JFK And MLK Compare And Contrast Paragr
Zach McCallum
2-15-14
Period #3
JFK and MLK Compare and Contrast Paragraphs
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While MLK and JFK both had very nice, well put together speeches, they used different strategies and tactics. This was to fit the types of people they were soliciting their speech to. Generally speaking, MLK had a black or civil rights supporting audience. Since many of his audience members were black, many had low morale and were discriminated against. MLK spoke knowing this is how his audience was. JFK on the other hand, had a handful of different groups of people to please, being the president of the United States. He had to talk to the whole country and make sure that what he was saying would apply to everybody, in an official way. In regard to these facts about their audiences, both the president and MLK showed difference in the methods and tactics they used in order to appeal in the way they liked to their differing audiences. The first thing that is apparent in MLK’s speech, is the fact that in the very beginning, he tailors his words to fit what the “negroes” are happy to hear. He says, “We come here today to dramatize a shameful condition” (I Have a Dream Speech page 1 top half). His audience loved him before this speech for everything he had done with civil rights. Letting people know after the opening statement that he was going to address what was on every black man’s mind in the audience, was a smart tactic he used. He goes on to say even more of what people want to hear in order to rally them. One of his most famous statements in the speech was, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” (I Have a Dream Speech page 2 bottom half). This excerpt connects to many of the black audiences’ lives. These statements are tactful ones that were crafted to fit the audience. Continual rally of his supporters was the greatest effect of
2-15-14
Period #3
JFK and MLK Compare and Contrast Paragraphs
Contrast Paragraph:
While MLK and JFK both had very nice, well put together speeches, they used different strategies and tactics. This was to fit the types of people they were soliciting their speech to. Generally speaking, MLK had a black or civil rights supporting audience. Since many of his audience members were black, many had low morale and were discriminated against. MLK spoke knowing this is how his audience was. JFK on the other hand, had a handful of different groups of people to please, being the president of the United States. He had to talk to the whole country and make sure that what he was saying would apply to everybody, in an official way. In regard to these facts about their audiences, both the president and MLK showed difference in the methods and tactics they used in order to appeal in the way they liked to their differing audiences. The first thing that is apparent in MLK’s speech, is the fact that in the very beginning, he tailors his words to fit what the “negroes” are happy to hear. He says, “We come here today to dramatize a shameful condition” (I Have a Dream Speech page 1 top half). His audience loved him before this speech for everything he had done with civil rights. Letting people know after the opening statement that he was going to address what was on every black man’s mind in the audience, was a smart tactic he used. He goes on to say even more of what people want to hear in order to rally them. One of his most famous statements in the speech was, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” (I Have a Dream Speech page 2 bottom half). This excerpt connects to many of the black audiences’ lives. These statements are tactful ones that were crafted to fit the audience. Continual rally of his supporters was the greatest effect of