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    As I have analyzed the three texts carefully and dissected each of them for allusion‚ I have found that they are very similar in moral‚ if you look closely enough. We are very unclear on what equality really means. According to polls and statistics‚ everyone almost always has a different definition for the term. It can range anywhere from appearances to being treated the same‚ or even having the same exact car. Going onto say‚ as I review the three sources‚ whose stance on the issue at hand differ

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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 speechI Have a Dream” marked the beginning of new era‚ era of freedom and equality. This paper will try to critically analyze the speechI Have a Dream”‚ look at the references King made and try to identify effects

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    References and Allusions to the Bible and Religious Texts in I Have a Dream On August 28‚ 1963‚ many gathered for a political rally in Washington‚ DC. Known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom‚ more than 200‚000 people would assemble to hear various prayers‚ songs‚ and speeches‚ delivered by various politicians‚ entertainers‚ and civil rights leaders‚ including Martin Luther King Jr. In his famous I Have a Dream address‚ King frequently borrows from the bible and religious hymns‚ using

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    I HAVE A DREAM 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. ANALIZATION: Martin Luther Jr. made a heart throbbing and touching speech addressing generally his co-negroes. Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the

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    Brooke Beckwith- “I Have a Dream” Metaphorical Analysis In “I have a Dream”‚ King uses metaphors as a common device to convey the main issues of justice‚ freedom‚ and equality that were prevalent during the civil rights movement. King uses descriptive imagery in his metaphors so the audience can empathize with the American Negro community. Life as a black person during the nineteen-fifties was horrendous‚ “The Negro [lived] on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material

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    I personally think that this speech helped me mentally and physically. I become aware of the peace that this could bring the nation. It was written with an organised and systematic format. Martin was very direct aside from the complex figurative speech he used. Martin reinforced so much of the country’s history into his speech. All the strengths and weaknesses involved. His pattern and structure throughout the speech was developed and explained clearly. His repetition of the phrase ‘I have a dream’

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    piece “I have a dream” King uses logical appeal to give his reasoning over equality. King makes you feel guilty by not just what he says but he also makes you feel emotional with all of the false promises. King uses repetition of the phase “I have a dream” to convey his message. The most common rhetorical devices king uses are ethos‚ Pathos‚ logos‚ and repetition to describe his purpose. The rhetorical devices king use doesn’t just apply to one person it applies to everyone altogether. “I have a dream”

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    Domun English Essay I have a dream that one day… I have a dream that one day we will grow up to realize what kind of a world we have created. We have taken this beautiful world for granted too many times and I say that it’s time for change! I have a dream that one day our world will come together as one and fix the mess that we have left behind in our tracks. It seems to me

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    Today I have chosen two speeches which are critical to the growth and development that our nation has gone through. Two men from different backgrounds and different times with one common goal‚ equality for all. The Abraham Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address" and Martin Luther King’s "I Have a Dream" both address the oppression of the African-Americans in their cultures. Though one hundred years and three wars divide the two documents‚ they draw astonishing parallels in they purposes and their techniques

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    "I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH CRITIQUE" This speech took place on August 28‚ 1963 millions of citizens‚ children‚ law and policy makers attended while 250‚000 watched on TV as a Baptist Preacher ‚a Boston University Graduate Dr‚ Martin Luther King stood behind a podium. He established an immediate rapport with an ever changing audience and communicated on a meaningful level‚ by appealing to moral conscience of Americans standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He gave the rhetorical demands

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