Michael Martens Sociology Professor 11 November 2009 Jackie Robinson: The Unexpected Hero The name Jackie Robinson is recognized widely around the country. He is known as someone who broke the color barrier in American Baseball‚ and someone who fought through some of the toughest circumstances. He was an activist athlete‚ and used the sport of baseball to break down the traditional barriers and convey his ideas. To many‚ Robinson is a hero; one who Americans can relate to due to his background
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Dear Friends and family of Thomas Robinson‚ When people talk about the ideal human being‚ the person that everyone aspires to be‚ they all think about different authors and sporting legends. But‚ the perfect human in my eyes is in fact a black man going by the name of Thomas Robinson. Tom Robinson was a man that was a great friend‚ excellent worker and now an inspiration to me. He was a person who had strong morals and he never went contradicted these. All these morals that he sustained throughout
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C. Wright Mills article “The Promise” is a very influential article. Consider a time when something happened to you and in some way or another it affected someone else what would be the explanation for that? Mill’s defines “sociological imagination” as the ability to understand the relationship between life‚ history‚ and society. The article has three main components: (1) Society - our traditions and values (2) History - the way things have become (3) Biography - the story of our life. As discussed
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Jackie Robinson is one of the most well known people in baseball. Without Jackie Robinson blacks might not have played baseball until later in time. Jackie Robinson was one of the most courageous people of his time for being a pioneer despite the odds. In Jackie Robinson’s time‚ African Americans were not just segregated in sports‚ they were segregated in life. For example‚ African Americans went to different schools than whites; they were not allowed to sit in the front of public transportation
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NOTES – JOHN STUART MILL - UTILITARIANISM 1. John Stuart Mill – On Virtue and Happiness (1863)The utilitarian doctrine is‚ that happiness is desirable‚ and the only thing desirable‚ as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. What ought to be required of this doctrine‚ what conditions is it requisite that the doctrine should fulfill‚ to make good its claim to be believed? The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.
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Tom Robinson Found Guilty For Rape Tom Robinson‚ a Negro man‚ was accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old and the daughter of Bob Ewell. The court case took place at the Maycomb County courthouse‚ and a huge crowd of people‚ both white and blacks came to watch the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defending lawyer was Atticus Finch. The case was directed by Judge Taylor. The result of the trail ended in favor of the pretender‚ the Ewell family. The crime took place on the evening
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In chapters 17-19 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the court case‚ Ewell v. Robinson‚ examines the accusation of rape by Tom Robinson‚ an African-American male. According to Tom Robinson‚ he walked by Mayella Ewell’s house every day and she always asked him to help her. Tom claimed that in the spring Mayell a asked him to chop up the chiffarobe contrary to
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Marilynne Robinson has written “the most complex thing we know of [is] the mind brain.” An important theme in Lila is that every human being is completely unique and complicated. Lila demonstrated that she is unique and complicated. She is very straightforward. Lila met Reverend Ames in front of the church after shopping. She told him that she did not plan on getting baptized and acted as if she is ignorant. Reverend Ames accepted her decision‚ but still gave the suggestion of baptism. He saw that
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against the sound block. “I plead Mr. Robinson guilty for the murder of his ex-wife‚ Mrs. Robinson. You are sentenced to 25 years in prison!” shouted the judge. “BANG! BANG! BANG!” the sound of the gavel getting louder and louder in Mr. Robinson’s head. The sound will forever haunt the man. Mr. Robinson would never be the same again for he will spend the next 25 years of his life living with hoodlums and eating nothing but rice‚ beans‚ and a small roll. Mr. Robinson had made the worst decision of his
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Jackie Robinson was someone everyone could look up to because he broke many barriers for not only African Americans but the entire world. He faced many barriers and obstacles as he worked his way up into a role model using his nine values: citizenship‚ commitment‚ courage‚ determination‚ excellence‚ integrity‚ justice‚ persistence‚ and teamwork. Me personally‚ my greatest obstacle has been myself. I never really talked about it because it always seemed to only be me‚ it didn’t seem common. In fact
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