Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Rhetorical Analysis
“I Have a Dream,” by Martin Luther King Jr. Rhetorical Analysis
On August 28th, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial gathered around 200,000 people after the March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most famous speech “I Have a Dream.” He preached about the inequalities of segregations and discrimination of African American that was taking place in our country. In his first sentence he stated, “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” In this statement he has said what he was there for. He is speaking out for freedom for the African Americans. This speech is one among few to demonstrate the freedom our country was built …show more content…
“I have a that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judges by the color of their skin but the content of their character.” This allows the audience to relate to him as a family man and the aspirations we hold for our children. It provides a human appeal and uses pathos.
Logos
He also uses logos in his analogies. When he states, “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” His analogy us using logic as a form of reasoning. He reasons is that everyone understands money and that the listener is able to relate to being handed a bad check.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s skillful and fluent use of rhetoric in his speech “I have a Dream” was a major turning point in our country’s history and represented a strong stand for equal rights for African Americans. He spoke out to confront the issues of racism in our nation. This speech was not the beginning nor the ending, but a remarkable moment in the fight for equal rights of everyone. “When all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing,” “Free at last! Free at
On August 28th, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial gathered around 200,000 people after the March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most famous speech “I Have a Dream.” He preached about the inequalities of segregations and discrimination of African American that was taking place in our country. In his first sentence he stated, “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” In this statement he has said what he was there for. He is speaking out for freedom for the African Americans. This speech is one among few to demonstrate the freedom our country was built …show more content…
“I have a that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judges by the color of their skin but the content of their character.” This allows the audience to relate to him as a family man and the aspirations we hold for our children. It provides a human appeal and uses pathos.
Logos
He also uses logos in his analogies. When he states, “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” His analogy us using logic as a form of reasoning. He reasons is that everyone understands money and that the listener is able to relate to being handed a bad check.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s skillful and fluent use of rhetoric in his speech “I have a Dream” was a major turning point in our country’s history and represented a strong stand for equal rights for African Americans. He spoke out to confront the issues of racism in our nation. This speech was not the beginning nor the ending, but a remarkable moment in the fight for equal rights of everyone. “When all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing,” “Free at last! Free at