Civil disobedience has been a commonly used method of protesting and fighting against other people and laws. The amount of power that comes from arguing and going against law and people, while at the same time doing it in a peaceful way, is tremendous. Some examples of great leaders that used this method are: Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the one who started the civil disobedience movement Mahatma Gandhi.
This week in AP English, we read and discussed "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau. In his essay, Thoreau discusses about how people need to rise up and start using their conscience to dictate how America should be. When Thoreau says "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward" (Thoreau) he means that the people need to stop doing what others/the majority tells them to do, and they need to start doing what they think is right.
So when all these movements/protests, like Black lives matter or the protest for higher pay for teachers, are being hated on, I would like them to read and understand Thoreau's essay. This will allow those individuals, who are against the people that are speaking their minds and standing up for what they believe in, to understand that they are the ones who are wrong. They are the ones who are not only just following the majority blindly and not thinking for themselves, but also not allowing others to stand up for what they believe in and what they think is right. Those people need listen to Thoreau and stop being subjects and start being men.
This week in AP English, we read and discussed "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau. In his essay, Thoreau discusses about how people need to rise up and start using their conscience to dictate how America should be. When Thoreau says "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward" (Thoreau) he means that the people need to stop doing what others/the majority tells them to do, and they need to start doing what they think is right.
So when all these movements/protests, like Black lives matter or the protest for higher pay for teachers, are being hated on, I would like them to read and understand Thoreau's essay. This will allow those individuals, who are against the people that are speaking their minds and standing up for what they believe in, to understand that they are the ones who are wrong. They are the ones who are not only just following the majority blindly and not thinking for themselves, but also not allowing others to stand up for what they believe in and what they think is right. Those people need listen to Thoreau and stop being subjects and start being men.
Nice job Neil! Just remember that you're audience is your peers so you don't need to summarize what we did in class! But you had some nice points about "black lives matter" and your last line was funny about how they needed to be men. Nice job Neil!
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