Freedom Collection 2
The idea of freedom can be seen throughout “Collections 2” of our textbook. Freedom can be
seen in Martin Luther King Jr's “I Have a Dream” speech when he talks about the bad
check.Another story the idea of freedom can be seen in is Charles Euchner’s analysis of King’s
speech”NobodyTurn Me Around” when he talks about the crowd’s reactions. The story “The
Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela also has the idea of freedom included in the story when Juan gets
executed for a letter he wrote that was a threat to the government.
The idea of freedom can be seen throughout Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream”
speech. The idea of freedom can be found in almost every line of King’s speech such as lines
141-147.
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The idea of freedom can be found when he uses the
insufficient funds phrase in his speech. His insufficient funds reference gives the reader an idea
of what America has done to King and his people. The reference gives the reader something to
relate to when it comes to King’s feelings about what America did to him and all other colored
people in the United States.
The topic of freedom can also be found throughout the analysis of King’s speech “Nobody
Turn Me Around” by Charles Euchner. Euchner writes about freedom in his story in lines 7-10
along with many other lines. In Euchner’s story readers are getting a more visual idea of the
march on Washington because the author uses imagery. In order to help the readers get a visual
idea of the event Euchner uses imagery by explaining individuals in the crowd and also telling us
about King’s body language. Euchner also writes about the idea of freedom when he explains
that people came from all over to unite and ask the United States for what they deserve,which
was freedom. The fact that he mentions that people came from all over the country is important
because it shows the reader how bad people wanted to have the freedom that their