In John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, he addresses the nation, and especially the less prominent people, about the power they never knew they had. Kennedy states early on that "the torch has been passed on to a new generation of Americans," initializing that he believes that the power is in the hands off the common people. This means that unified, the millions of Americans are much more powerful that the most powerful leader or the r

Many early writers felt that it was more important to write about more prominent people that less prominent people. From Kennedy's speech about the power of common Americans and Welty's passage about the humanity of lower-class people, you can obviously see that it is more important to write about less prominent people. I disagree with many early writers and think that it is much more important to write about normal people.

In "A Worn Path", Eudora Welty describes the humanity in the life of a lower class old black woman in the 1930's, Phoenix Jackson. Although many aspects of her life would give most people trouble, Phoenix still lives a happy life. The story describes her trek through the woods one cold winter morning, when she was heading to town from her shack. She traveled a great distance and went to great lengths just to get some medicine for her grandson back at her home. Although this would be a small task to most people, it makes up the majority of Phoenix's diminishing life.

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