Civil disobedience is a term that has been heard more and more often in the states. We see people stand to together to assemble and protest, for instance: “Black Lives Matter”, “Enough”, “Women’s March”, “March for Science” and many more. We hear about court cases that decide what is within our right of our freedom of speech, religion, press, and petition. These cases made possible with the right to a fair and speedy trial. There are activists in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict doing what we do and they are thrown in jail day in and out, and face the possibility of death to stand against what is unjust.
Of the several devoted activists in The Friends Whose Names I’ll Never Know, Neta Golan profoundly caught my attention. She is someone whom I, like many others, hope to be. This is a woman who is not afraid to stand in front of a bulldozer, an Israeli peace activist and cofounder of the International Solidarity Movement. She exhibits the American tradition of civil rights.
To better understand my analysis of Neta Golan in the terms of the American Constitution, I will elaborate on the concepts of civil rights and …show more content…
Chapter seven of The Friends Whose Names I’ll Never Know tells a story of a little boy who inconsolable after soldiers entered the front door. What is so startling about this story is that the boy is crying hysterically because he was accustomed to seeing the soldiers barge in through holes in the wall rather than the front door. It was most often the case that “without warning, in the middle of the night, you would simply hear the hammer crash and the sounds of boots as soldiers marched through a hole in your wall.” In contrast, if someone barged into my home I would legally be able to protect myself, harming the trespasser if need be. On the other hand, Neta unbelievably takes the children elsewhere to teach them a song distracting them from the soldiers who invade their