Social Commentary On Letter From Birmingham Jail

Graded Assignment
Unit Test, Part 2: Social Commentary
Answer each question, using complete sentences.
Total score: ____ of 60 points
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 20 points)
1. What is the difference between the type of equality presented in “Harrison Bergeron” and that presented in “Letter from Birmingham Jail”? Answer this question in at least a paragraph and make sure to cite examples from the text.
Answer:
In the letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK was claiming equality among human beings. His fights for equal rights for African Americans. He was calling all citizens to fulfill their duty to disobey injustice law. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.
Vonnegut presents a cynical view of equality inspirations in his book – Obsession over equality have ruined society-

(Score for Question 2: ___ of 20 points)
2. How do the styles and themes of “Theme for English B” and “Ballad of Birmingham” compare? Answer this question in at least a paragraph and make sure to cite examples from the text.
Answer:

The rhythm uses is ABCB and so on. They both talk about it, In “The Theme in English B” he says “You are white yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That’s American”. He was a colored person when he says this in his paper to his teacher. But it shows that no matter what color they still Americans and part of the country. In “Ballad of Birmingham” it shows how hard it is to gain civil rights. When the mother refuses to let her daughter go to the rally and she tells her that the church is safer but in the end the girl dies anyways. “For when she heard the explosion, her eyes grew wet and wild. This shows the greatest struggle for civil rights and the struggle has to do with losing loved