... his statement that "It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative," King illustrates that the Negroes were demonstrating for a reason. From the third through the fifth paragraph, ... away from the emotional tone, and reverts to logic: "there are four basic steps...." This is a strategic and effective use of pace and structure, because although King wishes to criticize the clergymen, he is well aware that if he angers them overmuch, they will simply sto...

• Word Count: 4137
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... that the inferiors would breed excessively and soon outnumber the superior white race. Needless to say, methods of female sterilization were developed later and through a desire to maintain a patriarchal structure, women soon became the main targets of involuntary sterilization. Even in the midst of the Birth Control Movement, as white, middle-class feminists demanded the right to reproduce at their ... through mass involuntary sterilization. This desire to weed out the "undesirables" and it being the duty of the superior race to determine who should and should not reproduce is parallel...

• Word Count: 3927
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... dilemma, already experienced as children, is similar to that of our slaves, Roxy and "Chambers-. But the townspeople, as we see at the end of the story, don't see the parallel and would never admire a slave for freeing himself from slavery. Let's come to "Chambers-. Because "Chambers- was raised as a slave, he lacks the capacity to be free. If heredity dooms ... burden and become a better person. But, it comes differently: "In several ways his opinions were totally changed, and would never go back to what they were before, but the main structure of his character was not changed and coul...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School