Louis Braille
Louis Braille was born in the Coupvray, France on January 4, 1809. His mother
and father were Monique and Simon René Braille. Louis was the youngest of four other
children. Their names were Louis-Simon, Catherine-Josephine, and Marie-Celine.
Louis’ father, Simon René, was a saddler. He made saddles and harnesses for
horses. His father had also been a saddler. Louis family led a simple, ordinary life. They
owned their farmhouse and seven and a half acres of land. Louis dad’s workshop was
also on this land. The Braille’s didn’t have that much money, but there was always
plenty of food on the table. The family lived on a road called Chemin des Buttes. It
would later be renamed to Rue Louis Braille.
Louis would often visit his dad in the workshop. To Louis the shop was an
exiting adventure every time he would walk in there. The workshop smelt of leather, and
bridles, reins, and straps hung everywhere. In the middle of the workshop stood a bench
with many sharp tool. Not a very safe place for a three year old.
The tragedy is not known in perfect detail. Nor is the exact date known. But it
happened sometime in the year 1812. The investigating three-year-old boy climbed onto
the workbench in the workshop when his father was not looking. Louis reached for an
awl or knife. Soon after, people nearby heard yelling coming from the workshop. Louis
was crying, and blood gushed down his face. His hands had slipped off the sharp tool,
and the awl had cut into his eye. Louis mom and dad did every thing they could for the
helpless child. They cleaned the bleeding eye and covered it up with bandages. When
the bleeding stopped, they took Louis to the doctor. In those days doctors didn’t know
a lot about helping infections. Powerless the doctor and the Braille family looked on as
Louis’ infection spread to the other eye. Every thing became blurry for Louis. He began
to bump into things; he would drop things, and began to stumble constantly. His family
took him to an eye doctor in a adjacent town, but the doctor couldn’t help the poor child.
Louis’ sight got even worse each day. Eventually, he lost all sight in both eyes.
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for two years before he was able to come back to work. Only about a week after he was
teaching he began to bleed. So the doctor sent him home once again.
Many years past before he go back to school. When he was able to get back on
his feet there was a new school in place. Many famous people visited the school. The
new buildings were ready in 1843. The students moved to the new school with all their
belongings. The new building was clean and airy.
By 1850, Louis was feeling very sick again. The school director let Louis stay at
the school and teach a few piano lessons. By December 1851, Braille knew he was
dying, so Louis put his will in order. He left many of his belongings to his friend Coltat,
who gave them to the students who loved Braille. Louis gave the rest of his stuff to his
mother.
Louis Braille died on January 6, 1852. He had just turned forty-three. Louis was
buried at Coupvray. His final ride home was the same road he had traveled to Paris
with his father. In 1854, France adopted the Braille system as its official system for blind
people.
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got away. he would come back in a better mood to be with his father.
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Speeches are a method of persuading people to do something. For Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, their speeches were to bring equality for the people of color. However, their approaches are different. Consequently, the effects may be different. An example of their contrasting differences is a speech from each, King’s “I Have a Dream” and X’s “The Black Revolution”. Their speeches used pathos, a central metaphor, and a warning, but was presented differently.
Martin Luther King uses a lot of repetition in his speech. They are scattered throughout but very close. One of the repetitions in his speech is “I have a dream.” He uses this phrase to show what he sees in the future of America. One of the phrases he uses with it is: “I have a dream that one day this nation will and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” Another is “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their nature. I have a dream today.” (King, M. L. Jr. (1963, Aug.28) Para 12) Two other repetitions he uses is “Let freedom ring” and “Free at last.” (King, M. L. Jr. (1963, Aug.28) Para 16&17)
his room the minute he saw him. His father harshly chased him back to his
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Which can be having armed officers walk though halls, making sure the school is safe from any harm that could potentially happen.
going on but his life was in fact destroyed at the same moment because of the battle.
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As the story begins, the unnamed doctor is introduced as one who appears to be strictly professional. “Aas often, in such cases, they weren’t telling me more than they had to, it was up to me to tell them; that’s why they were spending three dollars on me.” (par. 3) The doctor leaves the first impression that he is one that keeps his attention about the job and nothing out of the ordinary besides stating his impressions on the mother, father and the patient, Mathilda. Though he does manage to note that Mathilda has a fever. The doctor takes what he considers a “trial shot” and “point of departure” by inquiring what he suspects is a sore throat (par. 6). This point in the story, nothing remains out of the ordinary or questionable about the doctor’s methods, until the story further develops.
In history we know that no two men are alike but, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were phenomenal people and leaders. Both had visualized some type of change in the future, yet were not literally able to see it. Both Dr. King and Malcolm X set out to bring a sense of confidence to blacks all over the United States. Their main purpose was to help instill black’s power and strength so that they could overcome racial disparity and prejudice that surrounded them, but both of them had very unique and distinct different ways of promoting their message. Martin was more geared and focused on equality and wellness of the world as a whole, a Malcolm X’s personal interpretation of the world was very well blinded by anger, bitterness, and the desire to get revenge at the expense of the world that he thought treated him unfairly.