<p>hi, i kno u've been reading a lot of these threads lately... i'd just like some last minute tips. thanx a bunch.</p>
<p>prompt - do we put too much value on the ideas or actions of individual people</p>
<p>Throughout history prominent figures have made fateful decisions with monumental ramifications. Such people were preeminent from the common population due to their superior courage, intelligence, and insight. Such people incited revolts and empires – they lead the masses into new eras. Surely such individuals should be celebrated and valued, for without them, history would be a monotonous cavalcade of mundane everyday events. Although prominent individuals are replete throughout history, they were especially manifest during the 20th century. Two of the most compelling examples are Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King.</p>
<p>The Great Depression was a bleak time in America’s history. Closed banks, widespread unemployment, and nearly worthless stocks forced people to scratch out a squalid living on the streets. President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced the immense task of repairing such carnage and returning prosperity. He hatched a series of plans – known as the New Deal to foster employment and reopen banks. He enacted new legislation to regulate the economy. Finally, after over a decade, Roosevelt’s plans prevailed when he succeeded in ending a time of severe adversity. Clearly, Roosevelt deserves to be commended and his actions praised for this noteworthy act. It was his individual mind that begot the plans to save the nation, not endless debates by the common people. Had Roosevelt’s superior intellect been overlooked, his plans dismissed, American many have never rebounded from its financial catastrophe.</p>
<p>Thirty years later, Reverend Martin Luther King was trying to return another type of prosperity to the nation – in the form of equal rights. King was leading minorities, predominantly black, in marches throughout the South and gave speeches in numerous cities. The 100,000 – strong March on Washington D.C. was King’s brainchild, as was his famous “I have a dream” speech. King’s actions finally succeeded by the end of the 60’s with the enactment of the Civil Rights act of 1964 and 1968. Such achievements were not attained by the common masses. They were attained by the brilliance and courage of one individual – Martin Luther King. Obviously, it was individual effort rather than communal actions that incited the Civil Rights laws. If it were not for King’s actions and individual ideas, the Civil rights Act may not have been passed, and we may still live in a world of prejudice and oppression.</p>
<p>Without question, individual ideas and actions must be valued for it is the efforts of individuals that incite the action of the community. Whether in war, finance, politics, or art, individual accomplishments are paramount. Had Franklin D. Roosevelt not propounded his individual ideas, America may still be in a Depression. Had Martin Luther King not committed himself tirelessly, America may not be known as the land of the free.</p>
<p>again, thanx a lot - scores outta 12 pleezz</p>