John Lewis starts this part of his speech by saying that they are in the middle of a social revolution and that they still have a long way to go he asserts his claim by his use of a loaded question and use of parallelism. Lewis reminds the audience that they still have a long way to go when he says “American politics is dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises and ally themselves with forms of open political, economic and social exploitation”this statement shows that the bill they currently have is the product of corrupt politicians is not the bill they deserve. In other words Lewis is saying that the bill is not yet ready and that it needs improvement. The significance of this opening statement is that Lewis
