specific way‚ the clergymans’ letter is trying to reach black people and Luther’s letter is trying to reach white people. Both letters want peace between races‚ but the argument is over time. The clergymans’ letter’s purpose is to get black activists like M.L.K to stop uniting as a race and protesting civil rights. They keep the letter professional because they want to easily get their way‚ so it is written in a demanding manner. Luther’s letter directly makes his letter to the clergymen‚ but it speaks
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October 17‚ 2013 Farmers DBQ In the late nineteenth century‚ twenty years after the Homestead Act‚ farmers used their land in the western plains to produce both crops and profits. The farmers of this time struggled in the agricultural way of life by facing economic and political obstacles that were impossible to avoid‚ requiring them to do something about their complaints. Although the farmers had plausible arguments for most of their criticisms‚ their beliefs of the silver standard and overproduction
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railroads to charge what they wanted. Railroads were the only way for many western farmers to get their produce to market and high prices were always charged. Railroads controlled storage‚ elevators‚ and warehouses so the prices the farmers paid were very high. Middlemen- Middlemen set the price of the produce low when they sold because the market price was unpredictable. Bankers- High interest rates caused the farmers to pay even more when they didn’t have the money to pay. Trusts- Trusts such
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Strategies Used In “Letters from Birmingham Jail.” Cindy Peralta AP English & Composition October 17‚ 2014 In the article “Letters from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was a participant in a non-violent demonstration against segregation‚ subjects a response to a public settlement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. The occasion of the letter was Dr. Martin
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In Martin Luther King Jr’s. letter‚ composed to the Clergymen from Birmingham Prison‚ he utilizes the expository interest of ethos to build up his credibility regarding the matter of racial segregation and shamefulness. He begins off the letter with "My Dear Fellow Clergymen". By him saying this‚ he is putting himself on the same "level" as the ministers‚ sending the message that he is no short of what them and they are no superior to him. He at that point goes ahead to state‚ "I am here on the
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experiences and claim that they were a necessary part of their lives in order for them make sense of life. Antigone‚ from Sophocles’ Antigone‚ and Martin Luther King Jr and his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”‚ engage in civil disobedience where both fight the laws of the land in order to follow a higher good with no regret. However‚ both do such in specific ways that ultimately differ from one another: Dr. King believes civil disobedience is a necessary moral obligation to defy unjust laws while Antigone
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a. The “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. on April 16‚ 1963 in response to a public statement made by eight Alabama clergymen that was published on April 12 of that same year. b. On their statement‚ the clergymen asked black people to stop supporting King and his protests because these incited “hatred and violence”‚ therefore‚ racial issues should be “properly pursued in the courts”. c. In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”‚ King demonstrates that his way of protesting
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a military leader who seek to gain control on the land and in no doubt was looking for gold from the start. Cortés was becoming selfish by wanting more of the Aztecs gifts and in effect he took control. I find that Cortés was becoming selfish because despite the many gifts that Moctezuma and the natives gave him‚ he wanted more and didn’t care about the natives. Throughout the story “from The Second Letter”‚ Cortés is in awe by all the goods they have in the market which he states “every kind of of
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What Is A Farmer? A farmer isn’t just a person that grows food. A farmer is a provider. They provide all the fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meats that we like and need to eat. Farming isn’t just a hobby‚ it’s a job. It is the farmer’s job to grow flowers and foods‚ and to raise and care for animals and then sell them. I think that it would be hard to be a farmer. Farmers have to work very hard sometimes to make a living. Some farmers have to work from sunrise to sunset. And farmers rarely get
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agricultural began to decline. This made it harder for farmers to make a living. Document G shows how much manufacturing increased between the years 1849 – 1899. America could no longer aspire to be a nation of small freehold farms. Manufacturers and people living in big cities depended on farmers to pretty much keep them alive. Many people didn’t realize how much of an affect farmers had on their everyday lives. If you took farms away from the United States during this period of time‚ everything
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