Antigone vs Martin Luther King Jr in rhetoric Should we truly be punished for breaking laws that break moral code? According to Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr the answer appears to be no. They both defend their actions that break the rules yet favor different rhetorical devices. Throughout Antigone’s speech she seems to favor pathos to convey her reason to break a law. When explaining her actions she evokes the emotion in her audience by explaining what would have happened if she had follow
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After the Civil War African Americans faced much segregation and discrimination from their white counterparts. From this hate emerged several black orators, who passionately attempted to progress the condition and status of blacks. Two very famous orators of this time were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, both of whom wanted equality for blacks, but had very different ideas in how to get that equality. Washington, in his Atlanta Compromise speech, gave the idea that equality needed to be
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because not only is Martin Luther King Jr. a well-known civil rights activist, he is an African American. This allows him to easily connect with his audience and he already knows, personally, about the subject at hand. In his speech, King mentions how “there will be neither rest not tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundation of our nation until the bright days of justice emerge” (2). King, through his speech
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Through Angela Davis’ passage, ‘Democracy, Social Change, and Civil Engagement’, ‘The First White President’ along with the two DACA articles, one can say that we are connected with equalness and freedom, which are the top two priorities in our country today; however there are issues in our world today that don’t make these priorities fair because of the different views that people are now taking on. We, as people, are supposed get the same rights and treatment as everyone else, nonetheless, because
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In a chapter titled “Rice Paddies and Math Tests” in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, Gladwell explains why it seems that Eastern Asians are always better at math than other ethnicities. Part of it has to do with the shortness of their numbers. A lot of their numbers have short, syllable-long pronunciations that increase their memory of number sequences, which allows them to perform mental math efficiently. This is why those of Eastern Asian heritage are often much better at math classes than those
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Who was Cesar Chavez ? well Cesar Chavez was leader who fight for the hispanic rights. I admired Chavez because of his words and hard work. The thing that i admired the most of him his that he wouldn't give up on his work. He would inspired others to stand up and fight for their rights. However, Cesar Chavez fight for the hispanic rights because he was tired already to be a slave of his work. The hispanic people would work a lot of hours and get paid the minimum. Working in the labor for the
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Ideologically, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and Tim O’Brien share very similar values, despite being authors of significantly different time periods. They all share the mentality it is your duty to rebel when you know something is wrong/unjust, even if the majority or higher power rules against your favor. Individuals must think for themselves and not just believe or support what they are told. It is important that those in a society make decisions and judge the right or wrongness in
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Today marked the day of Howard University’s 149th Opening Convocation. When I entered Cramton Auditorium, I was uncertain about what to expect. I had never been to convocation at a HBCU. I entered Cramton auditorium with my School of Business team and we took our seats. We didn’t know what to expect, so we decided to sit in seats in the back of the auditorium. Later, I would come to realize that sitting in these seats would be to my advantage. There were many musical performances. However
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a very influential speaker during the Civil Rights Movement. Kings “I have a dream speech” impacted the country by speaking volume so people on many different levels. He spoke about the injustice in the country and how white and black people were not treated the same. King spoke in a very authorative tone that did not only African Americans but Caucasian people as well. He was very passionate and persuasive with his words by getting those certain people to consider that
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Thoreau wrote “Civil Disobedience” in 1849 in response to issues that resulted from, what he saw as, an unjust government. Civil disobedience is a peaceful form of protest to achieve changes in political policies. James K. Polk was president at the time. He initiated war on Mexico and supported slavery. Issues that caused Thoreau to want a change in government, among others, were the Mexican-American war and the topic of slavery. Throughout his essay, Thoreau pokes holes in the system of democracy
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