A Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech

“We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence” in the eighth paragraph, which expressions the logic of nonviolence. It’s true that people shouldn’t solve the problem by physical violence. Thus, even though he encourages people to struggle by the words what King said, people who listen him also not fierce rather sane. “The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny” the long sentence shows his logos that not deny and distrust all white people because he knows some white people don’t discriminate the Negro. “And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom” says that American changes their mind about black men, which shows King is a reasonable person. The examples display the purpose of this speech that achieve black men’s

In his two works, “I Have a Dream” and “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. uses a mixture of Logos and Pathos to connect with his audience’s emotions and motivate them to the cause of civil rights. In this passage, “This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable Rights’ of ‘Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’” King uses Logos by framing the objective words of the constitution and conveying that one must make an intense leap in logic to exclude black people from that.

“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.” (Page Number:263, paragraph 20). This quote was from MLK Jr's I Have A Dream speech. At the time african americans were still not free so african americans started a movement for their freedom. The way they got their freedom was from changing the world with their movements and MLK Jr’s speech which inspired the world to let african americans have rights. In MLK Jr’s speech he had to get the audience on his side so he used rhetoric to provoke, calm, and inspire his audience to get what he wanted.

Martin Luther King Jr. once stated “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now”. King’s basis was racial equality for all Americans. King spoke in many places throughout the United States from 1963 until 1968 when he was assassinated. He fought for African Americans’ rights when no one else would. Ultimately, he enlisted the support of white Americans and eventually won rights for the African American people, but sadly it was not until the 1970’s, two years after King’s assassination, that black people were finally able to enjoy the rights King helped win with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These rights would not have been possible without King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” which he wrote in compliance to the white clergy calling his civil disobedience “untimely and unwise.” The civil disobedience the white clergy is talking about is the one that he and many other activists including children were arrested for protesting without a permit. Although King wields a plethora of appeals and devices, pathos and allusion are the most powerful because these play on the audience's guilt and reference related historical events that denounce the oppressors’ racist ways.

Martin Luther King Jr. built his speech around fighting unjust conditions placed on both African Americans and soldiers of the Vietnam war with non-violent protest. King is arguably the best speaker the world has seen, he knows how to get his audience passionate about the problems America faces while also informing them of what causes these problems.

Although pathos takes the background in this piece, it is due to the disconnect between the church leaders and the black experience. King does not attempt to describe how racism feels because the white men have no idea, or sympathy, towards the people. King knows his audience, and discerns that this type of argument would not be effective. Instead, he uses facts and situations to create an emotional bridge between him and his audience. MLK draws on his own experience when he has “seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim…” (4). The explicit situations of brutality strike a nerve with even the hardest audience, and the emotion proves that the violence is not an overreaction. Another way King uses pathos is through likening his work as well as the injustice of laws to other prominent groups to make the reader predetermined into thinking a certain way about the subject. To discredit the claim that his protests are illegal, he juxtaposes the situation through a forensic argument that “everything Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal’ and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was

In the speech of martin luther king’s “I have a dream” he starts to talk about what is wrong with this nation and how we should start to change the way we think about black people, and that they are just the same and as intelligent as white people.

Next, King then appeals to pathos by telling the truth about what his people have gone through. He does this by using lines such as, “When you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim.”, and “when you have seen hate-filled policeman curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters.” In these lines he is using language to incite a dark emotional feel. He then uses parallelism, such as “lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim.” By using this kind of language and sentence structure King is making you envision and feel what he had to see his friends and family go through in those hard times. Throughout the whole paragraph using this kind of sentence structure and a lot of imagery the audience starts to feel what it would be like to be in King’s position and feel the pain and troubles he had to go through. It is an emotional paragraph, and using this strategy at the beginning of his letter captures the attention of his audience. This is what King

This is extremely powerful because looking back at our history, it’s accurate. It took the world years to dig out of the quicksands of racism to get to where we are today. King also compares the ties of brotherhood to a strong, sturdy rock. This comparison shows that King has hope for the world. He knows that people will eventually come together and once they do, they won’t be torn or broken apart.

The central idea is that Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded a lot of people that they should go out and peacefully try and make a difference. In “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. he is very compelling because he uses a lot of figurative language to explain his reasoning behind why African Americans should have the same rights as whites. The most important paragraph was the third paragraph. A quote that describes it well is “ One hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.”

The text states, “In the 1960’s, African Americans were fighting of equality. People like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were fighting for African American civil rights. Now we have our first ever African American president, Barack Obama.” This illustrates that in our time era today we don't judge people by the color of their skin or have restrictions of what they can and can't do because of what they look like. Having African American freedom has lead us to good things like our presidents and other people who have made a big change in our world.

In the world today, racial discrimination is still an issue, but because of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., racial discrimination is not as bad as it used to be. He helped African American people a chance at Freedom and Justice. While fighting this problem, he wrote a very popular Speech and a Letter. The Speech was called “I have a Dream” (which was presented in front of the Lincoln memorial) and The letter was called “The letter from Birmingham Jail”. Both text are very complex and persuasive, Although “I have a Dream” was more captivating because it appealed to the crowds emotional and it used figurative language.

King inspires those who support equal rights for all “ to rise up from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial injustice”.and stand up for what they believe. He insists that people who believe in the cause to speak up and join together as one voice, to demand equal rights that they deserve. In addition King uses Light and Dark imagery to make a statement on how people have been waiting a long time to receive equality and the same freedom as everyone else. He does this by discussing the Emancipation Proclamation, and how “ It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was written and delivered on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and remains one of the most historically influential and world-changing speeches of all time. Fifty-two years later, this speech is considered to be one of the best persuasive speeches ever delivered. Dr. King is not only attempting to persuade his audience to understand the plight of minorities in the United States, but he is also attempting to encourage a nation to change for the betterment of mankind. Through the effective use of several literary elements, Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech prompted Caucasian Americans to look closer at the country 's dismal record of civil rights for black Americans and other minorities.

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