Ethos And Pathos In Martin Luther King's Speech

During the civil rights movement, there were many world-changing speeches. Martin Luther King, Jr’s most famous speech was the I Have A Dream speech. This dialogue is written to help speak for African Americans in this time period. I Have A Dream is about how African Americans want the same rights as whites and is willing to do anything to get them. In this speech Martin Luther King, Jr uses many ethos, pathos, and logos to get his point across to the people. Ethos is one of the devices used by Mr.King to help explain his point. Ethos is the character the speaker portrays in his speech. “And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.” In this quote, you can see that he is not going to back down and that he stands up for what he believes in strongly. “Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’’ In the quote above you can see ethos in his speech in the way, he shows his faith in God, also that he believes strongly that what he is doing will help to make African Americans free. As you can see Mr.King's character plays a big role in history because if it was not for him being a strong man he would have never done the things he did.
King’s speech. Pathos is the emotional connection to the audience in the speech. “It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.” This quote reveals the emotion of African Americans at the end of slavery. In the quote “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of unspeakable horrors of police brutality”, it shows how sad and unhappy the people are about African Americans getting hurt by police and that they will not stand for it anymore. In Mr. King's speech, there are many forms of pathos used to get his strong and very emotional point