Carole King

Do You Remember Birmingham? Most every adult in America has heard of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech. Granted, most have never hear more than that line and don't really know much else about the speech, the ministry, or the man. Dr. King gave a lot of great speeches, and they were not just an eloquent group of words. When he spoke, he spoke for purpose and with meaning. Consider this excerpt: "They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. And so this…

The first event is the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This event took place in Montgomery, Alabama and was led by Martin Luther King Jr and lasted 381 days (Guggenheim). Martin Luther King Jr. asked everyone (mostly African Americans) to boycott riding the city bus and encouraged them to walk. Montgomery city buses started losing money. So after more than a year of boycotting, the Supreme Court ruled that…

The shouts of protesters filled the smoky city of Birmingham on September 15th, 1963. Racism during this time was terrible and four young girls lost their lives in a safe place, the 16th Street Baptist Church. They lost their lives because of a bombing in the church caused by the Ku Klux Klan, a group of white people who were against anyone who did not have the same color of skin that they had. But this bombing did not just effect that small city of Birmingham in Alabama, but affected the United…

Movement would have to be Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A Pastor who took a lot of his ideas of peace from Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King was really the leader of the entire movement. Martin Luther King Jr was born on…

with the civil suit with Rodney King. As we all know, this case involved Rodney King, and two friends: Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms who were involved into a high speed chase while Rodney was under the influence of alcohol. At 12:30 am, Officers Tim and Melanie Singer, (husband-and-wife of the California Highway Patrol) noticed King 's car speeding on the freeway. The officers pursued King in a high-speed chase, all while King refused to pull over for the cops. King later admitted that he…

reason for the heroic act and portrays the heroes as being pompous and arrogant. Monty Python is a parody that focuses on the humor of King Arthur as he and his knights search for the Holy Grail. King Arthur being the journey looking for knights to serve at the round table of Camelot. Typically knights were known for their bravery, chivalry and heroism. The knights King Arthur appointed were rather the least likely knights. They failed at their battles and ran in fear from danger like cowards.…

Oedipus perfectly fits Aristotle’s idea of a tragic hero. He possesses many positive traits, such intelligence and being a caring leader. However, he also possesses negative traits, such as hubris, that eventually leads to his downfall. Oedipus teaches the reader important life lessons that are applicable to today’s time period. Oedipus represents the common flaws in society today such as: arrogance, temper, and self denial. These flaws ultimately lead to Oedipus 's demise. He learns he…

As Oscar Wilde once said “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This quote correctly portrays the tragedy that is reveled in Oedipus the king, written Sophocles. Oedipus who is the protagonist in the play is characterized as a tragic hero. As he is a man of high estate and suffers from a tragic flaw, combined with his own fate he is a man who is destined for his downfall. Despite all this, prior to his death, Oedipus shows redeeming qualities and order is finally restored. Oedipus is…

Antigone: a tragic tale “There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise.” This quote is one that is representative of many tragic tales, in which a great lesson is learned too late for it to be put into use. Tragedies are known to be found frequently in Greek plays. One of the most famous Greek playwrights, Sophocles, still has surviving texts that remain in print today. Sophocles…

A Dead Man’s Dream Hard work, dedication and initiative are the fundamental values of the great pursuit of success, known as the “American Dream”. Equal to all US citizens, it represents the individual and collective desire to push beyond the boundaries of society and to strive for a better future. For generations, it has been the motivational ground for the progressive development of american civilization. In his critically-acclaimed novel “The Great Gatsby”, F. Scott Fitzgerald…