Have you ever dealt with an undesirable situation and envisioned something for the better? Have you ever given your parents a presentation in the hopes that you would get what you desired for? Speech is an effective way that people use to persuade others; the use of logos, pathos, and ethos should all be accomplished successfully. In addition, language is important for conveying ideas to a crowd of people. On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of a crowd with over 250,000 bodies to deliver a speech that would open the eyes of many Americans and promote change. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech is a great example of rhetoric, persuasion, tone and diction. For that reason being, the speech’s historical …show more content…
King’s effective use of juxtaposition, which gave blacks an optimistic up reach on solving the dire issue of racism. Juxtaposing images give the sense of resilience, which emulates the “dream” that Dr. King hoped for America to accomplish. Dr. King declares, “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood”. The physical imagery of “quick sand” and a “solid rock” juxtapose each other, which gives the sense of renewal and resilience. Moreover, the rock is a metaphor for the solidity that Dr. King dreams to find in the government’s approach to addressing the disputes on prejudice. Metaphors are a great use of concrete examples to express human emotions and …show more content…
However, it is interesting to accentuate that today issues on prejudice and racism remains in the University of Alabama. Recently, the university’s Greek organizations have received much negative publicity for its high selectivity on appearance. This is an area in the “I Have A Dream” speech that would have a different emphasis in 2015.
If Dr. King were still alive, he would give a speech placing much emphasis on the importance of inclusion and education. It is a social fact that today’s Greek life organizations share similar interests, ideologies, and values. The University of Alabama needs to open the floor for dialogue to educate the students on the importance of individuality. Each person’s learning experiences is a unique opportunity to be shared with others. This exchange of knowledge will offer solutions to remedy any issue at hand as Americans. This is a dream that Dr. King would have wished for all Americans to come into terms
When a person presently looks at university school systems, one never imagines the struggle to obtain such diverse campuses. With Caucasians, Asians, Latinos, and African Americans all willing and able to attend any institution, it is difficult now to envision a world where, because of one’s skin color, a person is denied university acceptance. In actuality, this world existed only fifty years ago. In a time of extreme racial discrimination, African Americans fought and struggled toward one of many goals: to integrate schools. As a pioneer in the South, a man named James Meredith took a courageous step by applying to the University of Mississippi, an all white university. After overcoming many legal and social obstacles, the University of Mississippi’s integration sent positive effects rippling among universities across the nation.
During the 1960s inequality was a major problem in the United States. One advocate for making things right was Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King organized many marches, sit-ins, and boycotting events. But one of Dr. King’s greatest and memorable works has to be the “I Have a Dream” speech. During this speech Dr. King was conveying a message of freedom for all, to 250,000 civil right followers and many more people listening to the radio broadcast. To spread his message Dr. King uses rhetorical appeals like logos to appeal to the reason of his audience, ethos by his examples of practicing what he preached, and his metaphorical language and repetition.
In the speech, “There Comes a Time When the People Get Tired,” by Martin Luther King Jr., King’s goal is to persuade. King wants to persuade that African American’s want and deserve their rights, but if they have to protest to receive them. He believes that the protest have to be peaceful and prove a point. King is effective in his persuasion because he uses pathos, figurative language, loaded language and more.
One of the most influential speeches ever given on the earth was given on a potiumat the Lincoln Momorial in Washington D.C on August 28th 1963. The great speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr. who deciatied his time on earth to prove that all people are equal. Martin Luther used different parts of the English language to enhance the meaning of his speech and bring out the details. The different rhetorical devices, allusions to historic documents, and metaphors seemed to have brought about the emotions that King was trying to arouse in his listeners. This helped him influence his listeners towards wanting equality for all and changing what was happening in the present so they didn't repeat things in the past .
King also made it a point to discuss that it is so important for people of color to embrace who they are. He told people the three things to include in your lives blueprint are: have the principle of somebodies, to have determination to achieve excellence, and to embrace every part of who you are. These three things to include in your life’s blueprint truly emphasize the struggle that African Americans faced in our society, thus Dr. King empowers these students to include these there important things in their life’s blueprint. Determination to achieve excellence is a vital part of this blueprint because in a time of extreme racism in America, Dr. King encourages these youth to achieve whatever it is he or she wants. Again, he made it a point to tell these students to embrace who they are. This speech is so important because it encourages everyone to be the best of whatever they want, especially African Americans because they have/continue to face racism and discrimination on a daily basis. We should never give up; in addition, we should always strive to be the very best individual we can be. Dr. King notes, “Our lives blueprints must be an eternal commitment”, thus our blueprints will continue to grow throughout the duration of our lives. This speech is a reminder that we are all unique individuals, thus we should embrace who we
Everywhere in the south a distinct separation between the black and white fraternities and sororities exists. Taking a look, even within the system ?the white fraternities belong to the InterFraternity Council, the white sororities to Panhellenic and the black Greeks to the National Panhellenic Council? (McCarthy). This separation only adds to the issue of racism and discrimination that continues to this day. Many of us think that it is not our problem or choose to ignore the issue. Many think that it is just the way it is; they are right, that is the way it is, but it does not have to be segregated. By sitting back and watching, we are agreeing with segregation and saying that it is okay. Efforts to conduct more interactions within the system and among chapters should be made. A director of Greek Life, Ron Binder, pointed out that ?we wanted to be the office of Greek Life, not the white office of Greek Life? (McCarthy).
Martin Luther King, Jr. gathered all the people to explain the reason why they were there. As he states, “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God 's children” (King par. 5). This statement is using logical thinking to help his audience understand the message of this oration that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made.
Martin Luther King had several dreams for everyone to get along and for everyone to have equal rights, and make sure that they happen. “ I have a dream” by Martin Luther King is the most compelling speech because there is so much diction and detail in the whole speech. The most important main idea is black and white people should have the same rights, and this is shown by using diction and repetition. It is a very strong idea because the rules should have been equal from the start for everyone whether they're black or white. Martin Luther King had several dreams for everyone to have fun together, and everyone should have equal rights, and it needs to happen.
The situation of all the black people is not optimistic, and its time to make a move. However, the power of Dr. king himself is far not enough and he needs every black people to join him and fight for this together. Dr. Martin Luther King attempts to influence the audience’s feeling by using some emotional appeal. A phrase like this “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” He uses the phrase like “not judge by” in order to gain his audience’s attention.
Dr. King uses Socrates’s philosophy to justify how much help the African American community needs to abolish the injustice of racism because the community itself cannot fight for freedom alone, the more individuals support them, the more likely the community can overcome segregation. Using psychological tension to help individuals rise from the myths, Dr. King uses an example of Socrates’ philosophy to help society become united. Dr. King states, “Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths” (497). Dr. King uses Socrates because he is a historical figure; individuals saw Socrates as a threat to society, but he later became an inspiration to others. In addition, the white community saw Dr. King as a threat to society because he wanted to change the segregation laws, but he became a hero to all the communities.
In Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech, King makes use of an innumerable amount of rhetorical devices that augment the overall understanding and flow of the speech. King makes the audience feel an immense amount of emotion due to the outstanding use of pathos in his speech. King also generates a vast use of rhetorical devices including allusion, anaphora, and antithesis. The way that King conducted his speech adds to the understanding and gives the effect that he wants to rise above the injustices of racism and segregation that so many people are subjected to on a daily basis. Throughout King’s speech, he uses the rhetorical mode, pathos, to give the audience an ambience of strong emotions such as sympathy.
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial more than two score years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King electrified America with his momentous "I Have a Dream" speech. Aimed at the entire nation, King’s main purpose in this speech was to convince his audience to demand racial justice towards the mistreated African Americans and to stand up together for the rights afforded to all under the Constitution. To further convey this purpose more effectively, King cleverly makes use of the rhetorical devices — ethos, pathos and logos — using figurative language such as metaphors and repetition as well as various other techniques e.g. organization, parallel construction and choice of title.
On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech to more than 200,000 people during the March on Washington. King's speech was one of the most influential during the era of the Civil Rights Movement and is to this day recognized as a masterpiece due to its effect on the audience as well as for its eloquence and language. Many components went into this passionate speech that portrayed King's hopes for racial equality and a brighter future made the speech as moving as it was. It is doubtful that any person can guess that this speech was written without forethought regarding what goals King wished to accomplish in this speech. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquent language was perfectly suited to his audience, both his immediate and secondary audience, and his carefully chosen diction helped to shape arguable one of the most touching works ever spoken.
Martin Luther King’s use of pathos is incredible as he guides the emotional values of both ethnicities by saying, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. This quote is inspiring to many members of his audience especially to the parents who do not want their children to experience segregation the way they did in America making the parents teary eyed thinking their children will have to go through the same horrid discrimination they once endured. Further along in his speech, King talked about his “American dream”. With the use of anaphora he then began to start every paragraph with his famous sentence,” I Have a Dream…” by describing his dream that every American whether white or black are enjoying equality and justice, living together in peace, having a better education, and overall a better life. He begins to appeal to the desires and emotions of his viewers which helps paints a picture for the audience that there is a future, a future that all Americans wish to live, the “American Dream” of being
“I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr, is a widely known speech mainly for its message directed at the racist politics of its time. Perspective could influence this speech into an inspiring message or influence it to mean less than nothing. People could view it only one way or the other and all it depended on was how that particular person viewed another's skin. However most people's good perspective have positively influenced Dr. King's speech