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The World House
Theodonia Marshall
November 6, 2012
The World House
The World House, a piece of literature written by Martin Luther King Jr, A great civil rights activist/leader, writer, and philosopher. In the passage, he talks about an idea from a famous novelist who died which was “A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.” (J. L. Judith Nadell 597) (J. L. Judith Nadell 597)" \s "A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.\"<>" \c 1 Martin Luther king then builds upon and talked about what he thought about that. In the passage he quotes “We have inherited a great “world house” in which we have to live together”-Black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Hindu”.CITATION Mar12 \p 597 \l 1033 (King 597) TA \l "\“world house\” in which we have to live together\”-Black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Hindu\”. (King 597) (King 597)" \s "\"world house\" in which we have to live together\"-Black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Hindu\".< CITATION Mar12 \p 597 \l 1033 (King 597) >" \c 1 He makes the point that this is “the great new problem of mankind”… and to justify his theory he stated that “[we are] a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interest, who, because we can never again live apart must learn somehow to live with each other in peace”CITATION Mar12 \p 597 \l 1033 (King 597) TA \l "the great new problem of mankind\”… and to justify his theory he stated that \“[we are] a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interest, who, because we can never again live apart must learn somehow to live with each other in peace\”CITATION Mar12 \p 597 \l 1033 (King 597) (King 597)" \s "the great new problem of mankind\"… and to justify his theory he stated that \"[we are] a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and


Bibliography: Judith Nadell, John Langan, Eliza A. Comodromos. The Longman Reader "The World House". Pearson, 2012. King, Martin Luther. The Longman Reader "The World House". pearson, 2012.
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