In today’s society, people are obsessed with the notion of success and often question how to achieve success. Humans wonder if there really is a secret to success. In the afterword of The Other Wes Moore, Tavist Smiley says, “Failing doesn’t make us a failure. But not trying to do better, to be better, does make us fools” (Moore 185). Tavist says that a call to action is a necessary tool in help at-risk youth succeed in creating a plan to leave their legacy. On the other hand, Martin Luther King’s speech, “I Have a Dream” talks about taking action “Now” against racial segregation and inequality. Inspiration, aspiration, and motivation are the mandatory mechanisms to help at-risk youth to classify attainment as a possibility.
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Motivation is the key factor in attaining anything and everything in life. Martin Luther King Jr. motivates his followers by becoming their mentors. In addition, motivate his followers by making sure they understand that they have expectations to follow through. The usage of his words in his speech motivates many to fight against discrimination with all their might. At the end of his speech, he states “...when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last” (King 639)! King’s words motivated his followers to fight with a common end goal, which is to put an end to the racial injustice in American. If the Americans were not motivated during the civil war, then America would not have been what it is in present-day. Therefore, it is quite possible that racial segregation, and injustice could have continue to this day. Motivation to fight is the fundamental reason, African-American have the rights as other citizens in the United States today. The same way Dr. King motivated African American to fight against segregation, Colonel Murphy also motivated his students to do their best in every aspect of their lives. Before leaving Valley Forge Colonel Murphy said “When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered you were ever here” (Moore 133). Colonel motivated his cadets to do things that will leave a legacy wherever they go. In other words, he want his students to do things that the world would commend them by. These few words of Colonel motivated the other Wes Moore to stay at Valley Forge to receive his associate 's degree and become a second lieutenant in the army. Colonel Murphy had
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Motivation is the key factor in attaining anything and everything in life. Martin Luther King Jr. motivates his followers by becoming their mentors. In addition, motivate his followers by making sure they understand that they have expectations to follow through. The usage of his words in his speech motivates many to fight against discrimination with all their might. At the end of his speech, he states “...when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last” (King 639)! King’s words motivated his followers to fight with a common end goal, which is to put an end to the racial injustice in American. If the Americans were not motivated during the civil war, then America would not have been what it is in present-day. Therefore, it is quite possible that racial segregation, and injustice could have continue to this day. Motivation to fight is the fundamental reason, African-American have the rights as other citizens in the United States today. The same way Dr. King motivated African American to fight against segregation, Colonel Murphy also motivated his students to do their best in every aspect of their lives. Before leaving Valley Forge Colonel Murphy said “When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered you were ever here” (Moore 133). Colonel motivated his cadets to do things that will leave a legacy wherever they go. In other words, he want his students to do things that the world would commend them by. These few words of Colonel motivated the other Wes Moore to stay at Valley Forge to receive his associate 's degree and become a second lieutenant in the army. Colonel Murphy had