Similarities Between Elie Wiesel And Martin Luther King Jr

Elie Wiesel and Martin Luther King Jr. use a passionate, direct tone as well as repetition to convey the need for equality and a sense of urgency. Wiesel’s speech was encouraging and touching when he used words like “kingdom of night” and “desperately” to make the readers feel sympathy that could change their minds about the world. He spoke confidently and his words were direct, which was all trying to address that “we must always take sides” or the world won’t ever change. If we stay silent and take no positions, the country will have a greater chance of failing because no one is willing to make a difference. In the same way, King wants to influence the way people view and act upon the world. He spoke passionately about equality and freedom.

uses repetition in the sense to be heard to show the equality that was never given. Repeating things such as “we refuse to believe” strengthens his argument to show that African Americans were promised freedom but they were failed by the government. He wants what’s right for his people and believes that one-day freedom will rain down everywhere. The repeating line “one hundred years later” shows that many years have passed and progress has not occurred. Racial inequality still exists. The repetition contained in his speech is used to provoke emotions in the audience, with the intention to unite the population. “I have a dream” is so persuasive because everyone knows that you should follow your dreams and that is inspiring. The repetition makes people think of their own dreams and how they have to dream big for the purpose of a better tomorrow. Not only does Martin Luther King Jr. use repetition but Elie Wiesel also includes this in his speech when referring to his experience in the Holocaust. He repeated the same phrase, “I remember,” because he wouldn’t forget that night and how the innocent suffered. He was unsure if it had happened “yesterday or eternities ago” showing that it stuck in the back of his head and he carried that with him forever. Elie Wiesel soon discovered “the kingdom of night” when he was a young Jewish boy. This repetition shows that this was a dark time and a terrible environment. Elie Wiesel was trying to figure out why his life was taken away from him. Martin Luther King Jr. and Elie Wiesel want a change in the world for the greater