Social Change

Yes, I think writing does have the power to enact social change. Many great leaders of the past and of the present used writing to try to enact social change during their lifetime. After reading “The Bombing of Baghdad” by June Jordan I began to feel what she was feeling about Iraq. She uses great description while talking about all the bombings and it left me with a vivid image in my head about what was really going on in Iraq. In class we read about King, Gandhi, and Thoreau’s writings and what their message was about social change. King and Gandhi fought for their change and eventually made progress toward the change they were aiming for.
Another great leader who enacted social change during his life was President Abraham Lincoln. He delivered many speeches on many important issues in the United States while he was president. I think one of his best speeches that he delivered was the Emancipation Proclamation. This was the speech that emancipated the slaves from the south after the Civil War. I feel president Lincoln delivered a great speech to his audience to enact social change in his country.Enacting social change through writing seems like a very hard thing to do. I think that’s why only a few leaders in history have made an impact on changing something. Of all of the leaders that have enacted social change I feel that King contributed the most. He made great progress in gaining rights for the African Americans here in America.