“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is to great of a burden to share,” said one of the best leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. He was a peace seeker and his passion fueled speeches helped drive people to change Black American rights in the 60’s. In his “I have a dream” speech King uses analogies, metaphors, and antithesis to give an emotional appeal to drive people for change.
Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated the black Americans injustice when he begins his analogy of a bank. The analogy supports the idea of freedom by comparing it to a check and what a figurative bank does about the check. King argues, " But we refuse that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity …show more content…
Sweltering summer is contrasted by invigorating autumn to emphasize what king describes to be slavery and freedom. He announces, “this sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” Sweltering summer refers to the black American and how they were unjustly treated. Just like a sweltering summer, they were left in the middle of the “heat” because of the Americans anger and resentment toward them. The invigorating autumn represents the extraordinary emotions and feeling of being free. Similar to an invigorating autumn, obtaining freedom would be similar to fall because the people would not be pushed by anger and resentment. King then describes where hope can be found. He preaches,”… shoe out of the mountain of Despair a stone of hope” The mountain of Despair is
their devastation that have piled up on them to try to get to where they are now. The stone of hope is the opposite of a mountain that helps prove that a small amount of hope can come from anywhere.
In conclusion Martin Luther King stood for what he believes to be right and will forever be in the minds of people he helped to achieve these rights. In his “I have a dream” speech King uses analogies, metaphors, and antithesis to give an emotional appeal to drive people for change. The messages left in this speech gave a true window to the soul in the times of
Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated the black Americans injustice when he begins his analogy of a bank. The analogy supports the idea of freedom by comparing it to a check and what a figurative bank does about the check. King argues, " But we refuse that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity …show more content…
Sweltering summer is contrasted by invigorating autumn to emphasize what king describes to be slavery and freedom. He announces, “this sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” Sweltering summer refers to the black American and how they were unjustly treated. Just like a sweltering summer, they were left in the middle of the “heat” because of the Americans anger and resentment toward them. The invigorating autumn represents the extraordinary emotions and feeling of being free. Similar to an invigorating autumn, obtaining freedom would be similar to fall because the people would not be pushed by anger and resentment. King then describes where hope can be found. He preaches,”… shoe out of the mountain of Despair a stone of hope” The mountain of Despair is
their devastation that have piled up on them to try to get to where they are now. The stone of hope is the opposite of a mountain that helps prove that a small amount of hope can come from anywhere.
In conclusion Martin Luther King stood for what he believes to be right and will forever be in the minds of people he helped to achieve these rights. In his “I have a dream” speech King uses analogies, metaphors, and antithesis to give an emotional appeal to drive people for change. The messages left in this speech gave a true window to the soul in the times of