As we all know King was famous for his speech, “I Have a Dream.” It has touched so many people in various different ways, and people have many different thoughts on it. Martin Luther King Jr. was the one who delivered the speech on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The main purpose or point King tried to get across was racial equality, to obtain equality, and equal rights for all the people. King was born on January 15, 1929 and passed on April 4, 1968. King was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and he is best known for his role in advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.
Although King was very famous for his speech, I've analyzed his speech and realized that he has used several rhetorical appeals such as Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. The meaning of Ethos is that it is an appeal to ethics, and it …show more content…
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now”, is another statement that describes Ethos, this certain one makes the audience feel like they are apart of the fight for rights since they are all gathered at a holy spot. Logos to me means an appeal to logic and they try to persuade an audience by reason. An example would be, “One hundred years later the negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of a negro is crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” This statement describes logos because King repeats the line 100 years to persuade the audience and let them know that African Americans have not been equal to Whites for a 100 years. Also when King states, “America has
Although King was very famous for his speech, I've analyzed his speech and realized that he has used several rhetorical appeals such as Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. The meaning of Ethos is that it is an appeal to ethics, and it …show more content…
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now”, is another statement that describes Ethos, this certain one makes the audience feel like they are apart of the fight for rights since they are all gathered at a holy spot. Logos to me means an appeal to logic and they try to persuade an audience by reason. An example would be, “One hundred years later the negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of a negro is crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” This statement describes logos because King repeats the line 100 years to persuade the audience and let them know that African Americans have not been equal to Whites for a 100 years. Also when King states, “America has