How Modern Historical Times relates to the story "The Birds"

The story of "The Birds" is a classic story because it can be related to many historical times. It can be related to the time of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the 70's Energry Crisis, and the L.A. Riots of 1992. These are just some historical times that "The Birds" relates too.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech "I have a Dream" changed a lot of lives in America. This speech relates to "The Birds" because Dr. Martin Luther King did not do anything to be murdered, just like the people in the story did not do anything to the birds to be killed. The birds decided to attack the people because they did not like them, just like the people who killed Dr. Martin Luther King and African Americans.
The 1970's energy crisis is related to "The Birds" because the government could not do anything for it's people, just like the government in "The Birds" could not help its people. In bad situations we always say "What are they going to do", but whose "they" and what happens when they can't do anything about it? In the story, it was hard for people to help citizens and everyone was left on their own. In the energy crisis the government could not do much to help the people. This is how the energry crisis is related to "The Birds."
The Los Angeles Riots was a horrible time in our history where the city broke lose and horrible events of fighting happened. I believe this relates to "The Birds" because in the story, the birds take over and fighting occurs. "The Birds" were upset about something and decided to attack just as the people who started the fighting were upset about the verdict of Rodney King. They were angry and hurt innocent people. This is how I believe "The Birds" relates to the Los Angeles Riots.
As you can see, the story "The Birds" is very symbolic and can relate to a lot of historical times. This is why it is such an important story and schools often read and anaylze it.