The Graphic Novel March And The Civil Rights Movement

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The Graphic Novel March is about the Civil Rights Movement. This Graphic novel was told through the perspective of a man named John Lewis. John Lewis is an U.S. Congressman and an American icon. The novel March talks about different aspects of John’s life and his early roles in the Civil Rights Movement. The purpose of March is John Lewis message towards justice. The picture on the front of the novel shows people walking, which portrays his message to keep marching on. He always did non-violent protest just like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Through this response you will learn the intriguing factors that happened in John Lewis life. John Lewis grew up on a farm, his parents gave him the responsibility of taking care of their family’s chickens. John soon began to grow a connection with the farm animals, he would care for them as individuals and even give speeches to them. One time a chicken that john named Big Belle got stuck down in a well. The process of getting her out took five days. Eventually John realized that the chickens they kept in the farm were going to be used to eat. When John found this out he was emotionally heartbroken. It got to the …show more content…

He learns to prove his standards that even though he is a Indian child he is smart. The Graphic Novel March has similarities with Sherman’s story. John eventually stopped raising chickens and started focusing more on school. John began spending more time doing schoolwork and studying. School was very important to John it was one of the reasons he got involved with the Civil Rights Movement. In Sherman’s story its much like John’s. Sherman becomes devoted to school he begins reading literally everything you could think of such as books, newspapers, the back of cereal boxes, etc. Sherman was very passionate about school even through the challenges he faced. All of this led to Sherman becoming a

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