The Character of Character

9/4/2019

Daily Literary Quote
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Journal Prompt
What does Dr. King mean by the famous quote above? What is character? Can it be seen? How does “character” relate to fictional “characters”? Provide specific examples.

70 Comments

Paul

9/4/2019 10:38:32 am

Dr. King meant that he did not want his kids to be judged by there color and race. Character is there personality of a person. Yes it can be seen by a person. It relates because each be used to describe there person.

Caleb

9/4/2019 10:45:40 am

I never thought of character as personality but that’s a good point

Kelton

9/4/2019 10:52:11 am

You made some good points.

Kaleb

9/4/2019 10:43:09 am

The color of someone’s skin just not have anything to do with there character as a person. Race has nothing to do with the way a person has to act.

Troy

9/4/2019 10:52:00 am

I like your point of view I hadn’t thought of it that way.

Cole

9/4/2019 10:43:32 am

Dr. Kings as taking a hard stand on racism and wanted to rid the world of it. He expresses this very vividly. He uses his children as an example so they don’t get judged by the color of their skin.

Caleb

9/4/2019 10:47:11 am

I like how you think about. It’s equality for generations new and old

Kelton

9/4/2019 10:53:30 am

Good point on ridding the world of it for the younger generation.

Kaleb

9/4/2019 10:53:36 am

That’s a good insight, never thought of it that way. Everyone is equal.

Wylie

9/4/2019 10:53:54 am

That is a good explanation.

Caleb

9/4/2019 10:44:58 am

Dr. King is trying to say we should not be judged by what we look like but rather by what we do in life, our actions. Character is who we are when no one is looking and it can not be seen. Character shows certain traits we like and don’t like in the fictional characters we create

Cheyenne

9/4/2019 10:49:59 am

I agree you make some very good points.

Cole

9/4/2019 10:50:12 am

I like your perspective on character.

Dylan

9/4/2019 10:50:44 am

I agree that our character is made up of our traits good and bad.

Tamryn

9/4/2019 10:53:02 am

I completely agree. Someone’s true character is shown when no one is looking.

Brayden

9/4/2019 10:54:51 am

Yes this is very true.

Kaleb

9/4/2019 10:55:27 am

I like the way you think about how they spend there lfe, saying how everyone is different but not because of skin.

Cheyenne Ward

9/4/2019 10:45:25 am

He mean he sees four very different kids become one without Judgement or cruelty, they will judge based on personality.

Character is how someone acts, their basic personality.

It can be seen and it also can be done.

Character relates to fictional characters by the way the act or even the way they dress or behave.

Destiny

9/4/2019 10:47:22 am

I agree 100%. We have the same ideas.

Tamryn

9/4/2019 10:55:44 am

Very good points, I agree. What do you mean by character can be done?

Destiny

9/4/2019 10:45:50 am

Dr.King is saying that he wants those children to grow up in a nation where whatever race you are you are treated the same. Character is what makes the person who they are on the inside. You can see some character based on the way that they act and treat others and for fictional characters it’s based on how they act and how they handle situations.

Wylie

9/4/2019 10:45:59 am

He is saying that one day eventually everyone will be looked at as equal. It doesn’t matter what color of skin you have or any of that he wants to love in a world where everyone has equal opportunities to be successful in life and that’s what he wants for his kids.

Cole

9/4/2019 10:51:43 am

I didn’t ever think of it like that.

Riley

9/4/2019 10:52:11 am

Good point about how he wants them to have equal opportunities.

Troy

9/4/2019 10:54:51 am

Do you think we have reached that day evryone is looked at as equal or are we still struggling with finding that.

Brayden

9/4/2019 10:46:30 am

You can see the surface of someone’s character. If you don’t now them well enough to know there full character then you shouldn’t be intitled to cary and appinouin of the person.

Lex

9/4/2019 10:47:11 am

Dr. King wants his children only to be judged by what they do and who they are rather than what they look like. King believes race shouldn’t affect how anyone feels about one person.

Cheyennne

9/4/2019 10:52:49 am

I love it and can agree 100%

Destiny

9/4/2019 10:53:15 am

Great response, I agree 100%

Sydnee

9/4/2019 10:55:26 am

100% could not agree more. Personality is more important than color

Troy Bruce

9/4/2019 10:47:45 am

He is meaning that to not judge them and think they are stupid because they are colored but rather to get to know them and know who they reallly are.Character is personality and how someone acts. It relates by how it describes someone.

Lex

9/4/2019 10:52:57 am

I agree, we kind of have some of the same ideas.

Dakota

9/4/2019 10:48:03 am

Dr. King means that people should not be judged by the color of their skin but by the way they act. Character is the way people can really know who you are, like if you are happy and energetic than describe what kind of character you are. It is used in fictional characters as well but it’s used really in like the clothes they wear and they way they are to people.

Cody

9/4/2019 10:55:03 am

You made a good point about the clothes people wear.

Paul

9/4/2019 10:55:57 am

We should all judge people by the way they act

Dylan V

9/4/2019 10:48:11 am

I believe that the word “character” also means actions. Because we cannot see them fictional characters in a book can only be judged by the actions that they make. Martin Luther King, Jr. is saying that we should judge people by the actions we see not by there skin color.

Paul

9/4/2019 10:55:10 am

I totally agree with your last sentence.

Kelton

9/4/2019 10:48:37 am

Ones character isn’t determined by ethnicity. It’s determined by the effect they have on others wether it’s positive or negative. Dr. King wants a life for his children where they can make a name for themselves rather a target painted by racial discrimination

Cheyenne

9/4/2019 10:51:21 am

Great response I agree.

Wylie

9/4/2019 10:51:37 am

This is along the same lines that I wrote.

Owen

9/4/2019 10:52:27 am

That is a very good way to explain it.

Taelyn

9/4/2019 10:58:41 am

I agree that character is determined by the effect we have on others.

Tamryn

9/4/2019 10:49:04 am

Character is your personality. Every person is made up of character, that’s what makes everyone different. Yes, I believe it can be seen. It can be seen by your actions especially when no one is around. Our own character can be shown through the characters we create.

Destiny

9/4/2019 10:51:31 am

I like the part of “our own character can be shown through the characters we create.”

Jacob

9/4/2019 10:54:06 am

A very good way to explain it.

Sydnee

9/4/2019 10:57:21 am

You explained it really good. We can create our own character

Taelyn

9/4/2019 10:57:30 am

I agree when you said our own character can be shown through characters we create, I used a point like that in mine.

Taelyn

9/4/2019 10:49:10 am

In this quote Dr. King basically explains that he hopes one day people will be judged on who they are and not the color of their skin. Character is the qualities that make a person who they are, character can be seen because you get used to how a person acts. Most of the time fictional characters are based off of someone’s characteristics in real life.

Charlie

9/4/2019 11:20:45 am

I like your definition of character and how it makes a person.

Sydnee

9/4/2019 10:49:42 am

Dr. King wants his children to grow up in a place where they can be theirselves without being scared. Character is the personality of a person to make them significant. The color of their skin shouldn’t matter but the character of a person should.

Dakota

9/4/2019 10:54:36 am

I agree with your first sentence because he wanted his children to not have to be scared of what people were going to think of them by their skin. Nice job.

Lex

9/4/2019 10:54:57 am

I agree with your comment, we have the same ideas

Owen

9/4/2019 10:50:18 am

Dr. King was explaining on how he wants the world to move past the fact of being judged by color, but to learn to judge more on there personality. Character to me is the way someone acts, dresses and the feelings they have. Character can be seen in many ways. Emotion and personality are the biggest ones I see. Character can be seen in fictional characters by the roles they take in the book/movie. Divergent is a good example because of the personality they are ment to have and where born to be.

Wylie

9/4/2019 10:52:34 am

That is a good example.

riley

9/4/2019 10:54:43 am

I also believe that emotions play a major part of developing ones character.

Brooke

9/4/2019 10:56:41 am

I never thought of tying there emotion and the way they dress with there character.

Riley

9/4/2019 10:50:34 am

Dr. King meant that he hopes for a world where everyone is treated as equals and fairly without regard to skin color. Character is what makes a person them, an individual. In my opinion some parts of a character can be seen on the outside based on how they act the way they carry themselves and how they dress, but I do not believe that you can tell a person based on characteristics they have no control over. In fictional stories characters are more or less built around the way they act. A character in fiction is made of their traits. In the book series the inheritance cycle Morzan was named so because he is a twisted person. In the language in book his name translates to murder, he fills this character profile for being a terrible person.

Dylan

9/4/2019 10:53:22 am

I like the book example that you use it demonstrates your point well.

Owen

9/4/2019 10:53:41 am

Your example explains character well.

Charlie

9/4/2019 11:22:39 am

I like how you included the book examples to your post

Loon

9/18/2019 10:13:48 am

I like the book example.

Brooke

9/4/2019 10:52:41 am

He wanted his children to have a better future and to be accepted by everyone. He wants his kids to be judge by who they are and there personalities and not by the color of there skin.A persons character can not be seen physically sense. In the book Ranges apprentice there is a character with the name Will. He was given the name Will because of his strong willpower.

Riley

9/4/2019 10:56:12 am

In books names hold a lot more weight towards the characters character than it would seem.

Dakota

9/4/2019 10:57:03 am

I really like how you brought a connection to a book in your reply. Good job.

Jacob

9/4/2019 10:59:10 am

Very well explained.

Jacob

9/4/2019 10:57:54 am

Dr. King was saying in this quote that he wants his kids to be judged by who they are and not by who people assume they are. Character is what describes a person and it can be seen If the person shows us. Character is related to how it describes a person.

Loon

9/18/2019 10:13:19 am

Very good explaining.

Cody

9/4/2019 10:57:59 am

We shouldn’t judge people based off their skin color. Character can been seen and character is based off how you act and treat other people

Charlie “Chuck” Hansen

9/4/2019 11:14:44 am

What Dr. King means is he doesn’t want his children to be judged because of their ethnicity but because of their personality. Character is what makes a person how they are and either you like it or hate it. It relates to fictional character because it you either relate to them or you hate them.

Loon

9/18/2019 10:12:48 am

It means that kids or anyone shouldn’t be judged by the color of their skin but their actions or their character.

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