“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.” This is a quote from Martin Luther king Jr an activist for equal rights for african americans during the 1960’s until he got shot in 1968. This quote means that people have to do something for change, they have to push against the grindstone and when it doesn’t move just keep pushing until it does. In order for change to happen a person who wants change needs to have a drive and push against a force that is suppressing change in anyway they can. Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma gandhi, and Cesar Chavez did this without using violence while
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Montag wants the oppression of books to be lifted, he thinks that books should be given to the public and they should be allowed to read. He thinks this because books allow people to have opposed views, he thinks that books should be legal so much that he pushes back. Montag is having a conversation with faber when he says "I'm not thinking. I'm just doing like I'm told, like always. You said get the money and I got it. I didn't really think of it myself. When do I start working things out on my own?" "You've started already, by saying what you just said. You'll have to take me on faith." "I took the others on faith ! " "Yes, and look where we're headed. You'll have to travel blind for a while. Here's my arm to hold on to." "I don't want to change sides and just be told what to do. There's no reason to change if I do that." Montag is saying here to Faber that he is always told what to do and he always listens, he wants to make a change and try and break away from the tradition of just standing around listening to orders. He decides to push for not only himself but for others that love books. He wants to make change happen and he knows that he has to do something about it to make that change happen. He needs to take it, because no one will give it to him. All he wants is to free the people of his world from this horrible, …show more content…
There is a quote from the best picture winner of 2006 The departed where a mobster Frank Costello repeats a quote from James Joyce “A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you. You have to take it.” This quote is says that if you want change make it happen, don’t just stand around and watch. Bud, Montag, and Macbeth all do not stand for change to happen, they show initiative and get the change they want. Even if that change is evil they still make it happen, even if they use violence they make it happen by pushing against that force holding what they think is society as a
In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Montag wants the oppression of books to be lifted, he thinks that books should be given to the public and they should be allowed to read. He thinks this because books allow people to have opposed views, he thinks that books should be legal so much that he pushes back. Montag is having a conversation with faber when he says "I'm not thinking. I'm just doing like I'm told, like always. You said get the money and I got it. I didn't really think of it myself. When do I start working things out on my own?" "You've started already, by saying what you just said. You'll have to take me on faith." "I took the others on faith ! " "Yes, and look where we're headed. You'll have to travel blind for a while. Here's my arm to hold on to." "I don't want to change sides and just be told what to do. There's no reason to change if I do that." Montag is saying here to Faber that he is always told what to do and he always listens, he wants to make a change and try and break away from the tradition of just standing around listening to orders. He decides to push for not only himself but for others that love books. He wants to make change happen and he knows that he has to do something about it to make that change happen. He needs to take it, because no one will give it to him. All he wants is to free the people of his world from this horrible, …show more content…
There is a quote from the best picture winner of 2006 The departed where a mobster Frank Costello repeats a quote from James Joyce “A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you. You have to take it.” This quote is says that if you want change make it happen, don’t just stand around and watch. Bud, Montag, and Macbeth all do not stand for change to happen, they show initiative and get the change they want. Even if that change is evil they still make it happen, even if they use violence they make it happen by pushing against that force holding what they think is society as a