Electronic civil disobedience

King's use of ethos and allusion in "Letter From Birmingham Jail" proves effective as a method of advocating for the credibility of his cause and civil disobedience. King writes, "Isn't this like condemning Socrates because he's unswerving commitment to the truth and his philosophical delvings precipitated the misguided popular mind to make him drink the hemlock," (paragraph 18, line 3). In writing this, King uses allusion to plead his case for the peaceful protests and their effectiveness.…

“Nonviolent Resistance by Martin Luther King Jnr” Martin Luther King Jnr gives five basic characteristics of Nonviolent Resistance in stride to freedom. These characteristics were very evident in the activist’s experience Anne Moody, The Jackson sit in. Nonviolent resistance involves turning the other chick and not responding to violence with violence, this was very evident because the Negros student activists’ did not respond to the violent through retaliation but just demanded free and fair…

important to let other college students of this day and age know what the people before them went through and how to know how brave they were fro putting their lives on the line for what they believed in. Often times people tend forget the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the important role college students had in it. College student’s Lunch Counter Sit-Ins…

In the “Chicano Moratorium” we saw the protest against the Vietnam War that was held in East Los Angeles in August 29, 1970. On this short documentary we saw the violence that police were using against the protestors which in this case a lot of them were Chicanos. The level of violence that use on this protests was horrible because there was no need for that much use of violence from the police. Honestly all the elements above can be connected to the “Chicano Moratorium”, for example The…

Throughout history, minorities of countries have been faced with oppression. For instance, in America, blacks have often been segregated and punished. One advocator for the end of this treatment was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after a peaceful protest, Dr. King and his fellow protestors were thrown into a jail in Birmingham. In a letter from King while he was incarcerated in jail to the clergy members of the church, Dr. King used rhetoric such as logos, metaphors, and parallel structure in order…

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. is in response to the clergymen who branded the protests against King’s confinement as “unwise and untimely.” While King does indicate that he does not usually reply to criticism, he does defend his nonviolent resistance approach toward racism. King reveals the four basic steps of nonviolent direct action which are: collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. He goes into incredibly emotional detail…

The Igbo people often participate in various acts of cultural violence willed by the Oracle and other sacred religious decrees ingrained within the various tribes. Many acts that take place are socially accepted and sanctioned; however, the Igbo have developed and changed their views on these traditions over time in order to fit the needs and desires of the tribes. As stated by the article, “[w]e must say that there was a tradition of analyzing and adjusting certain traditions within the…

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts free society because those who choose to protest against these laws demonstrate that they are strongly opposed to said law, and they are not afraid to outwardly express their disapproval. Peaceful protesting is beneficial to modern society because it does not require police intervention, it abides by the 1st Amendment of the United States' Constitution (Freedom of Speech), and it provides evidence that there is criticism towards the law being…

Civil Disobedience, or peaceful resistance to unfair laws, positively impacts and is necessary in a free society. For an example, we need look only at the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s led by Martin Luther King Jr. The Jim Crow Laws that ravaged the South at the time were incredibly unfair towards blacks, and as such, protests were necessary. Non-violent protests were the only option in Dr. King’s opinion, and rightly so. Violence, as promoted by Malcolm X, would only be detrimental to the…

and euthanasia or life imprisonment at worst. Civil disobedience is a byproduct of free society, which entails that…