Civil Disobedience; Not as Simple as Black and White Can we really live our lives as Author and Historian, Henry David Thoreau did all those years ago, obeying only the laws we feel to be just laws, and ignoring those we consider unjust? Or should we rally together to get those unjust laws changed like American clergyman and Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King and millions of others did? Is civil disobedience as simple as black and white? If it were as simple as Thoreau made it seem then Mr. King may not have been known for the many things we know him for today. In Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" we learned how Mr. King and his many supporters used the laws and the hatred of others to benefit their cause, a just cause, righting unjust laws without breaking any real laws.
That is how is written on his tombstone and it should be remember that way, like a hero. I also believe by us talking about his character flaws it wouldn’t be fair for him because he is not present to defend himself or to even listen to his side of the argument. No one is perfect, people in general have flaws and doesn’t determine the time of person they are or will become, Jefferson should be remember for his accomplishments and all the good he did this
If it was not for the counter culture of the sixties, there would still be an active never-ending war in Vietnam. People should not have to endure unfair treatment just because their forefathers stipulated their practice because it was appropriate at the time. Old Man Warren, the eldest of the town, is the leading example of the past generation’s striving for solidity of out-dated virtues when he calls villages off to the north that had quit the lottery a, “pack of crazy fools”. He is completely enthralled
Once the men find Private Ryan, they are forced to help defend the bridge which Ryan has been left to "babysit" in Remmel. During the successful defense of the bridge, Captain Miller is killed. Miller's dying words to Ryan are "earn this". Hollywood's version of this particular aspect of the story is absolutely fiction. There are of course some historical inaccuracies which are in my opinion not harming our understanding of past events and historical figures.
Also, in becoming President, he swore an oath to have integrity and use it to make the Unites States better. Honesty is a huge part of integrity and Abraham Lincoln is a very honest man. He even had a nickname: "Honest Abe". He was first recognized by this name when he was working as a clerk in a local shop. According to one account, whenever he accidentally gave a person the wrong amount of change, he would momentarily close up the shop to find the person and give them the correct amount of change, no matter how far the walk.
So gun control is not the answer to the problem. Law Enforcement needs to crack down on criminals and the illegal sales of firearms to help elevate the problems with the death or homicide rate. The normal everyday work class people do not need to be punished for the acts of criminals and drug dealers. If gun control were to take effect and guns were outlawed it would still not solve the problem at hand. It wouldn’t solve the problems because only the outlaws
The man in the cocked hat represents the factual representation. Upon Rip's entrance into the town, the man asks him very direct question and expects very direct answers. If someone were to ask the man where he had been for the past twenty years he probably would would have told the story of the revolution and specific battles. He is not interested in tales, only the facts. From his description, "the man with the cocked hat," cocked can also mean leadership.
To begin with, Atticus’ selflessness and moral integrity could be seen as his defining traits. Despite the fact he is surrounded by racial prejudice and intolerance, Atticus still decides to defend the case of Tom Robinson, a Negro man, against accusations of the rape and assault of a young white woman although it could cost him his reputation. In his own words, Atticus took on the case, “’…For a number of reasons, ‘…‘The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again,’” (Lee, pg. 75). This quote being his answer to his daughter’s question on why he took the case, it is evident that the he did in order to protect and defend his own personal morals, in spite of its threat to his reputation.
When you think of gun control, you automatically think of someone trying to take away your right to express the 2nd Amendment (the right to bear arms); however, this ideal is wrong due to our lack of knowledge about the term. Gun control refers to the laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms. (In other words, they are the glue that allows us to exercise this right, but in a safe way). The term above does not lead us to do away with our democratic rights, but rather provides a protection to the lives of people in our own land. Every single day someone dies here in America due to guns, whether it is by suicide, school shootings, or just even children playing around at home with an open gun at home.
Because he realizes that Jim is a human he decides to keep Jim’s escape a secret and lie for Jim, Huckleberry Finn shows that he doesn’t live by society’s morals, but that he creates his own. Even though society’s morals are unethical and do not recognize Jim as a human, Huckleberry acknowledges Jim’s humanity. Huckleberry Finn is set in the 1800s when only white people were viewed as humans, and African-American slaves were viewed as property, so it is a very impactful point in the novel when Huckleberry acknowledges Jim as a human. In a conversation between Huckleberry and Aunt Sally discussing an accident on a boat, Aunt Sally says: “‘Good gracious! Anybody hurt?’”(Twain 279).