Famous speeches(Q9 Animal Farm)

Martin Luther King,Jr had famously gave a public speech which is known to many as " I have a dream". He spoke of his desire for a future where black and white, among others, would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement,in relation to human rights issues. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters, the speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in history and was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.After listening to his speech, I thought that what he said was indeed very true and meaningful and I feel that something should be done to ensure that both the blacks and the whites should be treated the same,equally.
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Martin Luther King,Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. King is recognized as a Saint in many Christian Churches.A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
I admire him for his courage and charisma.He has the courage the speak out his thoughts about the mistreatment of the black community at that time.It was him who freed the blacks from the yoke of segregation, whites may owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race.He also possesses the charisma and the ability to give rousing speeches that drive millions of people to come forward and follow his footsteps to fight against racism.
However, one of his minus points was his inability to control the rash actions of his supporters as shown on the "Bloody Sunday" , March 7 1965. It was a major turning point in the effort to gain public support for the Civil Rights Movement, the clearest demonstration up to that time of the dramatic potential of King's nonviolence strategy. King, however, was not present. After meeting with President Lyndon B.Johnsen, he decided not to endorse the march, but it was carried out against his wishes and without his presence by local civil rights leaders. Footage of police brutality against the protesters was broadcast extensively and aroused national public outrage.

The Lottery

We learnt about the ugly nature of men in the story"The Lottery".The two undesirable characteristics displayed in the story were the selfishness ,ruthlessnessand supertition in men.In the story,the lottery is performed to pick out a "winner" to be stoned be stoned at in the belief of a better harvest.I think that picking out someone to be stoned at for a better harvest is indeed very selfish and cruel, furthermore,the belief is based on the supertition of men ,which may not be true.It is very relevant to our society as the supertition of men could be reflected in the society.One example is,people praying to all sorts of god for 4D numbers on the belief that god would without a doubt answer their prayers and turn them into overnight millionaires.Another example,is a popular Chinese supertition, that is staying on the 4th storey would bring bad luck as the number 4 in Cantonese is "sei" which sounds like the word "death".Some people also do not like the number 13 as they think that it brings bad luck.As for selfishness,it could be easily be seen in the MRT.Once an elderly enters the MRT train,very few people if not none,would give up the seat to them.This is the selfishness of man.