Where Do We Go from Here Anaysis

Summary The critical essay “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” written by Marin Luther King Jr., is an inquisitive piece who preaches the idea of a peaceful society, Martin also highlights the major issues happening and changing the world at the time. It analyzes events involving World War II and Vietnam War, and uses an example from Greek Literature to apply the concept known as “Ulysses and the Siren”; resulting in a realization that peace is the solution to chaos.
Idea Based Martin Luther King Jr.; a pacifist, a preacher, a father, a husband, a son, a freedom fighter, an activist against prejudice, a genius in literature, and a dreamer . Martin was an individual full of modesty, compassion, promise, serenity, wisdom, and kindness for others. Martin was also a follower of Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence, but I was astonished when I read in the essay about his hatred towards war, describing it as so volatile and descriptive. In my honest opinion; Martin’s essay, was a very well captured piece on the importance of prospering from humanity’s humility towards the end of war. Otherwise, suffering from the destruction of what war causes: death, and chaos. Throughout the essay, Martin is using the Vietnam War as an example for his message, presenting in a defensive tone; like a prosecutor defending his client for the righteousness of justice.
The essay represented an agenda directed towards government, proposing that there was a need for change in society, and government. It starts with the introduction “A final problem that mankind…………….human destruction”, by reading that I felt the impression of a radical idea; not presenting a negative, but a passive image of peace amongst others. Martin wrote it with emotion, it’s intention was to motivate for change . In the essay, he lists individuals who have represented evil and destruction; Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon. Martin describes these individuals