Would martin luther king jr. be a good example of how suffering builds character?

Honestly, I think MLK Jr. would be an example of how character that was previously developed helped him overcome and rise above suffering to bring about what he knew was right.

Even though he grew up a “colored” man in the South, under Jim Crow laws, he graduated college at 19 and was ordained a minister – difficult to do at 25. He was incredibly intelligent, well-educated, and able to move out of the area to a better life if he wanted to. Instead, he chose to stay near where he grew up and do everything he could to help the people there (both white and black). When he was jailed, he kept fighting. When people sent death threats to him and his family, he was careful, but he kept fighting. Even though it was very difficult, not at all “convenient” or easy, he fought through hatred and persecution that came simply because of his skin color and because he was overturning the status quo. And when he was killed, people believed so much in what he did that they kept it going.

I think that he could be an example, heaven knows he went though enough suffering, but something that’s very important to point out is that the character was there all along. The suffering didn’t necessarily build it in him, his faith and upbringing and those who loved him built it in him. His character is what kept him going and allowed him to do what he did.

Hope that helps!

I would go with Dr. Charles Drew. He invented the process for separating and storing whole blood. But he bled to death in an auto accident because the hospital he needed to get into was for whites only.

I’d also go with Genghis Khan, Quanah Parker, Sitting Bull, Chief Black Kettle, even actor Lee Marvin.

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