What Is Martin Luther King Jr Speech Rhetorical Analysis

On December 7 1964 in London for a speaking to Christian group, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. displayed his non-violent style. Dr. King started by talking about how love should play a stronger role in that Non-violent philosophy. If the power of love could motivate somebody, then its fair to say that the power of hate such as segregation bring somebody down. Dr. King argued that hate was not only harmful physically, but more harmful spiritually. This relates to the definition of Pathos. Pathos being the emotional state of the audience as produced by a speaker or a speech.” (Keith & Lundberg 39) Segregation bought people down and gave them no encouragement. If love could provide motivation then the hate in would definitely reverse that and …show more content…
King understood that different forms of hate can bring also bring someone down emotionally. Dr. King talks about how the hatred for Negro and how the white man gave them very little job opportunity could cause an negative emotional toll. Dr. King would go on to say, “We must think of the fact that there is nothing more dangerous then to build a society with a segment in that society which feels that it has no steak in this society. Nothing more dangerous then to build a society with a number of people who see life as little more than a long indesalent corer door with no exit sign. They end up with despair because they have no jobs because they can’t educate their children because they can’t live in a nice home because they can’t have adequate health facilities.” (King) This can relate to pathos because by the people not giving Negros an opportunity to succeed, it is the speaker which is the white man, who is refusing to give the audience, which is the negro any opportunity making it harder for them to get jobs. The white man doing this to the Negro indicates a sign of hate. That hate begins to take an emotional toll on the Negro making them feel worthless for being