Comparing the Testimony of Charles Manson to Martin Luther King Jr.S Letter and Also to Society

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Over the course of my life I’ve happened across a lot of opinions, situations, articles—fiction and non—that’s shaped my perspective of the world and the people in it. I believe there are two kinds of people in this world; first are the straight-and-narrow, the people who take what they see and they only see that, they see black and they see white, no grey area in between. Then there are the dreamers, the people who see not only the black and white, but the grey in between. These “dreamers” as I call them have the ability to not only see what’s there, but also what is between it and also why it’s there. They question everything on both sides and the middle ground, unlike the straight-and-narrow’s who only ever just accept what’s before them with a stone cold ferocity that makes them vicious. For the sake of my thesis and general belief, I have to note that there is no in-between; you either just take what you see and accept it, or you have your own belief formed by what you see—in this case, and only this case, I believe there’s no gray area. Over the course of this non-fiction unit, I’ve happened across thoughts and opinions I do and do not agree with. I can truthfully say that even though I’m still only 18 years old, still just a baby compared to the minds of people out there, I’m extremely self aware. I know what I believe in and I’m not easily swayed, but I do have that critical, analytical, philosophical thinking that helps me form my personal views on the world and the information I come across. One of the strongest emotional and personal responses I connected to over this unit was The Testimony of Charles Manson. Every word I read of his felt as though it came from my own mind. Charles Mason and bat-shit crazy, but he’s onto something. Charles Manson is one of those dreamers of society. I’ve always had this really strong admiration for him, despite him

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