Nelson Mandela's Glory And Hope, By Martin Luther King

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In every individual’s life, at least at one point, has been inaugurated to various articles and pieces of two phenomenal speeches that impacted generations during their time, but even in today’s society plays a crucial role in the treatment of African Americans. On August 28th, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr., who was the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an avvid African American rights protestor, gave a speech which will forever hold a fond memory in the hearts of Native Americans called “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King strived for an end to racism in the United States. He delivered his speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. The speech …show more content…

Mandela uses symbolism to show the former struggles of Africans by perceiving them in more powerful forms. He uses figurative language in the following quote, “The time for healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.” (279). Mandela states this to emphasis the time has come begin again on a clean slate and heal the souls of Africans that have been stripped of their rights and been distributed against. Another literary device Mandela uses is repetition. Repetition is used to provide a more predominant understanding that is trying to be reached in a speech. For example Mandela stated, “Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. Let know that for each the body, the mind, and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.” (280). By using repetition, Mandela emphasises that once there is equality throughout the world there will be justice, peace, work, and nutrients for everyone. Hungary souls will cease to exist when justice has been served. The previous quote can also be perceived as parallelism. By using parallelism, he allows the audience to see the equality between the factors of what will be gained when the Africans gain their rights back. To conclude with, Mandela uses one last literary device …show more content…

Though as previously stated, both carry literary devices that will forever hold an important place in the hearts of many. These speeches in an abundant amount of times use symbolism, repetition, imagery, and parallelism to emphasis the point of ending segregation and gaining respect for African Americans. However, as both speakers used these literary devices, both had different effects applied because of the evolution of the

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