Difference makers essay outline
- What they did
- Belladonna
i. Saying stop to physical violence
ii. Staying by her beliefs
iii. Taking action to physical violence
- Dr Chandra
i. Reducing poverty
ii. Bringing nonprofit education to isolated places in India
iii. people free eye exams and prescription
- Susan Aglukark
i. Educated people about Inuit believes
ii. Educated about the difficulties of Inuit communities
iii. Expressed tough topics about suicide and abuse through song
iv. Become a motivational speaker for youth and adults
v. Toured far isolated Inuit communities
- Terry fox
i. Survived though cancer with a rapid recovery
ii. Attempted to ran all across Canada
iii. Ran for cancer research
iv. Gave cancer patients hope
v. Made 1.7 million $ for cancer research
- Mohanda Gandhi
i. Ran a national campaign for civil rights
ii. Against racism and bring peace to India
iii. Tried to reduce poverty
- To fill in the gap between rich and poor
iv. stood up for what he believes in
- What experiences they had?
- Belladonna
i. Boyfriend abused her in public
ii. Being all alone
iii. Having no one speak up to stop her boyfriend
- Dr Chandra
i. Lived in poor rural community in India
ii. Moved to Canada and living off welfare with wife and 2 children
iii. Wife and children die in terrorist bombing on a plane to India
iv. After mourning revisiting his childhood home
- Susan Aglukark
i. Grew up in northern Canada
ii. Became aware of many problems in isolated communities
iii. Many children were abused had alcoholic parents, displacement and suicide
- Terry Fox
i. Finding he had cancer in his leg
- Having his leg amputated
ii. Having rapid recovery and positive outlook
iii. Seeing many other cancer patients suffer and die and realizing he was very lucky
- Mohanda gandhi
i. He grew up believing in mutual peace
ii. Moving to south Africa
- Being forced to give up his 1st class train ticket to 3rd class
- Refusing to take off his turban when he was told to
- Being sent to jail for being Indian
iii. Studied law
- What goals did they have?
- Belladonna
i. Breaking silence of physical violence
ii. Helping people who are in difficult situations
- Dr Chandra
i. Moving past his family tragedy
ii. Bringing peace to people’s lives instead of violence
iii. Giving to the extremely poor
- Susan Aglukark
i. Bringing self respect back in the world
ii. Educate about isolated communities she once lived in
iii. Educating children and adults about tough subjects
- Terry Fox
i. Bringing hope into cancer patients
ii. Saving lives
iii. Trying to cure cancer
iv. Make a large impact in cancer research
- Mohanda Gandhi
i. For everyone to be treated equally
ii. Reducing poverty
iii. Bringing peace in place like south Africa and India
- What steps did they take to making a difference
- Belladonna
i. To stand up to physical violence
ii. Getting over the fear of making a change
- Dr Chandra
i. Year of mourning and sadness
ii. Realizing his family is gone
iii. Stopped feeling sorry for himself
- Susan Aglukark
i. Writing the songs so there catchy and have a meaning
ii. Visited isolated communities
iii. Decided she wanted to become a motivational speaker
- Terry Fox
i. Had to go through months of chemotherapy
ii. Recovered from amputation
iii. Had rapid recovery
iv. Got a artificial leg
- Mohanda Gandhi
i. Got a education in law
ii. Stayed strong for what he believes in
iii. Refused to be treated like trash
- What convinced them? Or inspiration
- Belladonna
i. That others are afraid to interfere
ii. People think they aren’t powerful enough to make a change
iii. She wanted to make a change not be a bystander
- Dr Chandra
i. He saw this hometown seeing how bad it got
ii. Saw children with no basic needs or education
iii. He felt that his family would want him to make a difference in children’s and adults life’s
- Susan Aglukark
i. People forgetting about self respect
ii. That we don’t understand what respecting others mean
iii. Having her cousin commit suicide
- Terry fox
i. Seeing many cancer patients suffer and die
ii. He wanted to make his life worth living
iii. He wanted to save lives
- Mohanda Gandhi
i. Being discriminated against for race
ii. Being beaten for being Indian
Being jailed in South Africa for no reason
Thesis Paragraph
Difference makers are people how change how we see our self and society, people who are difference maker have strong opinion and stay with it. Difference makers are people like terry Fox, Mohanda Gandhi and Dr Chandra. Terry fox did the thing that everyone thought was impossible even for someone with 2 legs, he ran across Canada but ended up dying, he ran 5373 kilometers. Mohanda Gandhi created peace throughout many 3rd world countries. And Dr Chandra basic needs in rural communities India.
Concluding Paragraph
Out of the 5 difference maker I think Terrry fox made the most difference in people society and the world. All these people made a difference and stayed strong to their beliefs and inspire me to make a difference too.