“March: Book Two,” by John Lewis and Andre Aydin, is about the perspective of John Lewis’s experiences on the revolutionary events that lead up to the outcry for illegalizing segregation law within the United States and how the freedom riders and many important groups use the powers of nonviolent protests and freedom of speech to gain supportive momentum among the communities. Lewis and his allies have protested the March on Washington for jobs and freedom as part of the rise of the Civil Rights Movement. However, while they were gaining aid from supporters along the way, they were also attracting prejudiced and narrow-minded people who were against this revolution of equality in the United States. John Lewis and his allies continued to protest …show more content…
Lady Murasaki Shikibu would value this novel as a way to tell history due to that history had to offer very little description about historic events during her era. She also would enjoy and recognize how the book’s values of driven passion showcase the perspective of John Lewis and his fellow allies on this rigorous path of freedom since it gave a major impact to our society to continue speaking up for our freedom. She also might like the historic factor that gives dates and time frames shown within the story considering that she did not have the privilege to obtain these types of detailed histories in her time and the emotional depth gathered from Lewis’s perspective in these critical parts in history. For instance, on top of page 30, Lewis is on a bus and reads a newspaper which states “Freedom Ride 1961” on front page of the newspaper while riding on the bus, which states one of the big steps towards equality of freedom from civil rights groups taking action of nonviolent protests and boycotts during this time. As Lewis sees the title of the newspaper, he felt it was the starting point of big changes that would occur to the society of USA. In addition, the bottom panel of artwork emphasizes this meaning of the beginning of a new journey to freedom of equality when Lewis’s bus takes a long and harsh path which is the meaning of the journey to freedom. In Lewis’s application to join freedom riders, he writes about how much earning an education is important, but currently, human dignity is the single most crucial thing to his life. This is how Lewis joins the Freedom Riders’ cause of equality. Hence, Lady Murasaki would admire this way of historical storytelling for Lewis’s strong