I Have A Dream By Martin Luther King Jr.

I have a dream” delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in August of 1963, is one of the greatest speeches of all time. It is a very powerful speech that, up until now, is being analyzed. His speech was well ordered and assembled that this speech was one of a kind. One reason King’s speech is the greatest is because he uses many descriptive imagery. My favorite image is when he says, “where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sister and brother.” It shows the audience a picture of African Americans and Caucasians being equal and having the same rights and privilege. Another way King emphasizes his speech is by using repetition. He constantly repeats the word “I have a dream”. This is powerful because it indicates that at the present time, 1963, all the hopes and change he wanted, it was just a dream. It was impossible for black men to think they were equal as the white men. However, this was what he wanted for the next generation. He wanted the change to happen for the future and he believed that it was possible.
Another literary device King uses is contrast. He uses the Declaration of Independence stating that, “ a promise that all men would be guaranteed the
The five point narrative structure follows the order of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and finally resolution. King’s speech goes from exposition and transitions to rising action and then climax to later falling action just like narrative structure. However the speech goes back to rising action and climax and repeats the process numerous times. For example, “I have a dream”. Most importantly, a narrative structure ends with a resolution however King’s speech ends with a rising action or climax, which makes the speech more essential. Making the Audience to remember the speech