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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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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"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King‚ Jr.]" This letter is very powerful. He makes very good points about our rights. One part that stood out to me was when he spoke on just and unjust laws. He talked a lot about morality and what is really morally right and wrong pertaining to our laws. When he was speaking about unjust laws‚ I tried to imagine living in such a time like that. Seeing amusement parks on TV but not being able to go‚ being abused and taunted at school it all seems so farfetched
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The general argument made by King in his letter titled “ Letter from Birmingham Jail” is that in order for Blacks to get their rights they must use non-violent resistance. More specifically‚ King argues that they must demand that they get their rights and he states that with time‚ the non-violent resistance will make situations which will force whites to negotiate. There are two distinct sides to this very complicated issue‚ and while King argues that non-violent resistance is the key to acquiring
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Grammar Assignment Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Three paragraphs from pages 168-169 The topic sentence in the first paragraph‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application"‚ states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face‚ in its application‚ it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the writer states that he does not advocate evading or defying
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purposefully directed this letter at the eight leaders of the white Church of the South expressing the urgency of changing segregation laws‚ but ultimately his views and judgments spread to America as a whole. In paragraphs 13 and 14 of Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ we reach the expressive and climactic division of his essay. Throughout the essay King has kept a very calm‚ yet passionate and objective tone‚ but in these critical paragraphs is where we start to see the emotion fall through the page. In order to
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Tommy Bellone 7th hr 5/17/13 Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King wrote the letter on the 16th of April in 1963. He was responding to his fellow clergymen after they called him unwise and untimely. King was arrested for his civil disobedience in the protests and marches that he led. Martin Luther King’s audience in the letter were the clergymen who are men of religion. Therefore King alludes to religious figures in order to appeal to the clergymen. He speaks in a respectful tone
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At some point‚ most offenders currently incarcerated will be released back into society. In the interest of the offender as well as the community‚ when they are released back into the community‚ it is important that the offenders are rehabilitated‚ able to be self-sufficient‚ and can deter from future crime. Reentry programs are developed to facilitate these needs. They include services like education‚ job preparedness‚ habitation‚ and any other skills and tools necessary for the offender to survive
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Martin Luther King jr. wrote this letter from the Birmingham jail on April 16‚ 1963. The purpose of this text is Martin Luther King jr contradicting the clergymen and explaining the suffering of the Negro lives. His point was to show that black lives are no different than white lives and how both communities are interrelated. As opposed to the clergymen who wanted negotiations instead of direct actions‚ MLK tried to show the need for direct actions to reach negotiations. For example he had said‚
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that results in me getting hurt‚ my dad always reminds me that “education is expensive”. My dad teaches me new things all the time from how to use a level‚ how plants work‚ or why Hillary Clinton is the worst candidate ever and she should be put in jail. Sometimes I get sick of his lessons because they are more like lectures; they can go for hours and hours. Even though they are gruesomely long‚ I value his wisdom.
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