Henry Knox

The quote “Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere” by Martin Luther King Jr. is saying that if people point out injustice in one situation, they will apply that example to other situations elsewhere. This was shown in the Cesar Chavez movie. In the movie I learned that in 1964 a movement was on its way up and the union United Farm Workers Association (UFWA) was formed with 1,000 members, mostly from the workers in the grape farms around Delano. The farm workers wanted better wages and better…

A community is a group in which the members generally have a defining quality. This quality is what keeps this group as a unit rather than a bunch of individual people. In John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, community is something that is largely focused on throughout the story of Tom Joad’s journey to California. This story takes place in the heat of the Great Depression, sending enormous amounts of people away from their homes to find work elsewhere; Tom Joad and his family are no different.…

1. Apparently Nixon had a falling and rising career. One of his personality traits was anger. “Nixon was only one of the most hated figures of his time, and yet he was also the only man who was elected twice as Vice President and twice as President” (Freidrich, 334). President Nixon’s personality is serious, angry, and forceful. He had high expectations from everyone he worked with and if he didn’t get what he wanted. Most likely he was going to have something to say and it wasn’t going to be…

On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon became the first President to resign from his position. He was facing impeachment and criminal trial for the Watergate Scandal. With no where to turn and his options run out, Nixon gave his last speech as President, where he resigned and apologized to the nation. Nixon’s resignation speech does not meet the expectations of a fitting response, as defined by Lloyd Bitzer, for the rhetorical situation he was in following the Watergate scandal. Nixon…

Imagine 150,00 square-miles devastated by drought. Little rain, light soil, and high winds made for a destructive combination. Imagine watching your husband fight with the bank’s hired thugs because you can’t pay the mortgage on your devastated farm. Imagine being m scared because your husband always knows what to do, and in this moment you can see uncertainty in his eyes. The Grapes of Wrath is a story the depicts the loss of humanity that comes when people are robbed of their power and…

The Market Revolution describes how the marketplace evolved during the 19th century. After new construction was done to connect communities and farmers, easier access steadily increased, resulting in growth in the economy. This brought greater opportunities for buyers and seller as their marketplace grew tremendously. Now, they were not limited to only the people in their immediate area, they were able to sell to individuals all over. “Thousands of miles of roads and canals, most funded by…

The story takes place during World War I. An Italian nurse meets a wounded American soldier. They fall in love. Due to circumstance, they're separated from each other. The American soldier goes back to America to get a job. The Italian nurse, Luz, stays in Italy to open her own hospital in Pordonone. In the time that they’re apart, the Italian nurse has an affair with an Italian major. Luz writes to the American soldier telling him that their relationship was just a boy and girl love. The nurse…

Jimmy Carter delivered a speech on July 15th, 1979, that originally intended to focus on the serious energy crisis America faced at the time, but he instead surprised the nation by delivering a speech on the America’s crisis of confidence instead. In “The Crisis of Confidence Speech”, he addresses the country saying that the biggest problem the nation faces at the time is that it lacks the will and confidence of the people to do great things. At this time the nation was in the midsts of the Cold…

Situation Analysis A. History Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and was incorporated that same year. The company has its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan and is the largest employer in the area. The Company and founder, are well known for their gift to industry; the development of a more effective and efficient assembly line process. In 1904 the company went international expanding into Canada. Today the company continues to explore new and exciting ways to improve their…

What do a queen, a rooster, a miller, and a mistress have in common? They all share heroic qualities with the titular character in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Though some scholars doubt the King being a hero at all, as expressed by author David L. Perry, he certainly exhibits many heroic qualities throughout the play. The main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales are those of a wide range of attributes and status. By examining the tales of the Miller, the Reeve, the Nun’s Priest, and…