The Use Of Emotion In Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech

In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, he does not just use logic, he also uses emotion. When King was giving his speech, not a lot of people were there to hear him in person. King’s speech was not extremely famous when he first gave it; it was not until later that it became known. If he were to just use one, logic or emotion, people would listen but not continue supporting him for long. When using logic and emotion people, will hear him out and understand he means what he says and that he has examples to back up what he includes in his speech. In addition to logic and emotion, he has imagery and repetition in his speech. Martin Luther King Jr. showed logic and emotion in his speech by including imagery. The second paragraph of his speech includes four examples of how African Americans had to live in America. Martin Luther King Jr. says, “we must face the tragic that the Negro is still not free” (629). He said that after slavery ended. He even said that after the

The more Martin Luther King Jr. says “I have a dream” (630) and “let freedom ring” (631) with different things after each time he says each one, it shows that he has multiple examples to all of the points he is making. One of King’s examples for when he says I have a dream is “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood” (631). Martin Luther King Jr. wanted everyone, no matter the history behind them, to be able to be together and have no differences. King would say, “let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous pecks of California,” (631) he wanted there to bee freedom everywhere. Martian Luther King Jr. wanted there to be no separation. He wanted there to be freedom for everyone, no matter who they