Let It Be

international sentiment of surpassing strength and because this is true when men of good will finally unite they will be invincible.” This was declared in 1965 by no one other than the well-known social activist, Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech ‘Let my people go’ which took place in New York on Human Rights Day. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King had a huge influence in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s to 1968 (the day he got shot). His priority was to seek for equality…

“Let freedom ring, Let freedom ring” from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech, I Have a Dream, is very powerful by asserting some freedom like every man is equal.According to the dictionary freedom means the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint. The United States was established off of freedoms and a new beginning, but liberty is not guaranteed. It must be demand. For the past Four century society fought for : marriage equality, gender…

Let the People Decide Let the People Decide is a novel written by J. Todd Moye that discusses the black freedom and white resistance movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, from 1945 to 1986. The novel tracks what it was like for African Americans in Sunflower County during the Civil Rights movement (1954-1968), and also notes the struggles that still remained for African Americans during the 1980s. Moye also notes the white resistance movements towards the Civil Rights movements, and also…

Entering the Conversation #1 In “Let Teenager Try Adulthood”, Leon Botstein writes that schools finally confronted something suspected after the shootings that happened at Columbine High School in Colorado. He also writes that american high school is ”obsolete and should be abolished.” Botstein says that after the shooting high school students, current students and alumni, had stories about cliques and popularity. He explains that high school is “a world defined by insiders and outsiders, in…

In Never Let Me Go, clones have a predestined course towards completing and although they may wish to change their fate they do not act on it because of an overwhelming and subconscious desire to conform and blend with society and their peers which has been instilled on them as they were developed. While Ishiguro doesn’t show what the consequence would be for not following the course that is expected of you, Proulx displays in her novel Brokeback Mountain how nonconformity is met with resistance…

Amnesty? Let us be Vigilant and Charitable In his article “Amnesty? Let us be Vigilant and Charitable,” published in the March 10, 2008 edition of America, a Jesuit publication, Catholic priest and professor of philosophy John F. Kavanaugh discusses the controversial issue of illegal immigration and ponders the viability of amnesty as a solution to this problem, which has an ever present kairotic nature in a country founded by immigrants. Where do we draw the line, though? Who should we welcome…

It is human nature to create. Humans are programmed to develop new, original ideas. Therefore, creation exposes the human soul. In Never Let Me Go, one’s art “reveal[s] [their] soul” (Ishiguro 175); specifically, Tommy’s drawings of imaginary animals prove that he is creative, thus he is human-like, and cannot be viewed simply as a clone without a soul. I will first discuss how both Kathy’s and Ruth’s reactions when first seeing Tommy’s animals, even though different, show how original the…

Let Me Sleep Even though changing the starting time of schools to later in the day could cost more money, the benefits of starting school later significantly outweigh the financial cost because it would improve public safety and academic performance, allow teens to acquire an adequate amount of sleep, and benefit teens’ health tremendously. Public safety and academic performance are two things that would drastically improve if schools would delay the start times. In the 1930s, Nathaniel…

Steroids: In or Out of the Hall of Fame? Nowadays, usage of steroids in professional sports has become more common and causes more and more controversy. Zev Chafets, in his article, “Let Steroids into the Hall of Fame” goes against the modern baseball regulations and states that the players who use steroids should also be included in the group of most successful athletes in the USA. Chafets uses convincing arguments with solid examples to support his claim. His opinions on the idea that athletes…

struggle to find out what they want to be or do during their lifetime and because they don’t have any specific goals or plan to achieve, they have no choice, but to live a life predetermined for them. For this reason, Kazuo Ishiguro, the author of Never Let Me Go, sets up his main characters as figures who lack individuality in order to demonstrate the passivity of a nonperson in his novel. From the beginning of the novel, the author portrays the characters’ lack of individuality throughout…