Letters from Iwo Jima

In the texts “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and “Letter to Viceroy: Lord Irwin” by Mahatma Gandhi, each passage argues that “It is justifiable to break an unjust law,” and “Protests using non-violence due to the mistreatment of the Indian people.” In order to achieve true freedom, one must use non-violent means to find a solution. First off, one must use non-violent means to find a peaceful solution in order to achieve true freedom. Based on “Letter from…

In the passages "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and "Speech at the March on Washington" by Josephine Bake and "form Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin" each passage shows many examples of equality, and how non-violence can bring equal rights. To achieve true freedom one most use non-violence means in order to find a peaceful solution. To begin with discrimination people should respect the religion or color of the person and not make them less. Based on the "Speech at…

Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the face of equality for the entire nation. His peaceful protests had an effect on the world that violence never could have. His methods were derived from Buddha, as they both believed there was no such thing as a nonviolent fist. It was their belief that there was a way to fight back without having to hurt anyone else. Martin Luther King Jr.’s protests showed not only his love for people of color, but his love for his fellow man. He…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a minister and an advocate of the civil rights movements, wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a response to the clergymen who questioned his demonstration techniques in their “Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen”. These eight clergymen voiced their concern that King, an outsider, controlled peaceful demonstrations against discrimination in Birmingham. Whilst the clergymen stated that they supported King’s ultimate aims, they disliked his “untimely and…

In 1963, there was a letter written to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by a group of clergymen. The clergymen addressed specifically the recent civil right movements in Alabama. These men were not in good spirits about “outsiders” advocating for change because the inconveniences these efforts had caused. Shortly after Dr. King read this outrageous letter he wrote a letter of his own. Dr. King explained how the Negro Community is not the cause of tension. The tension has always been there, they are…

In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, the departed Martian Luther King, Jr. thoroughly writes to a group of Christian clergymen about his and his community’s reasons behind their insistent push for African American’s rights. At this point in time, segregation plagued the Southern area of the United States of America, and was being combated by black activists. MLK understood that a majority of white people were oblivious to the cries for basic human rights; he wrote about such in his letter to a…

they did so in powerful ways. They both addressed their problems in similar ways by writing letters in order to get their points across however, they wrote them differently. Jefferson’s intended audience was the King of England while King’s was clergymen, so both of them had to write in different styles to appeal to their readers. The point of the Declaration of Independence…

Injustice derives from the dark side of human nature, which humans could never exterminate. The ideal of an entirely egalitarian society is too good to be true. Because injustice is inextinguishable by its nature, the mentally harmful stigma of racial discrimination remains in the minds of those who have experienced it until now. The essays,…

Creon. Also, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a big following to his cause with a large group of people who support him, while Antigone is alone in her cause with only her family having similar beliefs to her. Antigone and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are from very different time periods than each other, which plays a big role in their intentions to disobey unjust laws. Antigone believes that civil disobedience is…

In the writings The Apology and Crito illustrated by Plato’s character Socrates is both persecuted and cherished with disagreements and oppositions within his ancient Athenian community. Socrates pledged a new kind of citizenship resisting the traditional ways that was based on the poetic speculation of Homer. Socrates’ philosophical citizenship is based on relying on one’s virtue, powers of independent reason, and judgment. Even though Socrates spoke heavily on human excellence and positive…