Remember the eminent speech, “I have a dream.” The very same speech which Martin Luther King Jr. gave at the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC as an inspiration to give the people who were understanding of the situation that was going on in the African American community. Martin Luther uses the rhetorical techniques to capture the attention of the people to be able to state that no one should be judge by the color of their skin, but by their moral character and personality. One of the rhetorical devices which Luther elaborates the most on is parallelism. “We will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together… (Luther 26).” He says this to justify his reasoning of the community sticking through this conflict they have been fighting against for one hundred years together. Another hint of parallelism is when Martin said, “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. (Luther 4).” This insinuates that the government had not been equally fair to those who were born …show more content…
“Let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire…from the mighty mountains of New York…from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania…from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado…from the curvaceous slope of California. (Luther 31).” What Martin Luther is trying to imply in this phrase is that all the African Americans in any parts of the United States should be granted their freedom in this country. Another intimate would be when Luther said, “Free at last! Free at last! (Luther 33).” He emphasizes this phrase like a symbol of encouragement for those African Americans including Martin Luther himself were fighting against the government for their freedom, rights, liberty, and the pursuit of