Exemplification Essay: The Murder Of Emmett Till

Emmett till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally murdered by two white men. He was a funny, responsible boy that was stricken with polio at a young age (p.4). When he was 5 he recovered from polio and after recovering he had a slight stutter. Emmett also took full responsibilities of domestic housework because his mom was working all the time. He was pretty funny to, he liked to share a lot of jokes with people. When Emmett was visiting his family in Mississippi he was brutally murdered because he apparently flirted with a white woman (source 2). Emmett whent t into a store and that was when he apparently flirted with Carolyn Bryant.When Carolyn’s husband found out what Emmett supposedly did to his wife he and Milam kidnapped …show more content…
“Serling felt suffocated by the demands of censors and advertises even after he had his first real success (P.4). Rod felt suffocated by censors and advertisers because he could not share what he wanted to share on his TV shows. For example, when he wanted to write about Emmett Till the censors wouldn't let him because he was a white person basically standing up for a black person,and at that time, that was not acceptable. Censors would take major parts out of his shows and that irritated him because he wanted to also share his unique thoughts and ideas. Rod Serling wrote science fiction tv shows as a way to express his views, ideas and, thoughts. “He used science fiction to show his anger and confusion on what was going on in the world, so that is how could create cautionary, informational tales on things like the cold war,racism, and other awful things” (p.7.). Serling could make anything happen in science fiction because it was not real, however, he used real world event to make and come up with ideas for his show. He wanted to show people what was truly happening in the world without censors removing parts. He did this by using science fiction to express what was