tension between the white and the black communities of Alabama. Martin Luther King’s letter was written as a rebuttal to the letter he received from the Alabama clergymen that stated the demonstrations‚ protests‚ and acts of civil disobedience of the Negro community were unlawful and should be put to a stop immediately. Martin Luther King replied by indicating that the blacks had a right to peaceful protests; they were simply trying to educate the community about the prejudices present in Alabama
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Eric Santana Controlling Chaos There is a common understanding that growth in any aspect of the economy is a grand concept. However‚ when growth begins to start spreading out in such a manner that it becomes uncontrollable‚ there is an inherent issue. Such is the case in David Carle’s essay “Sprawling Gridlock”. Carle mentions several pervading issues and problems with the rapid growth and spread of Southern California‚ and outlines measures taken against the expansion. Carle’s resolve and purpose
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he uses many rhetorical strategies to develop his perspective. Imagery is one of his most influential strategies. He describes the “worst fate” in American mythology‚ which is to be trapped in one place forever with no way to change or escape. He uses the examples such as “in the sticks”‚ “unglamorous marriage”‚ and “played out game” to emphasize his point. People fear being in the sticks because it is distant and inaccessible‚ where you are forgotten. You’re excommunicated from society and no
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Here we are in the hospital. I’m so excited. Today is the day that I’m getting a little sister. Everyone is excited. Presents cover every surface of the hospital room. There’s everything from buzzy bees - to the new Barbie Rapunzel Nearly 15 years ago. You and Mum came home 2 days later. You were wrapped up in a pink knitted blanket that Grandma had made just for you. Dad was cooking my favorite. Chicken nuggets. My new crayon drawing was already proudly hung on the fridge. The fire blazing. Vaillia
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pattern. The recursive rule has two parts: an initial condition (the value of the first term) and a recursive formula which relates each term after the first term to the one before it. In other words‚ the recursive rule is used to show how you get from one place in the sequence to the very next term. However‚ the explicit rule is a rule that can be solved without needing the previous term‚ but instead using the position of the missing term in the explicit formula. The explicit rule is used to find
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McAdams April 15‚ 2015 Altruism and Why We do What We do There are two types of people in the world‚ those who play and those who watch. Players find themselves getting involved in whatever they are passionate about. Those who watch find themselves warming the bench‚ not contributing‚ and missing out. One important game we play in life is connected to altruism. Someone who plays in the game of altruism participates in service and doing things outside themself. Why do they act so selflessly? If someone
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that you can’t just sit around and wait for things to happen‚ or for things to be handed to you‚ but to get up and take action‚ and he wasn’t afraid to fight back with violence. He was for separatism and believed that blacks should have their own community and run their own government. That way the relationship between the African Americans can be preserved and held up. That the interaction with each other would hold them up and together as a race and that way‚ they would treat each other equally.
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His change of focus from ’de jure’ in the south to ’de facto’ in the North however led to huge failures and criticism of his tactics as well as the forever growing in popularity more extremist civil rights groups which dented his foreseen importance in the civil rights campaign. As he was already in Montgomery it was no surprise that he became involved and led the Bus Boycott of 1961. During the MBB an organisation called the Montgomery improvement group (MIA) was created and MLK was appointed president
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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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