Dr. King rhetoric essay
Gabrielle James
Advanced Composition
4th Period
Dr. Lacey
October 14th, 2014
Dr. King was a well-known civil rights activist, he left behind many examples within his speeches of how he believed we as a community could change the world for the better. He worked diligently to end segregation and reduce the amount of hatred. Even today we still experience discrimination in our everyday lives but not to the extent during his time. Change is hard for people to accept no matter how small or how large. In Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech, Letter from Birmingham Jail, and Why We Can’t Wait he vividly expresses his feelings towards the problems facing his community and gives solutions to solve them. In King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail he is responding to a letter from the clergymen. The clergymen called his plea for change untimely, they explained how they didn’t want violent outbursts to happen which would be caused by their protests. They wanted him to wait, Dr. King was tired of waiting for nothing to happen. “We have waited for more than 340 years for out Constitutional and God-given rights” (pg. 264). In this letter a lot of biblical allusion was used, he referenced the Bible or the name of God directly in his writing. He states how the colored people were like “outsiders coming in” (pg.262) Jesus was an outsider and not many people accepted him in the beginning of his ministry. The Civil Rights activists were not accepted by the Caucasian community during their journey to integration. The Letter from Birmingham Jail, was just the first step to make a difference in the world, he stated the problems that he observed in the community and had it set in his mind that he was going to be the one to solve them.
"Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children." The well-known I have a Dream speech was the second step in Dr. King’s plan. He begins with stating his ideas shared in the letter from Birmingham Jail as his introduction. Next he
Advanced Composition
4th Period
Dr. Lacey
October 14th, 2014
Dr. King was a well-known civil rights activist, he left behind many examples within his speeches of how he believed we as a community could change the world for the better. He worked diligently to end segregation and reduce the amount of hatred. Even today we still experience discrimination in our everyday lives but not to the extent during his time. Change is hard for people to accept no matter how small or how large. In Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech, Letter from Birmingham Jail, and Why We Can’t Wait he vividly expresses his feelings towards the problems facing his community and gives solutions to solve them. In King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail he is responding to a letter from the clergymen. The clergymen called his plea for change untimely, they explained how they didn’t want violent outbursts to happen which would be caused by their protests. They wanted him to wait, Dr. King was tired of waiting for nothing to happen. “We have waited for more than 340 years for out Constitutional and God-given rights” (pg. 264). In this letter a lot of biblical allusion was used, he referenced the Bible or the name of God directly in his writing. He states how the colored people were like “outsiders coming in” (pg.262) Jesus was an outsider and not many people accepted him in the beginning of his ministry. The Civil Rights activists were not accepted by the Caucasian community during their journey to integration. The Letter from Birmingham Jail, was just the first step to make a difference in the world, he stated the problems that he observed in the community and had it set in his mind that he was going to be the one to solve them.
"Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children." The well-known I have a Dream speech was the second step in Dr. King’s plan. He begins with stating his ideas shared in the letter from Birmingham Jail as his introduction. Next he