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Martin's Big Words Book Analysis
The books Martin’s Big Words was written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier and I Have a Dream was written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Both of the authors and illustrators addressed the issue by explaining how Native American’s people were treated and how Martin and his words peace and love really meant. In these two children’s books having nonviolence and keeping the words love and peace in your head and acting upon what you are saying really shows people how far they can get in life.
In addition, these two books apply to Erikson’s stage 4 industry versus Inferiority because this book explains if you really want something you can get it through being nonviolent and using peace and love.

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