Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the Deacon and is scolded
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Transcendentalism in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail In order to discuss a topic‚ one must know what said topic is. Transcendentalism is a movement in the nineteenth century and it encourages the idea of individualism‚ dislike for materialism‚ a strong connection to nature‚ and to rely on one’s intuition above all else. This belief and the well-educated people who followed it were decades ahead of their time‚ as it was for self-independence and was against slavery. These philosophies are established
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It’s been three years since i’ve been behind bars. All thanks to those stupid bears. Jail gives you lots of time to think about what i’m going to those bears‚ revenge is all I need. My original plan was to go into there house‚ set a couple bombs‚ traps‚ and no harm done. But what ended up happening was‚ I got caught up in the house and decoration that I got a little tired so I took a trip into the little bear’s room but the bed was way too small. So I made m hy way up to the master bedroom but the
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the Civil Rights movements‚ non-violence protest is a method used by African Americans to advocate for desegregation. However‚ these protests were initially not accepted by many whites. In 1963‚ while Martin Luther King was arrested in the Birmingham jail because he supported a protest in Birmingham‚ eight Alabama clergymen published a statement accusing the non-violence protest for disturbing order‚ showing untimely impatience and inciting violence. Since the clergymen believed desegregation should
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refused to abide by the Whites and wanted to abide by both Whites and Blacks. In his famous letter at Birmingham Jail‚ he addresses the topic of acting now and acting with the full support of everyone. In this way he is similar to Malcolm X who also wanted the Africans to stand up against the oppressors. One of the main issues talked about in the letter is why not wait some more time to see what the Whites will do. Martin Luther King Jr. had a great response to this‚ something many people still use today
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Letter From Birmingham Jail Case Analysis Toni Morrision once said‚ “Freeing yourself was one thing‚ claiming ownership of that free self is another.” This quote suggests that it is important to claim your freedom as your own as you move through the new experience of freedom itself. I believe that this is essential principle in the Letter from Birmingham Jail Case Analysis. This principle ties the connection between where people of color currently are and where they want to be. Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King’s Rhetorical Modes in: Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King wrote a letter while in Birmingham Jail‚ this was received on April 16‚ 1963. Months earlier King was involved in a nonviolent direct-action against segregation‚ King was called upon by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. This nonviolent action was mostly demonstrated through sit-ins and marches along the streets where Negroes showed their aggravation and irritation towards all of the segregation
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How we Define Ourselves Americans come from many different backgrounds and nationalities. Of these Americans are different races and religions‚ which represent the United States today. With the amount of diverse people in the United States‚ not everyone agrees with allowing people of different races and religions to mix. Living with people of different cultures can have a major impact on peoples’ lives. People today define themselves and others by the way they look and the things they may do
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What is success? Everyone knows what success means. It means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Money? Power? Wealth? Fame? We ourselves can answer the above question and not others because it is based on or influenced by personal feelings‚ tastes‚ or opinions. And it cannot mean the same thing to two different people. Even if I try my best to define‚ it is actually not possible. Everyone on this planet has his or her different perspective to become successful. When people think
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Wabash and Miami County Jails are two completely different settings. Simply because Miami jail is much larger and cleaner than Wabash’s jail. In fact‚ I learned that Miami’s jail is 30 years newer than Wabash’s‚ which significantly makes a huge difference between the two. Holding 240 inmates‚ Miami holds almost three and half times more than what Wabash’s jail holds. This often times leads to Wabash’s jail paying money to Miami to hold inmates because it is not large enough. Spending over two hundred
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