Martin Luther King Speech Analysis
The speech I have chosen to write about is "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martins Luther King. It is recognised as one of the best speeches ever given Speech. In August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King cause a great excitement for America with his Prodigious speech "I Have A Dream" which was delivered at Lincoln Memorial. According to research, it is estimated that between 200,000 to 300,000 people attended the shared speech (Hansen, D, D. 2003, p. 177.) including some brave leaders like Jesse Jackson, Mamie Chalmers, Peter Yarrow, and Andrew Young.
Dr. Martin Luther King´s message to the American people is demanding racial justice and freedom (Hansen, D, D. 2003, p. 177.) and allowing all color of people especially the black to participate and …show more content…
Martin Luther king´s message, I realize that as a cleggy and a civil right activist, it becomes more clearer and so impressive for me to deeply understand the key point in the speech that all people are created "equal" which i found to out to be true, although the case was not reflecting on the Americans to be positive at the time, King felt it must be the case for the future which he foresee. As a matter of fact, while he was speaking to the crowd and Lincoln Memorial, he advised them all that “we must be sure that our struggle is conducted on the highest level of dignity and discipline.” As he speaks,he repeatedly told them never to “drink the poisonous wine of hate,” but to use the “way of nonviolence” when taking “direct action” against oppression (King, 1960, p. …show more content…
We cannot turn back. However. Another most interesting part of this story is "Behind the Dream " takes us behind the scenes of Dr. King's historic 'I Have a Dream' speech written by a Dr. King´s sppechwriter, Clarence Jones (Jones, 2011, p. 191-198).
In his lifetime, Dr. King’s was a well researched man who took his precious time in preparation to study the Bible. In a Stylish way, his speech has been described as a political articles that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly, a work of poetry, and very skillfully delivered sermon by speaking without prepartion. His speech are also described as a rhythm and frequent repetition, alliteration is a hallmark device, used to bang home key points.
Been sensitive to King's intent, I figured out that Dr. King focus deeply on hope that all people will someday live in harmony--a theme that rims through the oration. The layout matches the tempo of the words with dramatic spreads resounding with the refrain "I have adream," and the "Let freedom ring" chores scenes unfold as a creative series of geographic
Dr. Martin Luther King´s message to the American people is demanding racial justice and freedom (Hansen, D, D. 2003, p. 177.) and allowing all color of people especially the black to participate and …show more content…
Martin Luther king´s message, I realize that as a cleggy and a civil right activist, it becomes more clearer and so impressive for me to deeply understand the key point in the speech that all people are created "equal" which i found to out to be true, although the case was not reflecting on the Americans to be positive at the time, King felt it must be the case for the future which he foresee. As a matter of fact, while he was speaking to the crowd and Lincoln Memorial, he advised them all that “we must be sure that our struggle is conducted on the highest level of dignity and discipline.” As he speaks,he repeatedly told them never to “drink the poisonous wine of hate,” but to use the “way of nonviolence” when taking “direct action” against oppression (King, 1960, p. …show more content…
We cannot turn back. However. Another most interesting part of this story is "Behind the Dream " takes us behind the scenes of Dr. King's historic 'I Have a Dream' speech written by a Dr. King´s sppechwriter, Clarence Jones (Jones, 2011, p. 191-198).
In his lifetime, Dr. King’s was a well researched man who took his precious time in preparation to study the Bible. In a Stylish way, his speech has been described as a political articles that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly, a work of poetry, and very skillfully delivered sermon by speaking without prepartion. His speech are also described as a rhythm and frequent repetition, alliteration is a hallmark device, used to bang home key points.
Been sensitive to King's intent, I figured out that Dr. King focus deeply on hope that all people will someday live in harmony--a theme that rims through the oration. The layout matches the tempo of the words with dramatic spreads resounding with the refrain "I have adream," and the "Let freedom ring" chores scenes unfold as a creative series of geographic