In my opinion, he kept his audience attention during his speech talking about the word every American wanted which was freedom for all. American’s fought many wars in his eyes and we deserved to live the American dream. A famous quote of his speech that I remember from high school is “I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character.” (King) When I read this statement I could relate due to having a child also. We want the best for our kids and that is what he wanted s a father.
The strong voice of Dr. King is seen throughout the letter and his tone is used to display his feeling of desegregation. While using emotion to have a sympathy feeling in his audience and show them the life of an African American during that time. Even though emotion was used Martin Luther King still used logic to explain unjust laws and use example of history to connect with the discrimination going on towards African Americans. To add an extra rhetorical device he used repetition to convey the key points in his letter. From the end of this letter Martin Luther King leaves his audience with the ways to demonstrate ones point through rhetorical devices and his motivation towards racial
For example, when he states, “It is true, the brave deeds of our fathers have failed us,” he backs it up with, “our duty is not to cavil over past grievances.” Also, he expresses the idea that although people are saying they shouldn’t, they should fight for the Union anyway, which is another reason they might be against enlisting. Alfred M. Green’s speech encourages African Americans to prepare to enlist because of the many different methods he uses. He uses themes in his speech, patriotism and religion, to appeal to their emotions because he knew that African Americans wanted to be treated as American citizens and most of them were Christians.
However Booker T. Washington believed in having a more skillful education, consisting of learning how to trade, mastering agriculture skills and more things one would need to get a job. However, W.E.B DuBois also put many efforts to achieve equal rights towards African Americans which Booker T Washington put on hold. Booker T Washington’s plan was to make it so that “Blacks would [have to] accept segregation and discrimination but their eventual acquisition of wealth and culture would gradually win for them the respect and acceptance of whites”. This vision that Booker T Washington had “practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro race”. W.E.B commented on this process saying it was an attempt, “to educate black boys and girls simply as servants and underlings.”
Also he was making this argument to make peace. This is an historical speech and this is a speech that serves the interest of African Americans. Also everyone could gain from this speech. Dr. King made reference to the fact that when the Constitution and The Declaration of Independence were created that it was
The leader whose methods were most effective during the civil rights movement was Martin Luther King Jr. His main goal during the civil rights movement was to have the whites and the blacks all come together to form equality. He fought for this equality through a nonviolent approach, which granted him respect from different races all over the world. Nonviolence also allowed the African Americans to achieve their goal.
“Boy’s Pat on Obama’s head” is a photograph that was Shot in the Oval Office on May 8, 2009 by Pete Souza. This photograph was composed in a moment. In the photo, Mr. Obama bowed to the little boy, who stands erect beside the Oval Office desk, his arm raised to touch Mr. Obama’s hair to see if it feels like his. One of the thing that made this photograph memorable was The president’s willingness to bend down and let the little boy feel his head. This eight-year-old boy thought that there must be something wrong with his hair, that a president of the United who looks exactly like him may possibly not have the same type of hair as this says a lot about race in America.
This speech is the most compelling speech because he tells everyone to start treating blacks equal after all they are exactly like everyone else; he also backs up his central idea with great Figurative Language. The quotes used in this essay are from MLK’s speech “I Have a Dream”. Three of his main ideas are presented in my essay: colored people still aren’t free, we need to put ourselves in check, also how children are growing up with all this racism. America needs to change the way.... Martin
King wants things to be the way they were supposed to be when Lincoln freed the blacks in 1863. Blacks were to be treated fairly, but whites still felt they were lower class citizens. Also, King uses many metaphors to convey his thoughts on the issues. As you can see, Lincoln’s speech and King’s speech are similar and different in many ways.
Martin Luther King’s speech, “I Have a Dream” is vastly recognized as one of the best speeches ever given. His passionate demand for racial justice and an integrated society became popular throughout the Black community. His words proved to give the nation a new vocabulary to express what was happening to them. Martin was famously a pacifist, so in his speech, he advocated peaceful protesting and passively fighting against racial segregation.
COLLAPSE Dr.King was a real king, especially when he stand among 200,000 African-American to announce the ''I Have A Dream speech. The way Dr. King Incorporate pathos in his famous speech is by putting a lot of emotions in his speech while he was announcing it in front of everyone. The way Dr. King kept say ''I Have A Dream'' The people who were standing among him felt all the strength king had in his speech. Dr. King also showed in his speech how he did not like the way they treated