their fate. A more modern way of civil disobedience would be the strategy that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used. The steps a person can use to change a law they find unjust are explained in his essay “The Power of Non-Violence” and “The Letter to Birmingham Jail”. Martin Luther King’s theory has four major steps: first finding an injustice exists‚ negotiation‚ self-purification and direct action. Although Antigone’s actions against Creon do not completely conform to Marin Luther
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Social 4/25/2013 Letter from Birmingham Jail The African American movement transpired in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Although‚ there were many consequences for such rebellion‚ African Americans still rioted for their freedom. They were harmed and suffered great pain for the march and were even jailed for their acts. Martin Luther King was a strong African American leader who fought for the elevation of segregation. He was jailed and wrote‚ “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” to the clergymen
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The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was both tragic and unnecessary. This explosion caused over 150‚000 civilian deaths. The United States used this bomb as a way to how superiority to Japan and the Soviets‚ but they took it too far. For one‚ it was way overfunded. The United States were also uneducated about its full power. When they dropped the bomb‚ even they were unsure of the full destruction the bomb was capable of. Doing this to innocent civilians that were not even a part of the war gave
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ability was a time he had been jailed for not having the proper permits during a civil rights parade in Birmingham‚ Alabama. While he was in jail‚ eight clergymen criticized him‚ calling his activities “unwise and untimely” (112). He responded to their criticism with amazing rhetoric‚ grasping at their hearts and minds with syntax‚ diction‚ examples‚ and allusions in his now famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Dr. King established ethos effectively in regards to his letter. In the
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cities were still very segregated; Birmingham‚ Alabama was one of the most segregated cities in the United States. In the case of a calm and collected approach to fighting injustice‚ few have a vision such as Rev. Dr. Luther King Jr. King’s letter from Birmingham reflects his opinion that peace and non-violence were vital in achieving desegregation and important human rights for African Americans throughout the nation during the 1960’s. The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was an appeal to the general
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. wrote this letter in the Birmingham City Jail. He was a clergyman‚ however his activity in demonstrating against racial discrimination became his legacy. In this letter‚ which he wrote on April 16th‚ 1963‚ he appealed to other clergy against injustice for black people and he explained why he chose a nonviolent demonstration campaign. Actions of the nonviolent demonstration at first seemed ineffective and powerless‚ however people began to notice that the status quo of racial
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for the end of World War II. Great Britain had to do what was best for the country and should be justified as a result from the bombing of the German cities in account of the nation’s pride‚ a misinterpreted perception of morals and also due to being forced into a tight situation. Although the casualties and negative impact that Germany faced‚ Britain’s actions in bombing the German cities should be justified due to the position they were in. Britain did not want to allow Germany to walk all over
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The involvement of the United States of America in global issues had been very passive with more focus on domestic issues and development until the “Pearl Harbour Bombing” of 7th December 1941 which drew it into the second world and thereafter the US-British Staff conference in Washington DC‚ maintained a leadership role in world economics and political policies. Following several conferences which were mostly joint chaired by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the Bretton Woods Conference
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the Japanese‚ also settled primarily on the West coast. They also suffered a similar fate of segregation and upheaval at the hand of the government. In February of 1942‚ President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066‚ as a result of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. At the time there was a heightened level of fear among the American government‚ and public‚ regarding Japanese espionage and retaliation. The order forced roughly 117‚000 Japanese from their homes‚ placing them in relocation centers
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On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a peaceful protest against segregation. In his letter to clergymen‚ King conveys his urgency in changing segregation laws by using a series of rhetorical strategies‚ such as metaphors‚ antithesis‚ parallelism‚ personal anecdote‚ antimetabole‚ and ethos to strengthen his argument. In paragraph 13 King starts out by using a simple but effective method of using metaphors. “Disease of segregation” is used directly
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