Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream

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Dictionary.com’s definition of dreams is a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. With that being said dreams are imaginations form by fictitious thoughts. Even though dictionary.com’s definition of dream is accurate in this occasion dreams is referred through its connotation. At least for me dreams can be goals and wishes that an individual hopes for the future. What that means for me is that when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr uses the phrase dreams in his speech he uses it to make a statement about his vision, faith, and wish, he desires for America.

To begin with, an individual visualizes a desirement he has for the future. The vision is built through a person’s goal and conveyed from positivist

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