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“I don’t believe you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its angry violent dogs literally biting six unarmed, nonviolent Negros”. MLK makes it understandable how the people of color are harassed and patronized by the so-called justice force (police force) ironically, they do not provide justice to those of color but only pain. They give this treatment to those in the Birmingham jail  but also out of the jail, the system is unjust. This repetitive statement, we can see through the whole letter that MLK is telling the audience he is addressing that the times for people of color is hard there is no break, no rest but only pain and that there is only way to stop it. By standing up for what is right, the humane thing, moral and just.

In the speech “I Have A Dream” by Dr. King, he speaks about the injustice that Negros must face in life. He mentions how all people should be equal and have the same rights, however, that is not the case. Dr. King talks about a dream of peace and equality for all people to share in. Dr. King reminds people that this is a dream he has for the future. However, if people do not come together in order to make this dream come true, then it will be something that stays in the past and will eventually be forgotten. This urges people to stand up for their freedom and fight against segregation. In this speech, the rhetorical feature that stands out to me is the use of metaphors. This rhetorical feature interests me because metaphors help view things as a figure of speech, in order to make something easier to understand. It gives an understanding of the situation so that you can be aware of the literal meaning behind the metaphor.

Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech “I Have A Dream” was written not only to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation’s 100th anniversary, but to urge his dominantly African American audience that their freedoms are long overdue. One rhetorical feature King used that spiked my interest was the use of the allusion, “taking the drug of gradualism” (405), when talking about America failing to give its citizens of color their unalienable rights. This interested me because King recognizes the fact that the entity responsible for segregation is hoping that the uprisings and protest just blow over and things will go back to normal. By using this analogy, King is urging his audience to be active in the movement before it loses its edge and demotivates people from trying to get their rights.

In “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr he speaks out on how he believes his people are not treated with equal rights and he explains how his people go through struggles. One rhetorical feature that interest me the most is the use of a metaphor in a quote “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”. He asserts that we shouldn’t take what they call a fair trade because it isn’t equal to his people. The white people want to benefit themselves more than African Americans. This quote explained the meaning of racial justice because it happens in modern times when other cultures will give an unequal choice to others.