Summary Of You Ve Got To Have Hope By Harvey Milk
The speech I’d like to write my paper on is “You’ve Got To Have Hope” by Harvey Milk. Milk was the first openly gay individual to be elected official in the United States; he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He gave his speech on June 24, 1977 in San Francisco to announce his candidacy and to address gay rights.
The speech is important because it helped unite the gay community and their supporters. At the time, the LGBT community was facing much more hostility and discrimination (compared to today); Milk shined light on the importance of empowering LGBT leaders. He believed that the government should represent individuals and insure equality for all. Milk thought that the more people that “came out of the closet,”
the more families and friends would support their equal rights.
When I listen to the speech while reading the transcription, I can critique Milk’s effectiveness in engaging the audience through evaluating what he has to say and how he says it. For example, he uses pathos to appeal to his audience's’ emotions by addresses a few of his personal experiences with the youth. Throughout his speech, he uses first person perspective words such as “us,” and “we,” to make his audience feel as if they are a united front; he also uses second person words such as “you” to make the audience feel as if that they have an obligation to play an important role.
The speech is important because it helped unite the gay community and their supporters. At the time, the LGBT community was facing much more hostility and discrimination (compared to today); Milk shined light on the importance of empowering LGBT leaders. He believed that the government should represent individuals and insure equality for all. Milk thought that the more people that “came out of the closet,”
the more families and friends would support their equal rights.
When I listen to the speech while reading the transcription, I can critique Milk’s effectiveness in engaging the audience through evaluating what he has to say and how he says it. For example, he uses pathos to appeal to his audience's’ emotions by addresses a few of his personal experiences with the youth. Throughout his speech, he uses first person perspective words such as “us,” and “we,” to make his audience feel as if they are a united front; he also uses second person words such as “you” to make the audience feel as if that they have an obligation to play an important role.