King’s speech and Atticus’ court speech sound similar in the way they stand up for black individuals. Both men were trying to make the same point in their speeches. As Atticus said in his speech “this case is as simple as black and white”. Martin Luther King mentioned, “Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadows we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree is great beacon of light and hope millions of slaves who have been seared in the flames of withering injustice” (2). King is talking about how Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves shall be free. The point both men were trying to prove is don’t just look at someone based on the colour of their skin, following the lines of “never judge a book by its
King’s speech and Atticus’ court speech sound similar in the way they stand up for black individuals. Both men were trying to make the same point in their speeches. As Atticus said in his speech “this case is as simple as black and white”. Martin Luther King mentioned, “Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadows we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree is great beacon of light and hope millions of slaves who have been seared in the flames of withering injustice” (2). King is talking about how Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves shall be free. The point both men were trying to prove is don’t just look at someone based on the colour of their skin, following the lines of “never judge a book by its