The book 1968, the Year that Rocked the World, by Mark Kurlansky was an intriguing and informative book that is a National Bestseller. In the book, Kurlansky bluntly explained several influential events that divided the world through varies of political views in wars, protests and murders in 1968. For example, Kurlansky mention and explained the Cold War, Vietnam War, African American rights movements/ protests, murders and assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy and the riots at the National Convention in Chicago. These are only some of the events in 1968 that did indeed Rocked the World. Kurlansky, define 1968 as the year that Rocked the World, in a matter of emphasizing to the readers that the events he explained in the
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The civil rights movement was new and unnatural movement. However, overtime it became natural for the world to have. Kurlansky explained the movements as if civil rights movements that was a natural and usual event that occurs. He believed that the violence that did occur was supposed to happen to help solve the problems that were occurring in 1968. He believed that it was an event that needed to happen, for our Country to wake up and express their beliefs. The second historical aspect of an event was the generation that was isolated in their own political views that they rejected all forms of authority. This connected to the protest of the civil rights movement, is how alienated the people that were involved in the civil rights movement, for this reason was the spark of violence. In the civil rights movement, there were two sides, MLK Jr whom believed in a nonviolent approach, and Stokely Carmichael whom believed and was interested more into violence approach. Kurlansky emphasized on how MLK Jr, was losing the control over of the division of civil rights movement, in which many people believed that the nonviolence outlived the usefulness(pg.6). The people began to take it into their own hands, and became increasingly impatient as they protest through violence. Kurlansky emphasized the movements that were leading to war, and all started because of Carmichael belief in the violence and stating the “Black Power.” Mark, explained how American people were preparing for a violent war that will change the generation in
The civil rights movement was new and unnatural movement. However, overtime it became natural for the world to have. Kurlansky explained the movements as if civil rights movements that was a natural and usual event that occurs. He believed that the violence that did occur was supposed to happen to help solve the problems that were occurring in 1968. He believed that it was an event that needed to happen, for our Country to wake up and express their beliefs. The second historical aspect of an event was the generation that was isolated in their own political views that they rejected all forms of authority. This connected to the protest of the civil rights movement, is how alienated the people that were involved in the civil rights movement, for this reason was the spark of violence. In the civil rights movement, there were two sides, MLK Jr whom believed in a nonviolent approach, and Stokely Carmichael whom believed and was interested more into violence approach. Kurlansky emphasized on how MLK Jr, was losing the control over of the division of civil rights movement, in which many people believed that the nonviolence outlived the usefulness(pg.6). The people began to take it into their own hands, and became increasingly impatient as they protest through violence. Kurlansky emphasized the movements that were leading to war, and all started because of Carmichael belief in the violence and stating the “Black Power.” Mark, explained how American people were preparing for a violent war that will change the generation in