Refused

mid-1950’s would never do. Rosa’s nonviolent actions changed history and gave an example to people in the future that you can change issues in our society in a positive way. Rosa Parks is a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, Rosa refused to give her seat up to a white passenger while sitting in the colored section. This brave action got her arrested but resulted in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which positively impacted history and African American rights. Rosa Louise…

Rex and Rose Mary pushed their kids to be self-sufficient, arguing that to get through life they couldn’t rely on anybody else except themselves. They refused welfare in fear of becoming “charity cases,” refused medical help if their kids were sick. This standpoint, however, could easily be mistaken for neglect by the parents, as the kids were deprived of basic necessities like food and clothing, and were rarely kept track of. Walls…

vital roles in the lives and actions of the protagonist. The townspeople play a vital role in the life of Miss Emily, the protagonist, essentially becoming the antagonist of the story. Miss Emily was a stubborn southern belle set in her ways. She refused to pay her taxes for years, even after several failed attempts from the sheriff.…

with the prison guards through his philosophical questioning and methods, who allowed him the opportunity to escape without repercussions. Socrates still refused to leave given this circumstance. His final opportunity was right before his death with his jailer, whom he treated as a friend. However, even in the face of death, Socrates still refused this and accepted his fate. Socrates heavily respected law and justice, so escaping his death could be considered going against the state of Athens…

President advised us to become farmers, to manufacture our own clothes, & to have our children educated.to this advice we have attended to everything as far as we were able.” Yet, women refused to give up their traditional power so readily. Cherokee women sent their children to mission schools; however, many refused to assimilate into European conceptions of gender, authority, or family…

Martin Luther was a Catholic priest who was infamous for attempting to bring down the penitential system of the Catholic Church. He believed the hierarchy of the Catholic Church was corrupted and dishonest. An example of a fraudulence that Luther despised was the act of selling indulgences. Priests sold indulgences to people who had sinned and wanted remission. Indulgences supposedly minimised the time a soul spent in Purgatory. They were too often alike to operations and an ‘easy way out’ from…

Cool Hand Luke is about a troubled war veteran, Luke Jackson, who protested to any rules or authority. The movie is centered around his need to fight against conformity with a juxtaposition to the other characters who are obedient to authority and conform to the prison rules. Luke reflects non-conformity in his ways to tease the authorities and will not take any advice from the other prisoners. Conformity is expressed through the prison guards clothing, and the prisoner’s actions. Obedience to…

of Numidia. He was Masinissa's son and had murdered his two brothers. (notes) The war went badly as the Numidians used guerilla warfare against the Romans. (notes) Marius asked for permission to return to Rome to run for the consulship. Metellus refused to let him. Marius responded by undermining his position in North Africa and in Rome by convincing people that the prolonged nature of the war was Metallus's fault. Metellus let him return to Rome. (notes) Marius spent a great deal of money and…

My friends would always be like “Autumn they aren’t as bad as you think”, but i still refused. Until this one day when i was like 13 i went to this amusement park in South Carolina/ Charlotte called Carowinds and my friend Savannah came with me. Savannah loves rides that go upside down. So she begged me to go on this ride called the ‘Nighthawk’…

imposition of one way of life on another. One example of this occurred in China, where Britain, one of the world superpowers at the time, traded the addictive drug opium with the Chinese people. When China requested that they halt the trade, Britain refused and the Opium War ignited. Another example of imperialism took place in the Middle East where western powers, namely Russia and Britain, took control of Persian oil fields. Finally, the third example of imperialism took place in Central…