FREE ESSAY ON THE MAN WHO MAKES HISTORY

THE MAN WHO MAKES HISTORY

Man, and the History They Make
The believe that it is the man who determines history is totally true. The man is the
cause of almost anything is great regard in history. The actions of man has been to go
against what is perceived as impossible. To defy the odds and go against the grain. Jesse
Owens and Muhammad Ali, prove the position at hand. 
In Jesse Owens case, you could say that he was in the right place at the right time.
However, he was an American. An African-American. An African-American who was going
against, "the Master Race" of Adolf Hitler. Not to mention the hostile crowd that packed
the Coliseum of Berlin in the 1936 Olympics. Owens went on to win 4 gold medals, in the
100 meters, 200 meters, the long jump, and the 4x100 relay. If it were any other
American, this event wouldn't have so much. Since it was Mr. Owens, it meant that much
more.
You would expect a boxer who is brash, cocky, and who had a swagger one could only dream,
to be hated by everyone. To have the living daylights knocked out of them by someone who
didn't want to hear about all the crap he had been saying days before a fight. For
Cassius Clay, also known as Muhammad Ali, Ali was confident, not arrogant. Ali believed,
he didn't fill the hype. He just believed in what he knew and he let everyone know about
it. When the Vietnam war arouse in the late 1960's, Muhammad Ali was given a forced
decision. He received a letter in the mail telling him by the Selective Service that he
must report to camp to prepare to go to Vietnam for war. He had one of two choices,
number #1, to go to war and not go to jail even though his Muslim belief stated that it
was wrong, or number #2, go to jail, give up his Heavyweight championship, and go in
opposition to the government, and stick up for what he believed in. So he went to jail,
lost his title, and stood up for what he believed in, all is it in the prime of his
fighting career. Enough said, yes, he also got his title back after being in jail for two
and a half years. 
These two men are prime examples of how man makes history. Now, man can be in the right
place at the right time. Nevertheless, man still must execute and perform to have a
significant destination in the history books of time. 
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