From Yesterday

agitator whose actions incite hatred and violence and as a result, urged the African American citizens of Birmingham to withdraw their support for the demonstrations and instead rely on the courts and negotiation the achieve change. Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” is not simply a response to this criticism, but it also serves to awaken the conscience of America to the injustice and marginalization suffered…

were able to go over issues affecting the black community after the use of direct force. He states that during the meetings, a number of solutions were passed such as the removal of degrading signs in stores and towns. On the other hand, activists from the black community would put a halt to their protests. However, even though the demonstration were put on hold, the racial and degrading slur were not removed. Therefore, King called for the use of direct action to promote the rights of the Negro…

Although Emmett Till wanted to visit his family, something had gone wrong. Just at the age of fourteen he was murdered. He had made a decision that he regretted terribly. Once he had said what he did he realized he had done something wrong. Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, he died on August 28, 1955. As he was growing up he went to a segregated school. He loved to pull pranks on his friends. Everyone that knew Emmett described him as funny, high spirited, and…

(Hawthorne). Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Aylmer’s experiments to represent man striving for perfection. Aylmer of “The Birthmark” is an accomplished scientist, but he aspires to divinity. He hints that, if he put his mind to it, he could create a human being (From Aylmer's experiment). He will do anything to remove his wife’s imperfection. Aylmer makes a potion that he is going to use on his wife to remove her mark. This potion eventually leads to her death. Hawthorne show the power of nature when…

The fight over whether or not segregation should be allowed was a long and hard battle that was led by many people, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He organized and participated in many nonviolent protests to act against segregation in America. King stated that the reason he was in Birmingham jail was because “injustice was here” (King). After being arrested, he wrote a response to a public statement issued by eight white religious southern leaders. The letter King wrote used imagery,…

purpose of his letter was to respond to the clergymen that labeled the march unwise. Martin Luther King uses ethos, logos, and pathos to argue to the clergyman that the strategy of peaceful resistance against discrimination is necessary. The Letter from Birmingham Jail best uses logos and ethos to reason his actions to the clergymen. Logos is the most important appeal used in this letter because it allows Martin Luther King to respond the clergymen why he is in Birmingham. He begins to write to…

Christina Del Rosario Professor D’Amato Approaches to Literature 9 October 2014 “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Literary Analysis In “Young Goodman Brown”, Nathaniel Hawthorne incorporates symbolism, imagery, allegory, in order to underscore his themes of the hypocrisy of public morality and the inevitable loss of innocence. The short story takes places in Salem, MA during not only the Salem Witch Trials of 1962, but moreover the Puritan Intolerance and King Phillip’s War. Such a…

segregation (Youth Voices, 2015). King later compares his reasons for non-violent protest and the need for them to Socrates by writing, ” Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal” (King, 1963, para 10). Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher known for laying the foundation for Western philosophy (Youth Voices,…

In Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King shares with his fellow congressmen the reason why he has come to Birmingham. Mr. King gives an order to either take a stance with him or to move along and get lost. He believed that in order to stand up, he would have to break the norm that society has been dealing with for many decades which is what the American transcendentalism movement was all about. Racism in Mr. King’s attitude should have already been abolished because he sees that it is…

Only about 25% of the country of Darwin is electrified. For those who are not on the electric grid, lighting is primarily done by kerosene lamps and homemade candles. Kerosene fuel can cost as much as 50 cents a night, a substantial amount of money considering most Haitians only make about 2 dollars a day. Besides cost, kerosene also has many negative health risks, specifically harmful fumes and the risk of broken glass and fire. Due to these factors, many Haitians do not have much if any…