Leo McKern

Cesar Chavez voiced his opinion on why society should choose a nonviolent response instead of violent in a religious article on the tenth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. As a labor union organizer and civil rights leader, Chavez understands how the use of nonviolence is powerful by experiencing the effects of peaceful protests to get a message across and attaining effective change without having to resort to violence. Chavez reaches out to his audience by stating that…

No matter where a person may come from, everyone encounters a similar journey. The journey that is heard in stories is symbolic to what anyone may go through in life. In the story “A worn path”, an old women goes through many obstacles as she is on the pathway to acquiring what she sought after. In order to better convey the hero’s journey in the story A Worn Path, Eudora Welty uses characterization, symbolism, and conflict. In the story characterization is used to describe the main character…

Throughout history, there has been an enormous amount of leadership figures—both good and bad. One of the most famous is Martin Luther King Jr.--the leader of the African-American civil rights movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent disobedience. Although there have been a significant amount of honest leaders who care for the well being of his/her people, there never ceases to be an evil commander who is self-absorbent, selfish, and corrupt.…

Teddy Manfre Ms. Blass ENG 209-001 March 15, 2017 Ivan Ilyich’s Traumatic Death Leo Tolstoy is a Russian Realist who is known for being a great writer in the Nineteenth century. In one of his famous works “Death of Ivan Ilyich” he writes about a man named Ivan Ilyich who is a man with two important life values which are being a part of the high class, and being accepted by everyone around him. Being that Ivan Ilyich views himself as just a common person in his society, he is unsatisfied with…

“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist”, is what Andrew Weil said, explaining the effects of greed and the result that they can have on mankind. Green is commonly known to have effects on humans that in most cases, turn out to be negative. This idea even dates back to the story of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman of existence, who became greedy and got in trouble with God for, against orders,…

Many off the Doukhobors were able to come to Canada due to one of the leaders named Leo Tolstoy and his followers. In 1902, 500 more Doukhobors came to Canada with Verigin, another leader/novelist of the Doukhobors making the Doukhobors the largest single mass migration in Canada’s history. Verigin led his followers to the southern parts…

Charlie has taken Alice on another date to to a park where a concert was being held. Alice effortlessly made herself comfortable and played very easy going whereas Charlie still acted a bit awkward. Alice told him not to think so much about it and just “feel” the music. That didn't help Charlie a whole lot because he still thought too much about it. He's still having a difficult time getting the nerve to be more physically romantic with Alice. Charlie still stresses over this because he knows…

Our culture is drenched in senseless violence. Cesar Chavez noticed this devastating fact and took a stand. Known as the Martin Luther King Jr. of his day, Cesar Chavez was a strong advocate against violence. He dedicated his life to improving the treatment, pay, and working conditions for farm workers. Chavez argues in his 1978 article that nonviolence is the only way to overcome any oppressor. Chavez uses motif, allusion, and comparison/contrast in order to convince his audience that…

The Nonviolence Coefficient It's hard to discuss concepts of civil disobedience or even of peace without eventually arriving at the names Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. After all, both men fought daunting battles and won great liberties while condemning violence. It's hard to argue that both men ultimately subscribed to the same core beliefs. They both placed great value on human life and freedom, and both felt that nonviolent protest was the strongest way to bring about change.…

In 1977 Jones Jimes fled the United States, and nearly a thousand of his people’s temples cult. Deep in the South American jungle him and his cult built a new community to find a new way of life and called it “JonesTown”. Having a great image of a “home sweet home” and a get away “paradise” is soon died on November 18, 1978. More than 900 people were killed or others committed suicide by drinking laced Kool-Aid. Jones did have a dark side to this all as you can tell he killed nearly a thousand…