There is one undeniable fact about life: Human Rights are a necessity. It is basic and bare minimum, yet we have struggled to respect those rights in the History of America and the history of the world as a whole. We have seen many activists focus on this topic, many of whom have made life easier for those whose differences seem to refuse them refuge, two of whom are Martin Luther King Jr., and Elie Wiesel. King and Wiesel were legendary activists whose ability to share stories of trauma and pain led to social change. King and Wiesel use literary devices such as repetition and metaphors to convey a message of equality and peace throughout their speeches. Elie Wiesel uses sorrowful repetition, whilst Martin Luther King Jr. uses powerful repetition
It is not possible for human rights to be actualized for every person. In Elie Wiesel’s book, Night, there are examples of how people have more power than others, therefore people are punished for bad reasons. Going along with this in Elie’s speech, The Perils of Indifference, he talks about how indifference is shown in WW2. There are many ways that Elie shows that it is not possible for human rights to be actualized for every person.
1963 and 1964, two pivotal years in American history. In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and in 1964 Malcom X wrote “The Ballot or the Bullet”. Before, during, and after these two years the United States was a place where racial equality was inexistent. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were pioneers in bringing attention to this issue. Both men wrote letters and released them to the public, one from a jail cell and another recited his letter in a church.
On the other hand, Wiesel explains how he and his people have already re-earned their freedom and let everyone know “... Our [Jews] survival has meaning for mankind”. When King talked about This, he expressed determination and let the abuser know “... We [African American] people will not be satisfied until Justice rolls down like water” since he and his people were still fighting to be treated equally and fairly with freedom, like humans. Another literary element They used was Diction.
Elie Wiesel and Martin Luther King Jr. use powerful diction and similar repetition to convey a sense of urgency and remembrance for the oppressed. King’s passion and knowledge about the topic is seen throughout his speech and how the Emancipation Proclamation came as a “great beacon light of hope” to the millions of slaves. He creates a sense of urgency in the speech and empowers others to “rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation” and follow “the path of racial injustice.” King uses this compelling diction to try and mend the broken society, and express his hope of equality "for all of God's children '' through his faith. Elie Wiesel also declares his faith "in God and even in his creation" to give hope in stopping something like the Holocaust from ever occurring again.
Ellie Weisel and Martin Luther King's speeches both have a lot of similarities such as repetition and Imagery. They both portray imagery and repetition to give the reader a better understanding of how they were treated while they were alive. They both use phrases and words to help the reader understand how they were treated “I remember his bewilderment”, they both also use words to give you a picture of how African Americans were segregated and a better view of who she was talking to. In the writings, they both use repetition in different ways to portray different meanings, in Ellie Wiesel's speech she used repetition to bring up the past and how painful the past was. Then in Martin Luther King's speech, he uses repetition to give you an idea
When the following speeches were given, they were brought about by the fight for African American rights. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X had made speeches about the rights for employment for the African Americans, in addition to giving ways of the change to happen. Matrin Luther King Jr was so important because of his enactment towards the nonviolence resistance for African Americans equal rights. Just as Malcolm X is similarly important for being a leader in the Civil rights movement. Both speakers are trying to construct employment for the African Americans.
Socrates and Martin Luther King Jr. were both great revolutionary speakers of their time. They both questioned the society around them and voiced their contradictory ideas. These historical figures were viewed as criminals in the eyes of their society. In the Crito, by Plato, Socrates is in a prison cell and awaiting his trial. Martin Luther King Jr wrote A Letter From Birmingham Jail, when he was impressed for holding a nonviolent campaign.
As the saying goes there are many ways to skin a cat. My essay has to deal with two individuals, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt, while acting against social injustice, they acted in very different ways. Similarities Martin Luther King Jr. stated “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal. " It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.”
What does Martin Luther King, Thomas Paine and Henry David Thoreau have in common? They stood up and made a difference by protesting. All three of these people protested different things at different times but all three had one common goal: unity. Martin Luther King protested civil rights for African Americans. He was the dominant leader of the United States civil rights movement.
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony: all these people are known as heroes. They are also criminals, according to the laws of their time. All these brave men and women went to jail for their beliefs against the justice system, willingly accepting their punishments, and leading peaceful protests in the change of laws for which they were arrested. Their inspiration reached out to other causes as well, such as the anti-Vietnam war protests. They are all testaments to the power of civil disobedience, and the impact it continues to have on American society.
America is a place where political union is alive, alive from the people who worked to create it and worked to make it better as a whole. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are a few of the people that wanted and worked towards this goal. Jefferson declared freedom for all in the “Declaration of Independence,” Paine expressed that one must work for their freedom in “ The Crisis,” and King expressed how even after having freedom one must exercise the rights one is given.
The civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had strong beliefs that influenced how he approached activism and enacting social change. King advocated peaceful resistance, equality, justice, and the power of love, which were all inspired by his Christian faith and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi (King 15). He battled against racial inequity and prejudice because he sincerely felt that every person, regardless of race, has intrinsic worth and dignity. Although the beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Transcendentalists are similar, they also diverge significantly. King and the Transcendentalists had a respect for people's autonomy and capacity to have a constructive impact on society.
The similarities between Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King shows Martin Luther King was the better defender of human rights. Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King have many similarities. For example, They both committed their lives to supporting civil rights and to fighting injustice. On the other hand one way they differ is that Jackie focused on baseball and making it to the world series while Martin Luther King focused on civil rights and non violent protests. Martin Luther King coordinated the Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew 250,000 people to march for African Americans' civil and economic rights in the nation's capital where the i have a dream speech was spoken.
Martin Luther King and Elie Wiesel both use imagery to show the oppression and cruelties of what happened to their people. Both speakers use repetition to give messages of change, although King uses more hopeful messages to inspire positive changes rather than the sorrowful influence used by Wiesel. Both speakers try to give the audience reasons to grow and change. Elie Wiesel uses literary elements to show the sorrow and oppression of the acts committed against the Jews. Elie uses imagery to talk about his past while he is prejudiced for being a Jew.
2 characters 3000 years apart yet both heroes with many similarities. Antigone from the story Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. both share many characteristics of a hero pushing for rights and justice. Antigone fights against the king to bring justice to her war-fallen brother. Martin Luther King Jr. Fought for the civil rights movement; against the government and society. Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. both shared many similarities in characteristics that were revered in their societies; a few of which being their strong will and their justice.