Favorite Literature

In this semester, we read many different examples of literature. There were a couple of stories or speeches that caught my eye, but my favorite one was Patrick Henry's speech "Speech in the Virginia Convention". This was my favorite piece of literature we studied because it showed the true American spirit of independence. He was in a room filled with people doubting still if they need to fight or not for their independence, and through his speech, he motivated many people in the room to fight alongside him against the tyranny which rules the colonies. The amount of pathos he used in his speech inspired me because it was not pathos in importunate matters which can only be applied to certain people. The pathos was used for the subject of independence, and fighting for it. Showing his love for his country, the love of his people, and the love for justice really caught my attention, and I really felt what he was saying. Being Armenian, I know how it is to be under a tyrant and in horrible situations, and I completely understand the justification behind his cause. The piece of literature is truly an inspirational speech which really got me to further understand the American spirit.

Egypt Boiling Again

On November 30, 2012, Jeffery Fleishman and Reem Abdelatiff of The Los Angeles Times wrote an article called "Egypt Protests Intensify After Passage of Draft Constitution". It discusses what President Morsi of Egypt has done. He has passed a constitution which gives his office majority of the power. The Muslim Brotherhood is also a part of this power given people, and because of that citizens of Egypt have begun protests. The country recently kicked out Mubarak, the old President of Egypt, because of his autocratic policies. Some Egyptian citizens believe President Morsi is the same type of leader. They have rallied together to begin protests, being led by people like Mohamed ElBaradei, a nobel peace prize laureate. It is interesting to see that the people of Egypt are divided in this protest though. There is a part of Egypt that follows the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi, and have been called to a rally today to see if that base is still prominent in Egypt. If not, President Morsi has a big problem, but if they show up, it is going to be another new type of conflict in the Middle East.