When examining a text with historical concepts, it can be difficult to fully understand the ideas because of possible factors like vocabulary, time period, and the complexity of the concepts. Additional research and reading of texts that relate to the original text can help to further ones understanding. Martin Luther King Jr. is known by many as the most influential and successful activist in the Civil Rights Movement. King grew to be a hero of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States through the many different powerful speeches delivered throughout his life time. "The World House" is one of Martin Luther King Jr's. speeches and was first delivered and published in 1967. The speech addressed many different issues of racism and its impact on the people. The main claim expressed in the text states that "Life will not improve for any member of society until everyone learns to live together and help one another." (King, 283) After thorough research, "I Have a Dream," "Seeing Beyond the Dream," and "Inhabiting the World House: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Vision in Today's World," were found to help further the readers understanding of the original text, "The World House." After reading the new sources, the reader can learn more about the historical concepts and understand new thoughts and ideas about the Civil Rights Movement and issues with racism during that time period. 

Throughout Martin Luther King Jr's career, he wrote many different speeches but all for the same purpose of ending racism and having equality between all people. "The World House" and "I Have a Dream" both have this same general concept and determination for equality of all. Both of these speeches contain political, academic, and biblical elements in order to portray the desired message to the audience. In "I Have a Dream," King demands justice for people of all races and origins. Many regard the "I Have a Dream" speech as the greatest and most powerful speech in all of history. Reading both of the speeches is very helpful to the readers understanding. In "The World House" speech, the reader can see the many issues of racism in the United States and also in the entire world as well. The speech groups the entire world together in an attempt to show the world that everyone has an equal amount of importance and should be treated equally. The "I Have a Dream" speech includes many of these same ideas and also includes other ideas. The speech begins with a brief history of the struggles that African Americans have experienced and also information about the Civil Rights Movement. By starting with a description of the past events, the audience is reminded of what has happened and pulls the reader in emotionally due to the sad feelings aroused by the history. In "I Have a Dream," Kings main dream and message to the audience was his desire for people of all races to be able to live together as one and be a community. The two speeches help the reader or audience to understand the desire for change. The time period of the two texts are also very interesting and important. "The World House" speech was delivered before King delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech. The first text includes information about how King wanted the world to be a house for all people of all races and differences and for all to be equal. This text serves as a sort of introduction to what was later said in "I Have a Dream." The ideas and overall "I Have a Dream" speech wrap up everything that Martin Luther King attempted to do for the Civil Rights Movement. Knowing and understanding the chronology of the two speeches is very useful and can further the readers understanding even more. 

Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech is known worldwide as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement because of its power and eloquence. Most people recognize the speech as MLK's most important speech and some have even said that the speech is the greatest of all time. Although the speech is very powerful, the article, "Seeing Beyond the Dream," has a different opinion about the greatness of it. The article discusses some background information about King and his accomplishments. The article also brings up the idea that contrary to people's beliefs, the message of the "I Have a Dream" speech is not as important as the message expressed in "The World House" speech. "Seeing Beyond the Dream" suggests that rather than "The World House" being an addition and elaboration on the concepts of the "I Have a Dream" speech, it is actually more of the main platform of Martin Luther King Jr. According to the article, the concept of "The World House" is more general and has a more worldwide scope rather than just the United States. This source is helpful in giving the reader perspective and a new thought process about the level of importance of the different speeches. 

When looking at sources, it is important to find different viewpoints to compare to the viewpoint of the original text. The third source, "Inhabiting the World House: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Vision in Today's World," brings up a completely new way to look at the original text, "The World House." The original speech was written and delivered for the time period during the Civil Rights Movement when there was conflict and passion to gain equality for all people of all races. This new source talks about the message in "The World House" is even more meaningful and important to be used and implemented in present day society. As seen in the media in the past few years, there are still issues and conflicts with racism and inequality between races. Because of the worldwide scope and ideas presented in "The World House" speech, the article suggests that now of all times, the people of the world should read the speech and learn from it. Although "The World House" is among the least read of King's writings, its message relates to the race issues in Americas as well as the entire Worlds society today. The article can be summarized in this short quote, "In all these ways and more, we deny that we are one family.  King insists that this is false. We are all children of God.  The World House is ALL our home and we have NO CHOICE but to learn to live in it together or we destroy both ourselves and the World House" (Inhabiting the World House: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Vision in Today's World.) Normally when a speech is delivered for a time of conflict and unrest like the Civil Rights Movement, the message can only be used for that specific situation and is no longer of importance or meaning when the situation is resolved. However, the article shows that "The World House" message was used effectively during the Civil Rights Movement but can also be used today and should be used today because of the ongoing unrest and issues of racism throughout the world. 

Even when an individual text can be clear and straightforward to the reader, researching more information and gathering different sources is beneficial to the understanding of the text. "The World House" written by Martin Luther King Jr. is an underestimated but also very important speech. The comparison of "The World House," and "I Have a Dream" help the reader to understand the similar concepts between the two speeches and have an overall better understanding of both. Another source, "Seeing Beyond the Dream" gives the reader a different perspective on the importance of the two speeches. The impact of the speech can be seen today and the message of the speech can still be used in todays society as explained in the article, "Inhabiting the World House: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Vision in Today's World." Deeper research into the Civil Rights Movement and "The World House" speech opened up more ideas and different ideas. It is helpful for the reader to gain a clear and wide scale understanding of the information. 

