From watching the documentary White People as well as reading King’s Dream Remains an Elusive Goal, I feel that racial differences should be known, but people shouldn’t be discriminated against. In King's Dream Remains an Elusive Goal the Pew Research Team states the results of their surveys polls, in which, blacks are mostly in the minority in several topics. Pew Research team says, “ They are also more likely to say that blacks are treated less fairly than whites by police, the courts, public schools and other key community institutions” (627). To back up that statement they quote, “For example, seven-in-ten blacks and about a third of whites (37%) say blacks are treated less fairly in their dealings with the police” (629). From being a high school graduate, marriage rate, median household wealth, home ownership etc, blacks are always in the minority even by the slightest bit.…
VALUES: This excerpt is valuable because it shows the personality of the King and his point of view of how to treat ones enemy. Historians can first-hand experience his words because King is stating how feel about the civil rights movements. King feels that violence is not the way because it will lead to more and more violence. However, love is the answer to hard times in society because it makes everyone get along with each other much better.…
One point that needs to be brought up about King is that he was a clergyman so the majority of his ideas and beliefs reflected that of the church. He took the basic ideas of his church and came up with morals that the whole world could reflect on and realize that it was in the best interest for mankind as a whole whether you worshipped his same religion or not.…
handpicked these events in Biblical history to more clearly represent what he is writing about and why he is so avidly defending his cause. He argues against repression and urges the public to defend their rights and resist the rut of conformity. Just reading Letter from Birmingham Jail won 't do it justice. Further researching the components of this letter have opened my eyes to what King was really portraying. King is pleading with the Clergymen to reconsider their prejudice against him and his beliefs. He is driving the public to become like him, and to become like Paul stating that it is ok to be persecuted for your beliefs. He makes clear in hismessage that it will not be an easy task but it must be done in order to create an influential change in society. This change must be done now so that it can display its longstanding effects on the generations to…
In his beginning words of his letter, “My Dear Fellow Clergymen”, he already begins to show that he will speak in a manner of professionalism, despite the clergymen arguing against his efforts. The reason for writing in this manner was so the clergymen may accept the credibility of his paper, to show King is willing to speak on the same level This was so he will not appear to be some rowdy convict demanding freedom by force, but rather as a professional sending a letter of respect and understanding for the clergymen. King speaking in such a professional manner from a jail cell…
The late Dr. Martin L. King life span development and personality began long before his birth. His father Martin Luther Sr. parents were poor sharecroppers’. Born in 1899 the 19th day of December in Stockbridge, Georgia. King witness actual cruelty of racism in the south. He was victimized and beaten by a white man in his early teenage years, also observe a white crowd hang a black man. Nevertheless his family continues to believe in nonviolenceduring a time when racial prejudice and racial injustice existence. When his mother was dying, King curse and hated white people, but his mother disagreed. “Hattred makes nottin but more hatred… don’t do it.” Jackson. C (nd).…
What stylistic elements does King use to influence his readers? After reading and analyzing "Letter from Birmingham Jail," write an essay in which you answer the question and analyze structure and language in his text, providing three or more examples to illustrate and clarify your analysis. What conclusion can you draw about the power of this text?…
By using religion in various points of the text, King uses the clergymen's own knowledge against them to prove his cause just. He provides examples of lesser known stories to place a metaphorical spotlight on the clergymen in particular. The passages might not be recognizable to the standard American, but clergymen bound to serving the church understand these resources. An example of this is found when King goes into why he is in Birmingham in the first place. He cleverly uses stories…
He emphasizes that although everything Hitler did, murdering millions of Jews, cruel scientific experiments, etc., was legal, but it was morally and humanlly unjust just. "It was illegal to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. But I am sure that if I had lived in Germany during that time I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal. King by this statement, portrays his calling within the grounds of segrigation, which is bacisally that no matter if it is illegal, no matter how much trouble or even if there is a high probability of his life being lost,that he would stand up against segrigation, like a salmon going against the un-just river of…
Most people aren’t born leaders, but molded into a leader by their life experiences. In The Once and Future King by T.H White, Wart, an illegitimate child of the king, is molded into a leader by his magical tutor Merlyn. The best leaders aren’t those that are born into a position of power, but those that start at the bottom are modeled into a leader by their experiences as they climb to the top. T.H White shows that the best way to learn how to lead is by experiencing things first hand. Merlyn takes Wart numerous adventures during his tutor sessions to show him what type of ruler makes a good kingdom. Even though each animal transformation Wart undertakes teaches him some things about leadership, the most influential transformations are the…
From his letter, I agree with Kings’ argument and ideas in civil disobedience, as a method to eradicate injustice. He elaborates his point of view on the issues that matter most to the community at large. Kings philosophy entails to having a common ground for peace among the diverse races in our current society, and freedom of speech, in order to express ourselves without fear of prosecution. King’s memorable quote, Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, shows the significance of having the same level of authority everywhere, for the sake of equality. King actions made everyone realize the need of having fair treatment without discrimination, and abolishing racism which was, and is still challenge to the minorities. Since the goal of philosophy is autonomy, individuals have the freedom to decide on themselves on what they believe in and use their own reasoning to act and do the right thing that would benefit the society at large. This enables a society to choose what is right for the majority and no to benefit the people in…
Stephen King's "The Body" is a story about four friends who overhear from an older child that a body was hit by a train and is located in the woods. This sparks the interest of the young children and they venture out to experience this dead body first hand. Upon first reading the novel, it seems as though this story is nothing more than a simple journey with jovial experiences and mishaps of four friends. However, after a more thorough analysis, it is clear that Stephen King has attempted to do two things: first, he is making an attempt to narrate his own personal life story and secondly, "The Body" is a story of one's journey from adolescence and innocence to maturity and adulthood. This story was written in the first person point of view which has its benefits and disadvantages. The benefit of being written in first person is that the story becomes more believable and thus King's first attempt at narrating his own personal life is more attainable. However, when writing in first person, it is impossible for the reader to know what is going on in the minds of the other characters. Therefore, King's attempt at telling a story about psychological rather than physical transformations proves to be more difficult. Using examples and additional research, I will attempt to explain whether or not Stephen King was successful in obtaining his two objectives and if he was, I will then answer the question as to whether or not it was worth doing.…
King John was the reigning king from 1189-1199. His reign was not the most righteous reign, as many citizens thought that he was a disbeliever, then other people thought he was a wasted more money than ever before. In fact, his reign as king was not as successful as his father’s reign, he did a lot wrong as king including putting his country into poverty, rising taxes, falling out with the pope and losing his position in the French monarchy. Lots of his deeds had great fault but what really happened?…
References: Carson, C. (2008). Martin Luther King Biography and Quick Facts. Retrieved August 24, 2008, from http://www.mlkonline.net/bio.html…
Academy award winning film, The King’s Speech, is a motivational movie where voice and courage become a matter of life and death. Prince Albert, later known as King George VI (Colin Firth), stammers excessively and uncontrollably through his inaugural speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition due to a speech impediment. After finishing such a disappointing speech, Prince Albert decides to give up on himself and accept his fate as a stammering heir to the throne. However, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), enlists him to see an Aussie speech therapist that goes by the name of Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) whose “Antipodean methods are known to be ‘unorthodox’ and ‘controversial,’” (“The King’s Speech (2010)”) but effective . The setting takes place in London, during the early and late 1930s as problems surfaced between the UK and Germany. In one scene, King George V (Michael Gambon), stresses the need of communication as a foundation for personal life, relationships, professional success, civic life and in his case a monarchy. As King George V lies in his death bed, his successor David (Guy Pearce), is left in a troublesome situation where he eventually renounces his spot on the throne. Throughout the movie Lionel works with Bertie, as he likes to call him, to enhance his nonverbal behaviors of kinesics, haptics, physical appearance, and artifacts in order to make him an articulate king. In the end, King George the VI learns how to properly use his nonverbal behaviors such as: proxemics, environment, chronemics, and silence to give a dynamic, and epic speech. A clear, strong and projecting voice is essential when leading the masses especially when your kingdom depends on it. The King’s speech teaches us a great deal about communication especially when dealing with daily life conversations and nonverbal behaviors. The Duke of York was born into royalty, but what is royalty without a voice?…