Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was born in Alabama in 1929. Also, a huge black activist leader and his father was a pastor at their church, so he grew up around hearing an advocate for African Americans. The date and location of this speech was in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, this was one of the biggest moments in African American history also U.S. history. A lot of the equal rights movement was going on at the time, people daily every fought for their equal rights. JFK was also assassinated the same year he said this speech. MLK uses Repetition, Imagery, and Metaphors to instill a vision and a sense of hope for the U.S. to change for the minority in the U.S. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr had lots of huge Repetition that has been widely and hugely remembered for decades and probably for a long time in the future. When Dr. King explained purposefully, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed”. This said a lot because the U.S. says they are the land of the free but everyone isn’t equal nor free. Dr. King felt that, “[He had] a dream
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King uses imagery ever to sink a picture of change and a sense of hope inside of our head. Dr.King even exemplifies his family to show us that he is with us and he has the same issue saying, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This really goes to show that he really believes and is very hopeful that one day his kids and this nation will live in a fair and just society. A huge image put in our head was when he explained that, “[He had] a dream, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boy's and white girls as sisters and brothers”. This instills a image and vision of what it would look like and the possibilities that can be accomplished if we were all treated equally and
King uses imagery ever to sink a picture of change and a sense of hope inside of our head. Dr.King even exemplifies his family to show us that he is with us and he has the same issue saying, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This really goes to show that he really believes and is very hopeful that one day his kids and this nation will live in a fair and just society. A huge image put in our head was when he explained that, “[He had] a dream, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boy's and white girls as sisters and brothers”. This instills a image and vision of what it would look like and the possibilities that can be accomplished if we were all treated equally and