Compare And Contrast Essay On Civil Disobedience

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Ana Andrade Mrs. Rivers English 11, Block: 6th 24 February 2011 Essay: Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s greatest and most influential writers; he led anything to a widly successful life. Thoreau was not ambitious at all in any way but had a strong sense of his own individuality. Walden is record for Thoreau’s experience while living in Walden Pond. In writing he looked to nature for inspiration because he believed that style that imitated nature would convey principal truths of human nature. Mohandas K. Gandhi was leader of Indian’s fight for independence from British rule and he is considered father of his country. Being young lawyer, he worked for the right of Indians living under the racist and repressive…show more content…
In April 1963, King led a campaign in Birmingham and discrimination in hiring. While the followers and him were on a peaceful march toward city hall but the police turned fire hoses on them and then arrested them. While being in prison King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” which explains his philosophy of nonviolent resistance. Later that year, King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech where he expressed his faith that someday, everyone would be treated equally. During a 1968 trip to Memphis, Tennessee, King was assassinated. There are many similarities and differences between Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. One similarity they had in common was that they wanted just laws, for example Thoreau said “That government is best which governs least” with that being said he meant that the government was unfair and he wanted that to be changed, also Gandhi said “One way is to smash the head of the man who perpetrates injustice and to get your own head smashed in the process.” He meant that one thing was to fight for just laws in a dirty way, meaning using violence rather than to fight for what they want in a peaceful way. Martin Luther King also wanted just laws because he said, “There are just and unjust laws, I would agree with Saint Augustine that; an unjust law is no law

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