How Did Martin Luther King Jr Use Pathos In A Speech

A Speech to Remember, But Not to Examine Closely In this speech, Martin Luther King Jr. attempts to show his opinion against American involvement in the Vietnam War. He does a fairly acceptable job with this speech, but there are frequent errors in his speech. To support his speech, MLK uses a variety of Ethos and Pathos examples. However there is not a high amount of Logos examples to be found. There is also a sense of MLK being bias during this speech. This makes his overall speech unsteady. A great example of MLK's use of Ethos is found when he mentions that he is a civil rights leader. This helps make it appear to the audience that he is a credible source for this speech. He also says: "for it grows out of my experience in the ghettos of the North over the last three years — especially the last three summers". Ethos is shown greatly in this quote
For example, there are no numbers or statistics found in his speech. Statistics are very important in backing up your opinion and persuading an audience to join your side of a stance. For many people, Ethos and Pathos don't persuade them very much. They need concrete facts and statistics, which MLK is lacking in this speech. Lastly, Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech appears to be bias toward African Americans. Many whites during this time period disliked blacks and found segregation to be reasonable. Therefore, one could assume that by a white person listening to this speech, they would not be easily persuaded. This would be because MLK mentions many things and ideas related to African Americans, and very few towards white people. It is hard to persuade an audience as a whole if you only talk about half of the audience. MLK failed to make this speech relevant to white people. African Americans listening to his speech most likely agreed with him more than whites because MLK spoke to their needs in this