Ralph Beachum
Ralph Beachum
Mr. Tolbert
Response to Literature
3/19/12
Resistance
Martin Luther king Jr. once said, “They will be the young high school and college students, the young ministers of the gospel and a host of their elders, courageously and non-violently sitting in at lunch counters and willingly going to jail for conscience sake.” Men follow their conscious until their perspective of conscience being is distorted. They often see the moral light but are side-tracked by the world at large. Ultimately, every man is a product of their surroundings; thus, they tend to assimilate to what they know. The conscience innovation is throbbing with potential, impetuous, once asserted; it can reconstruct the foundation of all statutes. In Thoreau’s, “Civil Disobedience”, and King’s, “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” there are direct references to the methods and reasons for civil disobedience; however, the backgrounds of these letters, although distant, converge from different settings.
Taking immediate action when confronted with an overbearing task creates a better opportunity for achieving that goal. Both Thoreau and King assert their reasons for acting now rather than later; it is that of not waiting for a tomorrow that is never promised. These men together feel humiliated by their people and their own current positions; moreover, they have to acknowledge the circumstances that have limited others’ dreams. These men, together, are cognizant of the sacrifice that must be made to achieve ultimate victory; whereby they would prefer for these visions, of a castle in the sky, to be manifested in their life time. Thoreau asserts his opinion on this topic, when stating, “But to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government”(Thoreau 92): here by, concluding he doesn’t want to wait for the government to change. Along with Thoreau,
Mr. Tolbert
Response to Literature
3/19/12
Resistance
Martin Luther king Jr. once said, “They will be the young high school and college students, the young ministers of the gospel and a host of their elders, courageously and non-violently sitting in at lunch counters and willingly going to jail for conscience sake.” Men follow their conscious until their perspective of conscience being is distorted. They often see the moral light but are side-tracked by the world at large. Ultimately, every man is a product of their surroundings; thus, they tend to assimilate to what they know. The conscience innovation is throbbing with potential, impetuous, once asserted; it can reconstruct the foundation of all statutes. In Thoreau’s, “Civil Disobedience”, and King’s, “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” there are direct references to the methods and reasons for civil disobedience; however, the backgrounds of these letters, although distant, converge from different settings.
Taking immediate action when confronted with an overbearing task creates a better opportunity for achieving that goal. Both Thoreau and King assert their reasons for acting now rather than later; it is that of not waiting for a tomorrow that is never promised. These men together feel humiliated by their people and their own current positions; moreover, they have to acknowledge the circumstances that have limited others’ dreams. These men, together, are cognizant of the sacrifice that must be made to achieve ultimate victory; whereby they would prefer for these visions, of a castle in the sky, to be manifested in their life time. Thoreau asserts his opinion on this topic, when stating, “But to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government”(Thoreau 92): here by, concluding he doesn’t want to wait for the government to change. Along with Thoreau,