Dear Dr. King,

In the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, you used a very strong language and attitude towards the people. I also noticed that in the following quote “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums” (406), you used a bit of parallelism while delivering your speech. In your speech, you said a very powerful quote and it goes “There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights” (404), this quote I’m sure impacted many fellow Americans because nothing will be the same until Negroes got the equality that was granted.

In the “Letter to from Birmingham Jail” sent out as a response to a public statement, you Dr. King; possessed a much calmer attitude than the previous speech. It so happens that you offered a negotiation, “I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation. Too long has our beloved South land been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue” (2). This showed the type of man you are, showing your will to negotiate and set peace for everyone was a very smart move considering the allegations they were accusing the jail and the people. I strongly agree with the way you wrote this letter and the way you expressed your thought on paper.

Dear king,

I found out one of your powerful language used in “I Have A Dream“ was the used of metaphors. The metaphor about cashing a check that really impress me. The quote states “…America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked “insufficient fund” “. It can give the reader a good image about the different treatment between the white and the black Americans. In the constitution and Declaration of Independence, all men equal. King, you referred it as a check, and it was a bad check to Negro. Why? because they never got their equal right; American never kept the promise of all men equal. It  seems like a check that can’t be cash. It is a interesting metaphor that can let the readers to create a strong and clear images.

In your letter from “Birmingham Jail”, I think the language you used was very different from the speech. Instead of using the same aspects, you mainly talked direct to the racism problem to several specific members. In both works, it show the same message about freedom will never given by the oppress, we have to fight for it. Also, it is time for us(black America ) to stood for any injustice. It is important for the reader to understand the different and similarity because they can have a better understand of two works.

Dear Dr.King,

Your famous “I have a dream speech” has inspired others throughout history to stand up against what they believe is wrong and in that case that would be racism.  Racism throughout history has affected many lives of the black community because either they would be treated unfairly or they would have been killed.  I believe that your use of repetition of “let freedom ring”, (pg. 408) has an affect on not only the black community but every who supported them throughout the way they where mistreated because you believed that if in the future you can spread freedom to one place to another then everyone will understand what it means to be free.  You also use a metaphor of saying “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain…” (pg. 407), and this metaphor symbolizes that you don’t give on the dream because you believe in the future that black folks would be able to work just as fairly as everyone else would.

In “letter from Birmingham Jail” instead having the dream that you believed would happen in the future, you live the nightmare of what is to possibly be of the future.  In Birmingham you experience what its like to live completely in a segregated life.  you once said in order to be treated fairly, you must not fight with violence but after being in Birmingham, you then realize that violence would be the only way to send a strong message.

In your famous inspirational and impacting speech “I Have a Dream” you strengthened your main point in a number of creative ways. You used many little techniques that took a while for me to pick up on but were brilliantly used. One major technique that you used that I picked up on was the use of your setting. In your speech you mentioned Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation (403), while the speech was taking place in Washington DC, at the Lincoln Memorial. This made the impact on your audience more illuminating, and it really caught my attention. This has shown how great of a man he is and his dedication to making his Dream a reality.

In both, “I Have a Dream” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. they have few similarities and two huge differences. One huge difference that “I Have a Dream” has that “Letter from Birmingham Jail” doesn’t have is that Dr. King is emphasizing his “Dream”, I feel like this is important because though his Dream is something that was with him for a while that he thought about he doesn’t mention it in the Letter. Secondly, a huge difference is the delivery or the messages. The “I Have a Dream” speech is more like a poem than an essay. Because of his repetition of “I have a dream” and a little italicized portion on the final draft (407). Finally, a big similarity was that both the Dream speech and the Letter from Jail were for the same cause, Freedom and Rights. Though they were delivered differently.

Dear Dr.King,

I found your famous “I Have A Dream” to be a major inspiration to me and to many people around the world. Your passion and your ability to use many elements in your writing was very impressive, but what stood out to me and what I found very important was your use of repetition. To me that was very moving because you showed your passion toward the subject at hand which was racial injustice. By you saying “I have A Dream” multiple times showed me that you wanted things to change and wanted things to get better for not only blacks, for people who were going through the same problems(406). Another example of your great use of repetition is toward the end of your speech. The reason why I found this impressive was because this is toward the end and you wanted to leave an impact on the crowd. When you say “Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.”(408) You really wanted everyone to be free and be able to have the opportunities in life. Also you wanted to spread freedom around the country and make everyone come together no matter the race, or religion.

In your letter from Birmingham Jail, you showed the pain that you were going through, and dealing with racial injustice. In many paragraphs you describe the pain that you went through in the jail. In most of those paragraphs when your describing the suffering that you went through, you used the words “I am” in one paragraph to show that you are in jail due to the discrimination that was was going on.(page 1)