1. Example Brief TOPICS to be used in
Mahatma *born in India *physical power in
Ghandi not always the
*educated in Britain solution to disputes
*came back to India to *role models
reject the British
Occupation *difficult situations
let people discover
*called for non violent their potentials
resistance
*simple ideas can
*boycotted the British lead to great results
goods
*rejecting unfairness
*helped Indians to discover
their potentials *loyalty to nations
*Martin Luther King *people are what
followed his steps in using they do not who they
non violent resistance are
*Muslims imitated his *imitation of past
boycotting when Denmark experiences
insulted their prophet.
Martin Luther *Black American priest *rejecting unfairness
King
*resisted segregation *seeing the other side
against the Blacks
*imitating the good
*gave a speech to all , figures
Whites and Blacks, to show
2. the importance of their *the power of words
unity and exchangeable
understanding *people are what
they do not who they
*his speech ‘I have a dream are
‘ is an example of using
logic , appealing to
emotions , and figurative
language
*assassinated by a racist
Bell Gates *the owner of Micro Soft *persistence
*rejected by teachers at *judging people
school as he was thought needs to look at their
to be dump hidden potentials
*believes that a person’s *money doesn’t lead
own abilities can let to selfishness
employers seek hiring this *personal beliefs can
person lead to success
8one of the wealthiest
people in the world
*donated a large sum of his
wealth to the poor
*encouraged and
influenced other tycoons to
donate parts of their
fortunes to the poor
Helen Keller *born blind *persistence
*at the age of two , got a *role of teachers in
disease that caused her to people’s lives
be deaf
3. *at the age of seven, Ann *sharing experiences
Sullivan, a teacher who to learn
believed in Helen’s abilities,
helped Helen to recognize
the world around her.
*later on , Helen became a
lecturer and a human rights
activist
*wrote her autobiography
to let people learn from her
experience
Anwar Al Sadat *was a soldier in the *learning from past
Egyptian Army before the experiences
Egyptian Revolution in
1952 *good planning leads
to success
*fired from the army and
imprisoned after killing an *negotiation can save
unfair army leader us sufferings
*got an acquittal to be
promoted to be the third
President after Gamal
Abdel Nasser
*led Egypt to win the 1973
war against Israel (got the
brilliant idea of destroying
the barrier when watching
a old movie)
4. *signed the Peace Treaty in
1977
*wrote his autobiography ‘
Search For Self’
Opera Winfrey *Black American T.V star *persistence
*abused when she was *money doesn’t lead
young to selfishness
*her show depends on *sharing experiences
letting everyone share his/ can teach people
her experience with others about life
as she herself did
*one of the wealthy people
in the world , but she still
helps the needy
*built a school in Africa to
help people in the land of
her roots
Thomas Edison *teachers thought he is *persistence
stupid *keeping hope
*invented many things, the
most important of which is
the electrical bulb
*FAMOUS QUOTE:’I DIDN’T
FAIL 999 TIMES; I LEARNED
999 WAYS NOT TO DO THE
THING’
Macbeth *a play by Shakespeare *people are what
*Macbeth , a successful they do not who they
leader , shows greed to be are
a king
5. *was cheated on by *ambition can be
witches destructive if not
*killed the king controlled
*his wife , lady Macbeth,
urged him to kill the king *reality and
*through the play , no one appearance
called him the king because SHAKESPEARE SAYS
he didn’t deserve this title (LADY MACBETH WAS
*Macbeth was killed by the LIKE A SERPENT
end in the same way he UNDER A FLOWER)
killed the king
*choices and
consequences
*words can be
deceiving if not
reasoned(FAIR IS
FOUL AND FOUL IS
FAIR , the witches
say)
King Lear *a play by Shakespeare *reality and
*had three daughters appearance
*the elder two deceived
him by sweet words but *goodness is not
neglected him later when always appreciated
he gave them his kingdom
*the youngest one was
honest with him , but he
didn’t appreciate her
honesty
6. Famous Quotations :
1)’A good doctor treats the symptoms; a great one treats the
patient’
Reality and appearance/ thinking critically and analytically /
motivations of people
2)’It is not length of life; it is depth of life’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
And in the end , it is not the years in your life that count ;it is the life
in your years’ Abraham Lincoln
‘it is not how old you are; it is how old you feel’
Hope/ ambition/ value of life experiences/value of sharing people
their concerns to help them / persistence
3)If you shoot , shoot the stars ; if it misses , it will fall on the moon’
Having great expectations/ hope / persistence / ambition
4)T.V is just a stupid way of keeping day dreaming
Dreams need efforts to be achieved / disadvantages of technology
5)The difficult thing about success is that you have to keep success’
7. Persistence/ success is not a coincidence / ambition
6)Life is so much more important than art , but what a poor life
without art.’
‘Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyways’
People shouldn’t be too serious / spirituality versus materialism
7)’In the factory , we make cosmetics ; in the shop , we sell hope’
Hope , reality and appearance , inner beauty is more than facial
beauty
8)We make a living by what we get ; we make a life by what we
give’ Winston Churchill
9)Just like a candle cant burn without fire , men can’t live without a
spiritual life . Buddha
Value of human figures , value of helping or cooperating with people
10)Life is like cycling; you don’t fall off unless you decide to stop
peddling .
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never
gets used up Albert Schweitzer
persistence , hope , ambition , seriousness