Does writing have the power to enact social change?

I do believe that writing has the power to enact social change. Writing can be a very powerful and emotional thing. Writing is a form of expressing your emotions. Imagine, all the influential speech writers and icons in history. Such as, King, Ghandi, Obama, and Maya Angelou.

Writing can be about anything you want it to be. It can vary from a piece about slavery or a poem about an ice cream cone. It can rhyme or it can just have an organized flow. But, no matter how it's written or what language it is written in, writing has the power to appeal to everyone.

Different people are effected by different writing pieces. Some writings will anger certain people and other writings will bring joy to some people. Some writings will not have any effect at all and people would just be reading words with no meaning.

But, back to the topic. Writing will change people's views and perspectives toward some things. For example, you might eat meat and then you read about some of the horrible things that animals go threw when they are put down so that we can have meat. As a result of reading this writing, you might become angry and maybe even become a vegetarian.

Another piece of writing that might have an effect on you is a piece of writing about slavery. Writings on slavery might also anger the reader or make them sad. In some sort of was this writing piece will have an effect on you and take some sort of power.

In conclusion, not everything you read will have a powerful effect on you, but some definitely will. And the ones that do have an effect on you will be the ones that change your opinions about things. Those will be the ones tat will have the power to enact social change.

The Price of A Child

Lynn Ciafre 11-2
January 30, 2009
The Price of A Child Writing Piece

Afterward:

Upon Mercer's return home, she became actively involved in the crusade to abolish slavery. She wanted equal rights for all the slaves, the same rights that their owners enjoyed.

Mercer and some of her friends who had the same beliefs as her, formed a committee called LAST - Let's Abolish Slavery Today. As president of the committee, Mercer was able to gather the attention of political and religious leaders, who then allowed her to speak at various gatherings. She was even invited to speak at a national gathering by Sojourner Truth. The turnout was tremendous!

Mercer soon became a household name. Everybody knew her - slaves, slave owners, politicians, and some movie stars. The slaves loved her and thought of her as a hero; the slave owners hated her and wanted her dead, even going so far as to put out a reward for her death. But this didn't stop her, it made her all the more determined.

On December 6, 1865, Mercer's journey was finally done. On this date the Thirteenth Amendment of the US Constitution was ratified, officially abolishing slavery in the United States. Mercer had won her long war.