Blind Conformity: Malcolm X Tony Franklin ENC 1101 D.J. Henry 2/3/97 In today’s world it is often difficult to adjust to one type of lifestyle or another. The constant bombardment of outside opinions hamper our ability‚ as humans‚ to choose and be comfortable with a certain way of living. Our way of living may consist of a look‚ a way of thinking‚ a religion‚ or any facet of our personalities that may not conform with whatever is the norm or the accepted at a given time. When this is the
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Alanna Mason Period 8 Martin Luther King v. Malcolm X Martin Luther King has been known for using peace to help him get equality among all people but especially African-Americans. He was not the type of leader that resorted to violence in order to get the equality that he fought for. King has been known for moving people by the use of his speeches like King’s I Have a Dream and I’ve Been to the Mountaintop speeches. King shows through these speeches that even though he was determined to get equal
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Based on the autobiography of Malcolm X‚ who once said “One day‚ may we all meet together in the light of understanding.” He had a desire to impose change to the world hoping for that day to come‚ when all races will appreciate and live in harmony amongst each other. To bring change to the world‚ he became an influential leader in the civil rights movement and fought against racial segregation‚ discrimination and unfair laws. He called for black separatism and rejected both integration and nonviolence
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were two very influential men during the Civil Rights Movement. While they both were fighting for the same things‚ they had quite different ways of acting upon solving these problems. A lot of people see them as complete opposites‚ seeing as they had contrasting views on violence versus peace. Most are very familiar with King‚ seeing as he has his own holiday‚ but not many people may know what he did or was involved with other than civil rights. Both men were adamant
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The X Factor In the excerpt from Malcolm X’s “Message to Grassroots‚” Malcolm X uses effective stylistic devices such as colorful figurative language‚ effective repetition‚ and powerful diction to persuade his audience of his argument. Malcolm X feels strongly that America has treated the people of color unjustly‚ and he is angry about it. He is arguing that minorities need to forget their differences‚ so they can unite in a common cause to gain equality and liberty. Too‚ he says blacks‚ and
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To be a humans the first three characteristics are your skeletal makeup‚ Malcolm X theory and John Locke’s philosophy. Skeletal makeup is actually defines us into the category of homo sapiens. Malcolm X explains what it means to be human to be respected as a human‚ given the rights as a human. Finally there is John Locke’s philosophy‚ the rights of humans are Life‚ Liberty‚ and Property (The U.S. Declaration of Independence). First trait that makes up a human is the skeletal makeup. All
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Who achieved more for black Americans‚ Martin Luther king (MLK) or Malcolm X During the period of the 1950’s‚ black people were discriminated against and received unfair treatment because of white people’s opinion on the race. Black people at the time had to live in very bad conditions‚ health‚ housing and school wise. It was enforced very harshly that white and black people (or people of colour) to be separated. This washarsher in the south due to the fact they were more openly racist than the
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Malcolm X Malcolm X was a African American civil rights leader during the 1960’‚ who was a major forthright spokes man for black nationalism. During this time Malcolm was a very unique leader for the African Americans as he strongly believed in using violent and aggressive measures to fight for civil rights Malcolm X had a very strong perspective on racism and segregation. He was totally against it and was to do what ever he could to show his perspective and fight for his values of freedom‚ justice
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Outline for Comparative Essay 1. Thesis- Although King uses great allusions and much reasoning to get his point across‚ I feel that Malcolm X was more persuasive in his speech‚ The ballot or the bullet‚ because of his ability to connect with his audience with his extensive use of Anaphora and Asyndeton/Polysyndeton. Emphasising his points with anaphora/epistrophe. -Malcolm X‚ Anaphora‚ Polysyndeton‚ Asyndeton‚ Metaphor -Audience Easier to persuade 2. Compare different ways of using rhetorical device
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rights or having a younger new generation‚ like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Both bringing questionable methods that differentiate from John Lewis’ methods when it came
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