David Henry Hwang

civil disobedience; too many to count. Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry David Thoreau, Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Harriet Tubman, and many others all took a stand in what they thought was right, even though they could have been killed for their actions. In Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter From Birmingham City Jail”, he tells that somebody has to accept the consequence of their actions. Along with Martin Luther King Jr., Henry David Thoreau in “ Civil Disobedience,” he took the punishment for…

The Skykomish tribe originated as a subgroup of the Snoqualmies and lived in the current American state, Washington (Pritzker, 201). They form part of the Native Americans in the US. The tribe’s main villages were located on the Skykomish River. Primarily, the tribe composed of the Indians of Twana, a community comprising of the Salishan people living in Washington’s Hood Canal drainage basin. The Twana comprised of nine communities, where the Skykomish, also called “people of the big river,”…

Well known essayist, lecturer and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his text, “Self Reliance”, asserts that each individual should avoid conformity and follow his/her own ideologies to achieve a more enriched life. Emerson’s purpose is to impress upon the reader the idea that they should not conform their lives to the ideology of society; rather they should pursue their own individual paths consisting of their own actions and ideas. He utilizes an encouraging tone to express to the readers that it…

A great motto to live by is "First know that you are right and then proceed." By the same token confidence produces courage. Civil disobedience is a clear cut case. When one refuses to adhere to rules and regulations of the nation he or she commits an act of civil disobedience. One does not have to reject the system as a whole but may choose to violate a certain law. This act of rejection is in fact civil disobedience. Rosa Parks is a victim not a violator of Civil disobedience. She clearly knew…

Civil disobedience is defined as the refusal to comply to certain laws as a form of peaceful protest. It has long been debated whether civil disobedience is beneficial to society. Acts of civil disobedience, seen and unseen in the media, have occurred at various points in history as forms of protest to oppression, violence, and discrimination. Although it could be debated that civil disobedience has negative and positive impacts on society, the positive impacts far outweigh the negative even if…

and not questioning an immoral authority only gives power to the oppressors. By speaking up for what is right, the power is given to the people to repair an unjust government. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., author of Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Henry David Thoreau, author of Civil Disobedience, and Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible all discuss the necessity of protesting against a government if it acts immorally. All of the texts argue that protest in necessary to fix problems in a…

English Professor Peter Elbow orated, “Everyone agrees in theory that we can’t judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare”. From this quote, one can render that contemporarily people have shown fear in deviating from the norm of society and attempting a novel way of life, despite the conventions of society being condemned multiple times. The statement suggests individuals to enter society as fully as possible into a point of view…

Throughout the novel “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, it becomes clear that Pip, the protagonist, has many goals, implied by the work’s own title, as seen above, which metamorphose as more pages are flipped. More specifically, there are, I would say, four main transformations of expectations. These can be seen through specific, formative events within the life of Pip. And while there are only four important metamorphoses, it must first be said that, at the beginning, Pip has no…

The first two chapters in Rural Protest: And the making of democracy in Mexico, 1968-2000, highlight the significance of social groups during the transition from the PRI’s regime into democracy, as well as the historical importance of the student massacre in 1968. Chapter one discusses the importance of social movements, and how movement-counter movement dynamics with government repression can either abolish these movements, or strengthen them by banding the people together in more radical…

disobedience. Nonetheless, civil disobedience may at times be justified to challenge government action. Such peaceful protests call attention to the cause in a way that establishes credibility due to the lack of aggression pursued by the people. Henry David Thoreau stated, “Unjust…