Do The Right Thing

The famous philosopher, Francis Bacon once said, “Knowledge is power”. But how do you change the world without having the right knowledge to do so? You can`t. Whatever you are doing in life, whether you are a firefighter, politician, painter or a person with big ambitions in making the world a better place, it's important to have the right knowledge in order to succeed at what you are doing.I believe that one of the best ways to gain valuable knowledge is by knowing the history of the country we live in. I think we can learn a lot from the history of the country we live in order to not to make the same mistake twice in attempts of making a better world. Before I took my first US history class in college; I made it a priority to learn as many useful and interesting life lessons as I can. Now, I am at the end of finishing my US history class and I would like to share with you interesting things that I learned and realized in US History class.

If there is one reason for a student to attend a history class, it is that he can learn from the mistakes

“A soul-searching debate is now coursing through the country: Child labor is universally condemned, but is it fair to multinationals to cut and run when incidents arise of children working?” writes David Montero in his article titled “Is Doing the Right Thing Wrong?” While child labor in the United States (U.S.) is not accepted, it still runs rampant in second and third world countries, which is why children often find their way into factories. When this happens people often boycott the companies where this is found, but boycotting is not the way to go. Just boycotting companies doesn’t do anything, and can often hurt the very children people are trying to help. Then there’s the actual legal workers, boycotting a company for having child labor has negative effects on the legal workers and can often derail needed progress that these second and third world countries desperately need. People often jump to boycott

Do The Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee is a film that acts as a call to action for the audience to differentiate what doing the right thing actually means. New York City in 1989 was filled with issues of race and class. Crime rates were high and one of the highest recorded in history only second to the preceding year of 1990. Cases like the central park five where african american youths and other minorities were falsely accused of crimes, caused for unjust views of the justice system designed to protect these people as opposed to persecuting the innocent in the most blatant and obvious ways. Along with false accusations within the system, New York City was also filled with police brutality stories. “The organization has collected information

The film “Do the Right Thing” directed by Spike Lee, is an eye-opening film that discusses race inequality, stereotypes, and police brutality. Spike Lee uses a linear structure within the film to reveal the different themes that focus on emotional effect and the mood anger, develop characters, reveal symbols, and show the audience the message behind the story.

A mirror can not lie. It reflects an exact image of whoever looks into it. It shows a person what works and what is in desperate need for change, which means that a decision must be made every time one comes upon their reflection— accept what is seen or take the steps to make the change. Spike Lee gave the world a mirror when he created the film “Do the Right Thing.” He showed the world exactly much change is needed. The body of society is wrinkled with centuries of injustice, scarred with generations of suffering, and burdened with lifetimes of painful memories. Society is in need of healing. Lee shows us how to go about this healing by using a cycle of agitation and resolution in each pair of scenes. In order to begin to solve America’s race problem the conversation must have a balance of agitation and resolution.

A mirror can not lie. It reflects an exact image of whoever looks into it. It shows a person what works and what is in desperate need for change, which means that a decision must be made every time one comes upon their reflection— accept what is seen or take the steps to make the change. Spike Lee gave the world a mirror when he created the film “Do the Right Thing.” He showed the world exactly much change is needed. The body of society is wrinkled with centuries of injustice, scarred with generations of suffering, and burdened with lifetimes of painful memories. Society is in need of healing. Lee shows us how to go about this healing by using a cycle of agitation and resolution in each pair of scenes. In order to begin to solve America’s race problem the conversation must have a balance of agitation and resolution.

The modern media today is very privacy invasive. Even though the short story The Real Right Thing was written in 1899, it still highlights how important our privacy is to us, even after we die.

Emotions in art have social implications, and they always have something in common with the original feelings experienced by every human being, so an artist never experiences merely a simple emotion, but rather a kind of a general social feeling.

Our country’s history has definitely had its ups and downs, but we have grown as a nation and as a people through the many tragedies and victories alike. However, we must keep in mind that experiences of the past do not stop affecting us and in no way become useless to us just because they’re in the past. If we decide to use them properly, they are a crucial tool in the cultivation of our future. By knowing our history and studying our predecessors’ actions and reasoning, we will be better informed when deciding what actions to take or not to take in the present. Better informed decisions lead to actions with better outcomes and, eventually, a better future.

On March 13, 1964, Twenty-eight year old Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death outside her New York apartment. Immediately following her death The New York Times reported that nearly 40 witnesses saw the attack and did nothing. However, in April 2016 the same newspaper published a report stating that none of the supposed witnesses had seen the entire act, and that two people had even called the police afterwards. If The New York Times and the other papers had done the right thing by reporting accurately, than many damaging psychological experiments might not have been performed. Doing the right thing is important because it inspires other people, it makes society less unjust, and it makes the future better.

The crash of a Brinks truck on a Miami overpass still raises disturbing questions. January 8, 1997 was just another crowded, rude and crazy day in Miami traffic until an armored Brinks truck flipped and broke open, sending nearly a million dollars in cash swirling over the highway. Hundreds of motorists screeched to a stop, grabbing whatever money they could. People in nearby houses raced outside shouting and scooping up bills. When it was over, a handful of people returned some of the money. Firefighter Manny Rodriguez turned in a huge bale of bills worth $330,000, and one teenager returned some change. However, nearly half a million dollars was missing – stolen by everyday people like you and me. In the following days, some rationalized the mass theft as a kind of Robin Hood action, because the truck had crashed in a poor area of town. Most people claimed to be shocked. Now we are all left with hard questions: Why did only a few people “do the right thing”? Why did the majority do the “wrong thing”? What causes people to act honestly, even if no one is watching? What would you or I have done?

It is always important to do the right thing, even if it is not the popular thing to do. One time I had to choose between staying home and doing what's right or going to a party and probably getting into trouble. It was a very hard decision I had to either sacrifice my friends or do the popular thing and go to the party even though I knew it was wrong. I ended up staying home and doing what's right, and I'm very glad I did because in the middle of that party the cops were called, and almost everyone in the party got caught. When they got back to school the kids that were at the party got called in the office and got ISS for 10 days and missed the football game. Even though I might have lost some friends because I didn't go to that

Instead of fantasying over something that is rare to happen in life, this realism of the movie gave the audiences the ability to understand the characters' actions and emotions. Additionally, in a review, Richard Linklater’s audacious, epic cinematic journey by Ann Hornaday, she explained how Linklater breaks open a new genre, "a fictional drama contoured and shaped by reality...an experiment in time, narrative and cinematic practice that utterly transforms the boundaries of what film can look like and feel like and achieve". It is amazing how a simple film can displays such emotions and meanings. This is the type of movie people need to watch to get back into reality. The film can be an encouragement to show people that they are not alone

When Officer Grant starts talking he tells us his name and occupation as an officer of the people. The director is using the “average” joe technique here so we could relate more to what the officer and saying and hear his words with more weight. Officer Grant proceeds to tell us what happened to a young girl who was texting and driving. He describes it in great deal of imagery what the scene of the crash looked like and what happened to her. Officer Grant