Martin luther king jr piont about change in the story rip van winkle is

Was that Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. King wanted to stir his audience to not sleep through the revolution he was leading.
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As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.