Characteristics Of Quest King

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Elijah stares at the ancient and dusty comic books sitting on the rickety bookshelf. He takes them off the shelf, blows off the dust, and begins to skim the pages. As he flips through, he notices the same types of characters over and over. Sure, Superman, Batman, and Spider-man are interesting fictional characters to read about. However, he started to wonder, “Are these the only “people” society thinks are heroes? Fictional characters in comic books?” Surely, there has to be real life human beings that possess the quality of being a hero, without using super strength, or a spider web to save people. Luckily, there are ways to classify people that exist or have existed as heroes. The question is, what are these classifications? According to …show more content…
The type of quest King completed was the preservation of an ideal, instead of the preservation of life (Franco). King fought hard for African-Americans to have the same rights as whites. Throughout his quest, King had many life experiences. Whether wonderful or crummy, everyone’s lives are made up of life experiences. If a person experiences a traumatic moment, he or she is likely to remember it. The happy moments often slip through the cracks for some people. With King, he had bad early and later life experiences. On just a normal trip to the shoe store King took with his family when he was younger, they were forced out the back exit of the store because the owner did not allow blacks to shop there (Dr). One major event that occurred later in King’s life was the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Jackson). The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a demonstration that started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man (Rosa). Many African Americans stopped riding the public transportation buses in protest (Jackson). Through this boycott, bus segregation was eventually declared unconstitutional (U.S.). Along with protests and demonstrations, King was often arrested. In fact, he was arrested thirty different times during his quest for civil rights (FAQs). On one specific occasion, King was arrested along with Ralph Abernathy for demonstrating without a permit. King was in jail for eleven days, and in …show more content…
Passive heroic acts mean that they involve passive resistance, or and unwillingness to move. The active acts mean that they are clearly observable (Franco). King’s acts were passive, because they represented passive resistance (Franco). The Merriam-Webster definition of passive resistance is, “A way of opposing the government without using violence especially by refusing to obey laws.” According to the King Center, “King had six principles of nonviolence: Principle One: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. Principle Two: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding. Principle Three: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people. Principle Four: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform. Principle Five: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. Principle Six: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of