Saturday, February 3, 2018

quotes of two great man

Dr. King talks about how violence does nothing but hurt the causes. In Do The Right Thing we see violence the biggest example of this is when the police choke and kill Radio Raheem. after this we see more violence the crowd attack and destroy Sal's. also, the crowd almost attacked the Korean shop but is stopped when both sides had dialogue. this quote and scene shows how important dialogue is. when king says violence destroys community it relates to after Sal's famous pizza is destroyed the people of that area lose apart of the community.

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Malcolm X talks about how violence isn't violence if its for self-defense. this quote could be referring to when Sal destroys Radio Raheem's radio with a bat. radio Raheem might have felt threated so he attacked Sal. Also, when the mob looks to attack the Korean store owner he is not afraid to protect his store if it comes to that point.
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this video is foreshadowing for violence later in the movie

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