of 1833, Joseph Smith wrote a letter in response to Oliver Cowdery’s letter of concern regarding the rising troubles for the Saints in Missouri. The letter contained revelations from God that would help the Saints in their time of strife. During the time this revelation was given, the Saints were being persecuted and threatened by their neighbors in Jackson County. This included Bishop Partridge being tarred and feathered, the press being destroyed, and many threats to remove the Saints forcibly if needed (The Missouri Persecutions).

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Instead, the resulting society reduces people to mindless robots marking time to an oppressive government’s regimented schedules.” (May). American society today there are protesters who fight in what they believe is right for the people in the union. For example, benefits that includes 401K, dental insurance and life insurance. People need to take a stand to encourage others to follow along or to make a long-lasting imprint to what their fighting for.

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The setting of the novel, A Separate Peace, By John Knowles, is set in New England during World War II. The Author wrote this book to give us information about World War II. Also how things were at Devon’s Boarding School. The boys are training and learning about the war so the boys there can learn about enlisting into the war.

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Strength develops in someone through their experiences which have the ability to make them an emotionally stronger person. A quote by Ernest Hemingway presents that “the world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places.” Even those who suffer the most will have the ability to bounce back at a stronger state. This theme reveals its relevance in A Separate Peace by John Knowles as we analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the main characters, Finny and Gene. Although some may insist that Finny’s emotional state fits the mold of a weak character, I have confidence that Finny has the most inner strength out of the two boys given his description and actions throughout the novel.

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A loving friend turns murderer after his retched jealousness and overanalyzing pushes him to new lows. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the true character of Gene Forrester is shown as he narrates his point of view of the story. Gene Forrester is a relatable ever changing, humanistic, and someone who is always in contention. Although at points Gene seems mentally unstable, he is a round, dynamic character that adapts and is generally mentally sound. Gene being the narrator of his own story shows from his perspective just how he views people and their interactions.

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Moreover, since most children want their voices to be heard, they will go as far as to provoke violence just so they can make their point ‘bloody’ clear. However, their voices can not only

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The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles is filled with a lot of symbolism relating to war. Much of the story takes place in Devon where the boys go to school, but there is also a huge event happening outside the boys’ environment, which is the war. Although war is not the main setting of the story it still has a lot of connection with the themes of the book. The symbol of war is related to the themes youth to adult transition and friendship accompanied by jealousy.

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According to The Washington Post, an interview with Emily Boa, a protester in the George Floyd movement claims that “‘if we stopped protesting because we’re scared . . . they’ll win.’” Boa asserts that when one does not take action and protest, the opposing side will succeed. Philosopher and humanist Elie Wiesel expressed similar ideas, stating that “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

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Death is often depicted as a literal way for someone to pass to another life, but no one really suggests that death could also mean a passing of an emotion. All though the majority may testify on A Separate Peace written by John Knowles being a novel containing simple literary analytics, Explanation in full detail in the novel A Separate Peace is in fact a psychological thriller. A Separate Peace explains and determines the reasoning behind the theory of the true death that Gene realizes he kills at the end of the story in an orderly metaphorical way that makes it seem hard to interpret for many readers. All in all Knowles wants the readers to understand the importance of self acknowledgement because without it, it causes the human impulse

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As David Cortright mentions there is such a thing as peace science today that could be studied at most universities. This is really do, to research and development over the years about peace keeping that has led to a lot of knowledge and resources available on this subject. Today, we can study peace in many ways through research to find out what works and what doesn’t, when trying to promote peace or the elimination of violence. As Cortright mentions that war and violence is more likely and poor communities where there is a lack for opportunities. This closely relates to criminal justice where poor communities don’t have to opportunities needed to survive, succeed or make a living, so they rely on illegal means of making a living.

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The Devon school plays an important role as the setting of A Separate Peace by relating to the major themes throughout the novel in elusive ways and reminding the reader of the impending cloud of war. Unlike most war novels, A Separate Peace takes place in a school, where war does not directly affect the students’ lives but is constantly looming overhead. The Devon school is a high school for boys in New Hampshire; hence, the book gives a different perspective into the lives of people being affected by war. The novel is more about boys who are too young to be in an actual battle, but too old to not be concerned with the war at all. While subtly reminding the reader of the evidence the both war and peace that are present throughout the book

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World War II was a period of time when life was depressing and difficult. Throughout this depression, people would come together and form a uniformity to surpass the negative emotions the war has caused. John Knowles, the author of A Separate Peace has revealed feelings of the war by showing different situations of the war through the use of diction, selection of details, and imagery. The war has caused many negative feelings to the citizens in the United States.

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Throughout the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, there are many important things portrayed that coincide with the fact that the book is a wonderful literary piece and should be read by many students. A Separate Peace is an absolutely amazing novel and should be a required book read by every high school student because of the following: it relates to High School students, it demonstrates how hatred can turn into something very evil, and it teaches people how to forgive someone despite previous problems. A Separate Peace by John Knowles relates very closely to students in high school because of the characters in the book being in high school and going through many of the same things that high school students do. “Like all old, good schools,

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Conflict resolution as a field of study as indicated has formed hypothetical bits of knowledge into the nature and source of conflict and how conflicts can be resolved through peaceful systems to effectuate a dependable settlement. Morton Deutsch, was the first to form and understanding into the helpful results of collaboration as a scholastic enquiry. In his view, various variables like the way of the debate and the objectives every group in a conflict goes for are crucial in deciding the sort of introduction a group would convey to the negotiation table in its endeavor to unravel the conflict (Morton Deucth, 1985, p.24). To him, two essential orientations do exist. These are competitive and cooperative.

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