Malcolm X designs a speech to persuade everyone in the United States that they don’t have the same civil rights that was granted after Martin Luther King’s “American Dream speech”. In the consolidated speech” The Ballot or the Bullet” Malcolm X utilizes repetition, allusion, and ethos along with pathos to express to the United sates that they are living in a terrible country because their main selected white man makes a false promise of having equal rights that is not taking place. Malcolm x applies repetition to strengthen his purpose that everyone in the U.S doesn’t have the same civil ( equal) rights. Malcolm says,...” it’s time now for you and me to to become more politically mature and to realize what the ballot is for; what we’re supposed to get when we cast a ballot: and if we don’t cast a ballot, it’s going to end up where we are going to have to cast a bullet.”(Page 2, Paragraph 10) Caucasians and
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King, Malcolm uses ethos and pathos combined together to bring out the truth that there is a problem with being treated equal. Malcom says,...” all of us have suffered here, in this country, political oppressions at the hands of a white man, economic exploitation at the hands of a white man, and social degradation at the hands of a white man--you put Democrats first, and they put you last.” (Page 2, Paragraph 8) Every American in the nation are put last by the person they rely on the most to grant them equal rights. Malcolm uses pathos and ethos together to get everyone to trust him that they being put down by their trusted person in spite of being granted civil(equal) rights. Malcolm X utilizes repetition, allusion, and ethos along with pathos to express to the United sates that they are living in a terrible country because their main selected white man makes a false promise of having equal rights that is not taking place In the consolidated speech” The Ballot or the
King, Malcolm uses ethos and pathos combined together to bring out the truth that there is a problem with being treated equal. Malcom says,...” all of us have suffered here, in this country, political oppressions at the hands of a white man, economic exploitation at the hands of a white man, and social degradation at the hands of a white man--you put Democrats first, and they put you last.” (Page 2, Paragraph 8) Every American in the nation are put last by the person they rely on the most to grant them equal rights. Malcolm uses pathos and ethos together to get everyone to trust him that they being put down by their trusted person in spite of being granted civil(equal) rights. Malcolm X utilizes repetition, allusion, and ethos along with pathos to express to the United sates that they are living in a terrible country because their main selected white man makes a false promise of having equal rights that is not taking place In the consolidated speech” The Ballot or the