How To Be Patient And Wait Rhetorical Analysis

Lewis further argues that he will not wait and be patient like his forefathers before him and all the brothers that he stands with at the moment, he wants to be free, and he wants his people to be free now, a saying that does not go unheard by all the audience that is listening to him. Lewis illustrates to the audience once more, “We are tired. We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again.”(para 7) In summary, Lewis is saying that he is worked up as well as all the African Americans of being treated as second-class citizens, that they are treated as animals, caged up so the world won’t see their malcontent. Lewis is again repeating his rhetorical technique of anaphora, in which he puts to good use as he repeats being tired time and time again of seeing people of color locked up and in jail for no particularly good reason, even if they didn’t commit a
Additionally, Lewis uses more evidence to back up his case, “To those who have said, “Be patient and wait,” we have long said that we cannot be patient. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!”(para 7) In making this comment, Lewis urges the audience to have a stand, to wait or to take up action and fight for their civil rights that they should own already, instead of having to fight for it. From this, the audience can infer that Lewis is impulsive, however, it is on the good kind of impulsiveness, one who acts for when it is the right time to do so, and not being the patient one and waiting for their civil rights to come to them in due time. Lewis exhibits the fact that he does not want to wait to be free, he is anxious to have the freedom that he rightfully deserves and that all the African Americans should be with him on this, that they should fight and keep on fighting until they have their