In his famous speech at the march on washington in 1963, dr. martin luther king jr. said, “i have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” theodore taylor published the cay six years later, in 1969. the dedication to the novel read: “to dr. king’s dream, which can only come true if the very young know and understand.” what does taylor want young people to “know and understand”? how will this dr. king’s dream come true? explain what the dedication means and how the message of the book is connected to dr. king’s dream. use at least two details from the novel to support your answer.

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

What phrase from "speech after being convicted of voting" most engages the audience's sense of pathos, or their emotions?

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.