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Mohammed Iqbal Address To Congress Rhetorical Devices

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Iqbal’s Poems Analysis Mohammed Iqbal used his poetry to express his deep seeded dislike of western values and to uplift Islamic virtues. Compared to Mustafa Kemal’s Speech to Congress, Iqbal’s ideas are archaic and are the type of ideas that have held back many different societies throughout history. The belief that the old ways are somehow better and morally right just because that’s the way it always has been is an absolutely terrible way to lead a society. Everything changes with time. People who hopelessly cling to the past keep us stuck to the past. Another major problem with Iqbal’s view is how nationalistic or ethnocentric it is. There is a clear division between what he sees as the west and his own land of Syria. The section preceding
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