Running head: A PESPECTIVE OF THE GETTYSBERG ADDRESS A Perspective of the Gettysburg Address David M‚ Anderson (ENG101) –English Composition 101-1 Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Carolyn Salvi‚ PhD February 18th‚ 2015 1 A PERSPECTIVE OF THE GETTYSBERG ADDRESS 2 A Perspective of The Gettysburg Address A proposition is used to per sway people in order to take action‚ or join a cause. President; Abraham Lincoln‚ did not at all need to use persuasion in my opinion. Lincoln had a natural
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Katrina Lee Miss Millage PreIB English 1 11/10/15 Speech Analysis In 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln spoke on the grounds of the Battle of Gettysburg. In 1963‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Two different people‚ of two different colors‚ in two different time periods‚ spoke about one specific theme: freedom. Five score years after Lincoln’s speech‚ “The Gettysburg Address”‚ took place‚ MLK’s speech “I Have a Dream” still fought for the same thing. Both speeches
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The Ideals of the Gettysburg Address On November 19‚ 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln‚ presented his now-famous Gettysburg Address to a large crowd that had assembled to dedicate a battlefield where thousands of soldiers had lost their lives. The United States of America was at war with itself. The southern states had seceded from the northern union of states and had formed the Confederate States of America. The United States were no longer united. President Lincoln had to say something to
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Martin Luther King ’s "I Have a Dream": Critical Thinking Analysis Charles Briscoe PRST 3301 16 October 2012 In Martin Luther King Jr. ’s seminal 1963 speech "I Have a Dream‚" King uses a number of critical thinking processes in order to present his argument. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ at the height of the Civil Rights Movement‚ King delivered a speech that is remembered now as one of the most significant pieces of oratory in the 20th century. His call was for blacks and whites
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Abraham Lincoln’s star shined when his administration took place during the Civil War proving excellency in both politically and rhetorically. From that war the 16th president got his most famous nick name as the Great Emancipator that dwells between Americans till the present day. However‚ history doesn’t say quit the same about the complete representation of Abraham Lincoln’s attitude towards the war and even the issue of slavery. Such a title proposes an acceptance that the civil war was a war
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In the Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln states that we are a “government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people”‚ a government run by normal‚ everyday citizens‚ elected into office to represent the wants and needs of Americans. We‚ as a nation‚ were raised to help our fellow man‚ and to keep what is truly just in our minds and hearts. In this day and age‚ that former statement seems to become less and less true. The past three presidents have been something akin to a lawyer‚ a senator‚ or
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Text analysis “I Have a Dream” To be born Negro in the US in till late 1970s meant to be unequally judged‚ discriminated and segregated according to skin color. One of the active freedom fighters was a Martin Luther King‚ who made fundamental contribution against racism in the US. King’s speech “I Have a Dream” marked the beginning of new era‚ era of freedom and equality. This paper will try to critically analyze the speech “I Have a Dream”‚ look at the references King made and try to identify effects
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“Four score and seven years ago…” that is the start of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech “The Gettysburg Address.” Abe Lincoln was a benevolent man and he did marvelous things for our country as a whole. He was the 16th president of the United States. He also freed the slaves‚ and ended the Civil War. At the end of his term he was assassinated‚ but I’m sure you already know all this‚ so let’s talk about some stuff you might not know about Abraham Lincoln. Abe Lincoln did many things than win
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truly cared about slaves and one of the most renowned of those people was President Abraham Lincoln. Proof of his dedication to seeing a free America is in his famous Gettysburg Address. “The nation shall have a new birth of freedom‚ and that government of the people by the people for the people”. This is the last sentence of the address and it is without confusion or play on words it has a very clear meaning. The first sentence “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth‚ upon this continent
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have shown again and again that they can put aside their differences because of mutual goals. Therefore‚ sharing these goals often unite individuals in American society. The Americans usually coalesce when faced against a common foe. In the “Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln encourages the living “be here dedicated to the great task remaining before [them]” so that the perished would not have died pointlessly (Beers 28). The president wants the people of his nation to combine their efforts and
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