From Segregation to Integration: Rhetorical Appeals in “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I Have a Dream,” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is not just a speech. It speaks to men and women of all races. It addresses the issues of racism and how nothing has changed in over 100 years. It reiterates the work that Abraham Lincoln once tried to install with the Emancipation Proclamation. King knew the works of Aristotle with his thought of pathos, ethos, and logos, and he expressed his “dream,” to the people and they understood.
In the “I Have a Dream Speech,” King expressed his emotions very deeply. With the use of pathos he says, “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit …show more content…
Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds,” (King 1).
When he says this line he shows true ethical values. He relates the quote back to money. Money is such a force in society. People will kill for money. Money is the most dominant thing that we have in this world. King is basically saying that sufficient funds are the whites, and the insufficient funds are the blacks. He knows the people will listen if he relates everything to money. At the end of the speech, King keeps repeating “I have a dream,” and “Let freedom ring,” to get the point across. He wants everyone to listen to what he has to say. He talks about individual states to have that relate to the people that live there. He wants the people listening to the great wonders of the states. King respectfully uses pathos, ethos, and logos, throughout his whole speech. He correctly identifies each issue that the people have with segregation. The final thing that he states is that if freedom rings everything will be alright, and that people can live in
In the “I Have a Dream Speech,” King expressed his emotions very deeply. With the use of pathos he says, “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit …show more content…
Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds,” (King 1).
When he says this line he shows true ethical values. He relates the quote back to money. Money is such a force in society. People will kill for money. Money is the most dominant thing that we have in this world. King is basically saying that sufficient funds are the whites, and the insufficient funds are the blacks. He knows the people will listen if he relates everything to money. At the end of the speech, King keeps repeating “I have a dream,” and “Let freedom ring,” to get the point across. He wants everyone to listen to what he has to say. He talks about individual states to have that relate to the people that live there. He wants the people listening to the great wonders of the states. King respectfully uses pathos, ethos, and logos, throughout his whole speech. He correctly identifies each issue that the people have with segregation. The final thing that he states is that if freedom rings everything will be alright, and that people can live in