John Lewis March Analysis

Many life events alter the way we view life especially those that leave a huge impact on the way we think. Some may be viewed in good ways or some in bad. In the book ‘March’ by John Lewis he experiences both events. However the most impactful were those that taught him that all life no matter how insignificant is worth saving and respecting. When he was a child he almost killed a bird, learned about nonviolence protests, almost died on multiple occasions, lastly when he accentuated the importance of all life in his speech at the Lincoln Memorial. All of these turning points in John Lewis’s life revolved around life and humanity.

John Lewis experienced the most impactful event that revolved around life when he was a child. He took care

The teachings by Lawson accentuated the thought to “find love for your attacker, deep in your heart”(Lewis and Aydin 1:82). He learned to find the humanity in people that were against civil Rights and to find love for them. His teachings influenced how John Lewis thought about people and that he should treat others as he should be treated. Not inflict hurt or violence on people. “Do not let them shake your Faith in nonviolence--LOVE them”(Lewis and Aydin 82). He meant that they needed to find the humanity in their attacker and to love them not hate them, for what they thought they were doing was god's word. Lawson’s teachings shaped John Lewis’s beliefs on how to treat people who induce violence on them and how to appeal to their humanity. To find the human in those that treat you less than human. Lawson’s teachings stayed with John all throughout his journey for Civil Rights. He never attacked anyone who had attacked him. Who had no resistance to any punishment inflicted upon him by anyone opposed to his protests. Jim Lawson’s teachings of ‘learning to love the enemy’ stayed with him all throughout the civil rights movement and impacted the way he thought about people. He saw the humanity in them and chose to love