Quotes From Weekly Responses

"...it in essence is the rallying call for freedom and equality for everyone. He didn't only mention that black people need their birthright freedoms but also that Asian people need it as well as every ethnicity in the world. Freedom is something that you are born with and it's cruel for anyone to take that away from you no matter your skin color or where you are from. This connects with my personal life because racism and oppression is all around us, even in this modern day and age. Parts of the world are still under oppression and people are not given their rights and freedoms that they should be awarded. In Africa, for example, many people die because different groups of people fight and commit acts of war against each other over simple disputes such as land and religious views."

- Me, April 15th, 2013

• This illustrates my point in how freedom is in essence the underlying theme and motive behind everything. People fight for and are murdered for freedom and most literature, if not all, definitely reflects the longing for freedom in one way or another.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

" Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” contains a philosophy of justice that is still prevalent in today's American society, and arguably for the rest of the world.  Although the majority of the his ideals and values can be applied to our lives as citizens of the United States, as well as human beings in general, there are several quotes that he references that hold true to the timelessness of justice, and the never-ending struggle against injustice... ...No matter what society you live in, you will come across some laws that make you question whether or not the proprietor of such laws actually had justice in mind, or if personal bias played into its creation.  Although it is impossible for a society to create laws that are perfect for each individual, some laws blatantly work against certain people in the community, and almost exonerate others from their crimes.  Even though we are beyond the ignorance of segregation, there are certain groups of people that often times appear to be above the law, and not within it or protectors of it."

- Daniel Newton, April 18th, 2013

• This particular quote from a classmates response to Martin Luther King Jrs Letter From Birmingham Jail also helps to prove my point in freedom being the intrinsic necessity for all of human kind to enjoy. Freedom is often not given to people, even where they should lawfully have it, and these actions are the actions that cause the deterioration of society from the bottom all the way up.