The "Right" Thing To Do

The “right” thing to do is nothing but a personal opinion based on morals and your upbringing. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s views on doing the right thing was that violence is never the answer, not even when violence or force is being used on you. In some circumstances, this can definitely be considered the “right” thing to do especially when it involves standing up for what you believe in. While reading Do the Right Thing the character that reminded me the most of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was Da Mayor. The main scene that connects the two together is at the end of the script after the police killed Radio Raheem. Radio Raheem was killed when the police put him in a choke hold to restrain him and get him away from Sal, who he was choking. When they pulled him off and put him into the hold he was struggling, but eventually the struggling stopped and he was lifeless. After his murder took place, the surrounding crowd got angry and formed a mob which went after Sal, Vito, and Pino. In turn, Da Mayor tried talking the mob out of attacking the family and their pizzeria because they “had nothing to do with what the police did”. Da Mayor could have jumped in with the mob, but instead he stood against the violence and defended what he believed was right. That is what I believe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would’ve done, and it was the right thing to do.