Similarities Between I Have A Dream And No Name Woman

In the “I Have a Dream” speech given by Martin Luther King Jr., he explains that his wish for the future is that black and white children can coincide peacefully and that children of former slaves and children of former slave-owners would be able to get along. In “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston, Kingston learns that she has an aunt that took her own life and her newborn baby’s life. Kingston imagines different scenarios that her aunt could have gone through. These two stories both have an element that sticks out to me and that makes them very similar: the role discrimination plays in society. In King’s “I Have a Dream”, he calls for not only African-American rights, but the rights of all people. Also, King pushes for non-violence and friendship among everyone. The discrimination that blacks faced during the 1960s when King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech strongly relates to how Chinese women have been and still are discriminated against. In
King wishes for blacks and whites to have fair opportunities and Kingston wishes her aunt would have had fair opportunities to raise her child and not to be forced out by the village. Oddly enough, the unfairness that each of these suffered contributed to the cultural history of the African-Americans and the Chinese. Martin Luther King Jr. is a key character in the African-America history that we have all repeatedly been educated about. The role of women in Imperial China has contributed to how the Chinese women today are continuously trying to break their boundaries. Without these hardships, and overcoming them, our cultures would be what they are today. The stories are both going through changes, whether it is getting accustomed to American life, blacks getting citizenship, or even Kingston experiencing puberty. Change is inevitable and is necessary to better any