John Hinckley, Jr.

approximately 2:25 pm a mentally deranged man named John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. John Hinckley Jr. was born May 29, 1955. He was 25 years old when he attempted the assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley had developed an obsession for an actress Jodie Foster. When he viewed the movie Taxi Driver a 1976 movie by Martin Scorsese’s, which was about a woman who tries to convince a taxi driver to assassinate the president in order to win her over. Hinckley had viewed this movie dozens of times and obsessively watched and listen to the movies soundtrack. He read the book the Fan which was what the movie was based on. Hinckley had repeatedly telephoned and written letters to Jodie…

President Ronald Reagan was leaving the hotel in Washington D.C. and John Hinckley was crouched in the bushes waiting for the perfect time for the president to come his way. From the bushes, Hinckley yelled ‘President Reagan, President Reagan’. The president turned in the general direction where the sound was coming from and suddenly six shots were fired. The first shot hit James Brady, the second bullet hit the policeman Thomas Delahanty, the third bullet missed the president and ricocheted…

February 2nd, 2008 will always be an emotional, vivid memory to me. It was a Saturday, and it was lightly snowing outside. My Saturdays usually consisted of sleeping in, watching a couple of my favorite TV shows, annoying my parents, and the occasional hanging out with friends. This Saturday, however, didn’t include any of my usual weekend routines. Instead, I was watching the funeral procession of my beloved prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley. I was devastated that day. I had grown to love this man…

The famous Martin Luther King Junior stated in his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech that, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Has his dream really come true? Has racism completely been ridden of or is it still alive? The cases of Sandra Bland, Treyvon Martin, Mike Brown, Rodney King, and many more African-Americans prove that racism is just going to be an ongoing…

“I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in the American history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech “I Have a Dream” to America on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial where thousands of people gathered to fight against racism. (American Rhetoric). King talks how people should fight for freedom. He speaks to America to end racial segregation and discrimination against African – American and that everyone should be viewed equally. King uses all…

attended the University of Michigan together and reunited in the wake of their friends suicide. Most friends, full of disdain in their subsequent career paths, discuss the outcome of their lives in relation to each other and how it has affected them personally. Within the film, the viewer is alluded to each characters dissatisfaction through a series of events and love affairs in hopes that each character can justify their friends death despite his gift of scientific intelligence. During the…

Within the four walls of the jail cell Martin Luther King Jr wrote a letter to clergymen who criticized his actions towards combatting injustice in Birmingham. In this letter, now known as the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, King Jr explains his reasons for being in Birmingham which includes being invited by organizational commitments and also due to the fact that there is injustice in the city. King Jr. states that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” which is directly…

the bus was for African Americans. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a man and she was arrested. “Rosa Park’s Civil disobedience and arrest changed the focus of the movement from solely relying on the courts to gain equality to rejecting and protesting their treatment in segregated states” (Wiley, 2016, Para 1) The African American community led by Luther King Jr and Montgomery improvement association boycotted the bus company for 382 days; therefore, bus companies took a big loss. The…

It was the time when equality among races became a mass movement. Several African American leaders challenged segregation through pacific protests, freedom rides and sit-ins. One of these courageous individuals was an African American woman named Rosa Parks who lived in Montgomery, Alabama. In December 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, which was expected to be done by blacks whenever asked to do so. She was arrested. Following her arrest, African American leaders…

Bernard Baffoe-Mensah Ms. Milewski AP English Literature 21st October, 2014 Civil Disobedience The order of society is based on structure and organization. Laws are enforced to serve specific purposes: economically, politically and socially. With regards to this, there are unjust laws and these laws conflict with an individual’s sense of morality. Being that, a civilian’s decision to disobey an unjust law is considered unlawful in the eyes of authority; however, such decisions are…