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Laespiral Kreativa laespiralkreativa — In school we listened to and read some of Martin Luther King's speeches and in recent years I had read a sermon or two of his, but that was the breadth of my experience with his work. Having now read the autobiography, I think it should be required reading in high schools. As many reviewers have mentioned, it is a little strange to call it an autobiography. However, there is so much first hand accounts that I don't really have a problem with it. I don't think that the editor, Clayborne Carson steered the book in a way unbefitting to King. The book gives you a thorough account of King's actions and involvement in the civil rights movement, as well as insight into his personal struggles. Two things really struck me about King's character throughout the book: his willingness to sacrifice and his strong faith in God. He (and his wife) were willing to sacrifice not only their time, efforts and resources but also their security in order to fight for civil rights. It doesn't seem that many Americans these days are willing to sacrifice much of anything for anything. The second aspect that struck me, his faith in God, is well-known. However, it was remarkable to read how he was constantly questioning himself, checking his motives and his intentions and realigning himself with God's will. His faith and his actions resulting from that faith are stunningly humbling. Another thing that I think is worth mentioning is the social power of the church. This account demonstrates how the church at one time really was a social engine in the community. Nearly all of King's civil rights movements were organized through and in the church or affiliates of the church. It's unclear to me if this would still be the case today. I think that generally, America's churches need to reconsider their missions, both in advocacy and community service. The book ends with King's last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop" and his last sermon "The Drum Major Instinct." You can't help but get chills reading these, as it seems that King has come to the realization that his days are numbered and has made peace with this and with God. There are too many outstanding quotes to mention...just go read it!

An Du anducompany — Lary May’s Screening Out the Past: The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry traces the arc of mass culture from technological usurper of morality, class, and archaic sentiments to a tool wielded by those interested in the extension of Victorianism back to the powerful instrument of modernization. Modern industrialization, of which the cinema and consumption are only two spokes of the wheel, contributed to the democratization of culture. The dramatic change from “Victorian to modern life” was met with both trepidation and hope (xii). Much of society looked upon this new motion picture technology as a potential corrupter of children and youth. On the other hand, others, such as many Progressive reformers, saw it as a means to further Victorian moral hegemony. May wrote, “Reformers initially saw the amusements of the “lower orders” as the most visible form of decay. Yet in looking for a tool to restore progress, they looked outside institutions of power toward the potential of leisure” (59) For example, films by D.W. Griffith, a director who had a “commitment to saving Victorianism in the face of major external threats,” delivered Victorian ideals rather than modern ones (95). According to White, Griffith’s “forward-looking techniques were fused to a backward-looking ideal” (97). Thus, for many reformers the movies could help promote the very values that they were supposedly undermining. Once film producers fully understood the money-making potential of “stars” (i.e. movie actor and actresses that receive lots of publicity) they used them to sell their pictures. The star revolutionized the industry by ushering in ideals of the modern world. Unlike their predecessors, who tried to uphold the values of Victorianism, stars like Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks “pointed to the twentieth century…[and] tried to make high-level consumption a means for restoring family stability," (146) The focus on mass consumption “showed that resentment of the rich could be lessened,” (199). Thus, although the rich were despised in the 1880s, by 1920, they were idolized and mimicked.

Atthapon Alamsombat _eng_eng — its really good andmore mature then it sounds! im around pg... 110 nmaybe?