Rhetorical Analysis Of Beyond Vietnam By Martin Luther King Jr

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In the 1967 speech, “Beyond Vietnam”, the author, activist Martin Luther King jr, states reasons why America needs to end their involvement in the Vietnam War. During this time period there was a lot of controversy surrounding the war. Many people believed that America had no reason to interfere, Dr. King being one of those people. In his speech addressed to the laymen and clergy at Riverside Church he used pathos, logos, imagery, and an argument shift to list the reasons why America should withdraw their troops, and to create sympathy within his audience. In his speech Dr. King uses logos when he explicitly states the steps America needs to take to end their involvement in Vietnam. In paragraph 34 King says that America needs to

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