Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. In his Nobel Lecture he Quest for Peace and Justice, King focused on not only injustice but also poverty: “Like a monstrous octopus, it projects its nagging, prehensile tentacles in lands and villages all over the world.”
1. For this writing, you will locate another recent or past Nobel prize for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, or economic sciences. Explore Nobel Laureates who have won Nobel Prizes and select one for your writing. [Once you select a Peace Prize and its winner (Laureate), you will find that there is an MLA citation provided for the webpage.]
2. From that page, you can also locate the Laureate’s Nobel Lecture to read and in some cases also in video format. (This webpage will also have an MLA citation.)
3. Write your essay in response to the Nobel Lecture. Also include relevant background information about the Nobel Laureate and the context of the topic. Your response should identify the rhetorical triangle.
4. Integrate additional credible sources. A valuable resource for searching is Google Lhola,
5. Include visual rhetoric by adding one or more visuals (photo, chart, graph, image, or other).
6. Follow MLA or APA format.
