The speech that I am choosing to write about is "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King. The reason I chose this speech was because its power and its emotion. The quote that made the most impact at that time was "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal." This quote perfectly shows the central idea and what Dr. Martin Luther King wanted for everyone. He believed that there was no place in the Declaration of Independence that stated blacks, or anyone would be stripped of their rights, and he was correct.
For the first main idea, I picked The Declaration of Independence. By using logos, Martin Luther King persuaded and moved people even more since he had evidence/facts to back up his statement. I think he really wanted to focus on this idea of how the government and country was not following to true way of the Declaration of …show more content…
This ties in with the first main point of The Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln promised every person freedom and equal rights, so where were these said "equal rights" for the blacks? King didn't only want freedom for that generation, but for the generations in the future as well. For all blacks, he wanted them to be treated just as well and the whites. He hoped that one day, there weren't signs saying "For Whites Only". He wanted everyone to join hands and live together in peace. Though the world is still not at peace, it is a better place than it used to be in terms of segregation and freedom. "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." I believe this quote helps back up this paragraph, stating that he didn't want injustice or for the community to be oppressed, but he wanted a place of freedom and
For the first main idea, I picked The Declaration of Independence. By using logos, Martin Luther King persuaded and moved people even more since he had evidence/facts to back up his statement. I think he really wanted to focus on this idea of how the government and country was not following to true way of the Declaration of …show more content…
This ties in with the first main point of The Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln promised every person freedom and equal rights, so where were these said "equal rights" for the blacks? King didn't only want freedom for that generation, but for the generations in the future as well. For all blacks, he wanted them to be treated just as well and the whites. He hoped that one day, there weren't signs saying "For Whites Only". He wanted everyone to join hands and live together in peace. Though the world is still not at peace, it is a better place than it used to be in terms of segregation and freedom. "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." I believe this quote helps back up this paragraph, stating that he didn't want injustice or for the community to be oppressed, but he wanted a place of freedom and