In Martin Luther King Jr's passionate speech about America's involvement in Vietnam, he manages to create a strong and compelling argument that America's involvement in unjust . He does this by appealing to certain issues the public see as important, using irony, and using diction and tone in persuasive ways. Martin Luther King Jr says in his first paragraph that,"It seemed as if there was a real promise fr hope... to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destruction suction tube." Here, Martin Luther King Jr is getting the audience emotionally and completely invested by showing the effect of America in Vietnam on their lives. The audience now feel as though this is very important because it has to do with regular poor people and t effects them as well. They now also understand that the Vietnam War plays a bigger role in America than just the men gone to war, it affects others too, like them. In short, this makes the audience more inclined to listen to the rest of Martin Luther king Jr's speech, as well as setting the bottom line that the Vietnam War creates devastating problems for everyone. …show more content…
The audience realize the unjust and cruel irony of the war , and agree that it is unjust for blacks and whites to die equally in war when they are not equal in their own home country. This ultimately strengthens his argument by causing the audience to ponder this cruel irony, and therefore rule it