John Steinbeck's Cannery Row

Many people assume that a community is just the people who live in a certain area. In reality, a community is much more than just a population of people. It is a group of individuals who work towards a common goal. A community positively influences individuals by trying to solve an obstruction that the individuals must face together. The following sources will be used to explain how a community influences an individual : Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, King’s My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., CBS News’ “National Guard sent to quell violence following Ferguson Shooting,” and Hu’s “Ferguson Teachers Use Day Off as Opportunity For A Civics Lesson.” The circumstances in Steinbeck’s Cannery Row help to confirm the idea that even when faced with a …show more content…
She begins with a discussion of the racial segregation of the African American community during the mid 1900s, the African Americans were condemned to mistreatment by the white community. For example, the Montgomery City Bus Lines was a popular mode of transportation for the African American community even though it “treated them like cattle” (King 970). They were ridiculed and forced to give up their seat if a white citizen came on board. One day, Rosa Parks, a forty-two-year-old black seamstress, refused to get out of her seat when a white man came aboard. Parks was then arrested and taken to a courthouse. This event led to the Montgomery Boycott which was a civil rights movement protesting the racial segregation of the African Americans. The African Americans refused to ride the buses and trudged on to their destinations, this protest continued until their demands were met. Even when faced with the hate and resentment the African American community responded with peace instead of violence and eventually attained their goal of stopping the racial segregation on bus lines. In conclusion, King explains how a community can attain any goal when working