Paper 2 practice

• In what ways is the reader seduced or comforted by the ideas in the works studied and in what ways challenged or alienated? Refer to the two literary works you have studied.

2) Newspaper reporter

Yesterday, June 30th 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a speech that has been admired and very well received by the American public, specially african-american people. The reason why this speech caused such an impact is because it has been a very long time since someone took place as the voice of african-american people.

1) Content and Theme: I have a Dream, Martin Luther King 1963

Throughout the years, we can notice that Martin Luther King, along with his speech "I have a dream", has been a real inspiration for other political parties in the sense of equality and brotherhood. Nowadays people in general aren't discriminated by the color of their skin, which has been a great progress for not only the American society but for many other countries. This civil rights movement didn't necessarily start with King, but he was definitely the one who aloud the African American people to be heard, by using different terms like equality of brotherhood. 

The use of the theme brotherhood is very well implemented in this speech since he at first refers to us people as "God's children", that emphasizes equality and brotherhood. But right before, he quotes "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood". Here he compares racial injustice as quicksands with brotherhood as a solid rock. These quotes and devices used are what changed the world's perspective on civil rights and what makes our society what it is today. So in conclusion I would say that Martin Luther King would feel very accomplished, if he were still alive, but at the same time probably a little unsatisfied because as he says in his speech, "We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality".

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
https://www.presentationmagazine.com/analysis-of-martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-speech-8059.htm

Written poem analysis

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Rationale TKaM

In order to make this written task more clearer and easier to understand , throughout this rationale I will discuss how, why and to who I write this task.
First of all, this task will consist in a letter to Jem and Scout. The reason why I chose to write to both of them is because they are the ones who have been "followed" by Boo Radley and they deserve to know why he has done all this (throughout the book there have been different events starring him).
The main objective to reach is to try to put myself in Boo Radley's shoes, an able to use his point of view, explaining his feelings on how he felt while everybody was scared of him, without even knowing who he his. Followed by this objective I would also like to mention that by writing this letter to both Jem and Scout, (in this version) Boo Radley's prejudice about being a "bad person" will
be gone from their minds, accompanied by his final act.
To conclude, and start with the letter, I´d like to give my personal opinion towards this topic. I chose to do it from Boo Radley's perspective because I found it more challenging to talk in the position of a man than nobody has ever seen or been in touch with. And thanks to this a hope to make a good task, completing my objective.

Being african-american in Alabama

This article will be discussing the life that african-american people had in Alabama in the 30's. Black people used to be slaves until the year 2

to kill a mocking bird questions

When was she born?
April 28' 1926

Where did she live?
Harper Lee lived in Monroeville, Alabama.

What did her father do?
Her father was a former newspaper editor and proprietor, practiced law and served in the Alabama State Legislature.

What is the cultural and educational background of the author?
Harper lee lived in a society that suffered racism, while her father worked defending black men from murder accuses. This fact inspired her in writing her book.  She was also educated in Monroe County High School.