COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY

Comparison and Contrast Essay There have been many memorable American speeches throughout the years. Some of the famous speeches are “I Have a Dream”, by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy and Pierre Salinger. There are many similarities and differences in these two speeches. The subject of King’s speech was to get civil rights for all Americans. The occasion was a march for jobs. His speech was spoken toward the African Americans. In general he wanted to get rights for the African Americans. His tone of the speech was very hopeful, and this made it successful. J.F.K’s speech was about unity in the United States. This was his inauguration in front of America, and he wanted to excite people with this speech. His tone was very inspirational and progressive throughout the whole speech. Some similarities are about how they both have similar style. They both rely heavily on metaphors and pathos. While some differences King uses anaphora and pathos while JFK uses chiasmus and ethos. In these two memorable speeches, the speakers have many similarities to project their objective. They both rely heavily on metaphors. They also have a similarity in the style as both use effective pathos’ to persuade the audience through emotion. On line 34 in “I Have a Dream”, King says, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” In this metaphor, King is comparing freedom to satisfying one’s thirst and hatred to a cup of bitterness. King realized how bitterness and hatred could take over the civil rights movement. In JFK’s Inaugural speech he states on line 83-84, “The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.” He is comparing the energy, faith, and devotion to a fire that lights America. He also shows how Americans use efforts to create unity and freedom and will eventually