Baptist minister and civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., in his speech, “I Have a Dream,” asserts that African Americans did not have the freedom to exercise the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness granted to them by the constitution because of abhorrent racism.
King supports his claim by illustrating the deplorable discrimination black people faced through the use of metaphorical language. He also employs anaphora to suggest that a united front, united in the cause of civil rights, will bring forth a brighter future.
King establishes a confident and formal tone to evoke the desire for change amongst the American people, black and white.
King begins his speech by acknowledging the rights granted to …show more content…
This purposefully creates an imagery of heat that is unbearable to depict the intensity of the injustice that black people endured and creates a sense of relief when he transforms the imagery to the coolness of autumn.This stirs hope that the audience will one day no longer suffer from the injustice, rather live peaceably.
He further enables the use of anaphora to unite the black population as he addresses examples of what they may have experienced. He acknowledges that “Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.”
By doing so, he shows that he understands struggles that they face and that they carry immense weight, so much so that he compares them to “storms” and “winds.”
This allows for the audience to understand that they are not alone in their battles, and unites them on this fact so that they do not feel alone when they stand strong against the wiles of …show more content…
King ends his speech by telling the American people of his vision of the future of America.
King shares that he envisions that places that are, “sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” Again he sets a contrast between oppression and liberty and uses imagery to denote the former as intolerable and the latter as vitalizing, in efforts to stir a desire for freedom.
However, to engineer his dreams into the minds of his audiences, he emphasizes that the future will not remain the same as he repeats, “I have a dream.”
The repetition evokes determination for a society of racial justice within his audience and creates a strive for it.
King closes his sentiments by uniting his audience once again and assures them that, with faith in the reality of these dreams, they will be able “to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together,” and, “to stand up for freedom
King supports his claim by illustrating the deplorable discrimination black people faced through the use of metaphorical language. He also employs anaphora to suggest that a united front, united in the cause of civil rights, will bring forth a brighter future.
King establishes a confident and formal tone to evoke the desire for change amongst the American people, black and white.
King begins his speech by acknowledging the rights granted to …show more content…
This purposefully creates an imagery of heat that is unbearable to depict the intensity of the injustice that black people endured and creates a sense of relief when he transforms the imagery to the coolness of autumn.This stirs hope that the audience will one day no longer suffer from the injustice, rather live peaceably.
He further enables the use of anaphora to unite the black population as he addresses examples of what they may have experienced. He acknowledges that “Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.”
By doing so, he shows that he understands struggles that they face and that they carry immense weight, so much so that he compares them to “storms” and “winds.”
This allows for the audience to understand that they are not alone in their battles, and unites them on this fact so that they do not feel alone when they stand strong against the wiles of …show more content…
King ends his speech by telling the American people of his vision of the future of America.
King shares that he envisions that places that are, “sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” Again he sets a contrast between oppression and liberty and uses imagery to denote the former as intolerable and the latter as vitalizing, in efforts to stir a desire for freedom.
However, to engineer his dreams into the minds of his audiences, he emphasizes that the future will not remain the same as he repeats, “I have a dream.”
The repetition evokes determination for a society of racial justice within his audience and creates a strive for it.
King closes his sentiments by uniting his audience once again and assures them that, with faith in the reality of these dreams, they will be able “to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together,” and, “to stand up for freedom