Tuesday, July 28, 2009

I Have a Dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther king, Jr. was a Baptist minister. He was a driving force in the push for racial equality in around the 1950's and the 1960's. His most famous consideration was his speech, which was seen and heard through many radios and television networks. His speech was exposed in the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. When He took advantage and evoked the name of Lincoln in his "I Have a Dream" speech, to give more importance at the situation and open the eyes of the people.

It’s amazing the type of communication and argumentation that Luther king used in his speech, to shows the discriminatory actions that was happening in his times. I his speech “I have a dream” Luther King used many literary techniques, such as argumentations, to convince the audience assisted. He used the pathos argumentation technique. He introduces it in biblical passages, poetics terms and the smartest way, in the repetition and references to famous American phrases, such as, “all men are created equal”. It is incredible believe that by using these kind of argumentation techniques, he was able to open the eyes of people who were blinded by the color of skin.

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