Animal Farm Speech Comparison

Dr Martin Luther King Jr's “I have a Dream” speech and Old Major's speech in “Animal Farm” have many similarities with some contrasting presenting skills. Some of the qualities that the two speeches share include what they're fighting for, the wisdom they both share, and they want freedom for future generations, not just for themselves. They also share many rhetorical strategies involving ethos, pathos, and logos along with some propaganda forms. Although these speeches have much in common, they are different because of three main reasons. These reasons are what they think needs to happen to accomplish their goals, the way they present their speeches, and the attitude in which I hold while preaching. The speeches also use different forms of
The first difference is that their views on what needs to happen to get freedom are askewed. Dr Martin Luther King Jr believes that violence is not the way to go to get freedom as stated in the speech, “In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” On the other hand, Old Major believes that is exactly what needs to happen to gain freedom. This part of the text states, “ Is it not crystal clear, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own.” Both of these views are effective even though Old Major’s disrupts the piece a little bit more than Dr. King’s strategy, which is to handle the situation without violence. These quotes both have different propaganda strategies in them as well, for Old Major, he used ignorance of followers whereas Dr. King uses oversimplification. Another difference between these speeches is the way they present their argument. Old major uses the other animal’s emotions to present his speech by telling them what needs to happen and how their life will be better when it does. On the contrary, Dr. King presents his information by using logic and facts while not relying on the audience's emotions to fuel his argument. The third difference between
Martin Luther King Jr's I have a dream speech and Old Major's speech in “Animal Farm” have some similarities and differences. Most of the similarities involve what they're fighting for and their authority. The differences involves their beliefs and way they present their speeches. In both of these speeches, the authors points got across to the audience and overall that is the most important part of delivering a successful