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In the chapter six “Wyatt Walker” in the book “David and Goliath” written by Malcolm Gladwell opens with a picture portraying a protest happened in Birmingham, Alabama involving African-American students in 1963. The picture intrigued me; thus making me wanted to interpret things happened in the pictured first before reading the whole chapter so that I get a clear picture of it . My eyes were glued to the dog that was about to bite the Black boy’s ribs as if its going to kill the him. I assumed that the boy is David as he the one who got attacked and the officer who held the dog is the Goliath. Later, I read the story with a critical and deep understanding on how the Black were oppressed by the White in the eras of where they were treated so …show more content…
But as I further read bit by bit, I discovered the story to be interesting because the author relates the story with animal characters in order to make his reader to think depth into the story. Wyatt Tee Walker, known as the Dr. King some sort of assistance, used unusual techniques in order to achieve his goal in making Eugene “Bull” Connor, the city’s public safety commissioner set in his trap. He used hundreds of children who are still in school years to join the protest just to show sympathy towards the people all over the nation. In my view, I also disagree with the fact that he used this unconventional way in making this to be an uproar news and speculation even though he had done this by necessity. Take students who are in exam for an example. Should they copy from their friends as an act of “necessity” as they know they could have the least possibility in passing with flying colors for every exam? Considering my view again, those children have to be protected from any brutality and violence happens around them instead of letting them involved in it. This also could cause trauma to some children who were involved and spectate the whole scene to experience such

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