Oberservations:

• He repeats “One hundred years later” at the beginning of the each sentence in the third paragraph
• He used the phrase “insufficient funds in a check” to show something was missing in the black community
• Summer was used to describe uncomfortable heat, and autumn, the season which is not so cold nor hot, the season of balance and equality
• He emphasizes the importance of not using violence in their protest for freedom
• Not all of the white community is racist, many have came to support the black community this day
• He goes on to list what the black community finds unfair in society by beginning each sentence with “We cannot be satisfied”
• He used heat or fire to describe injustice and coolness or water to describe justice and freedom

Compelling Moments:

1. I found it interesting how in the beginning of the speech Martin Luther King states how One hundred years later things still haven’t changed for the black community and he goes on to repeat this throughout the entire third paragraph as if he was saying that One hundred years is a very long time and even after one hundred years, things such as segregation and discrimination haven’t changed in the United States.
2. When Martin Luther King states, “The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.” This caught my attention because it is trying to explain that the Black community is going through a very difficult time because of white people and even with all of that, he has to be honest and admit that not all whites are all against blacks, and that there is evidence of that due to the great amount of white present in his speech to listen.

Question of the text:

Does Martin Luther King believe that there is One and only god? Since he states that all Catholics, Chrstians, protestants, etc. will all join together in the heavens of the lord.

Authors Purpose:

I believe the Authors Purpose in this speech is to send a message to a large community of people consisting of whites and blacks. He writes this speech in hopes of sending an equal message across to both blacks and whites, that is that all men are created equal and should be treated equal, as brothers. The message he sends to the white community is that Black people are also humans, and deserve to be treated with their promised unalienable rights. The message he sends to the black community is that they must fight for their rights and never turn back or give up. Though their passion for freedom is well too strong, they must never break their civilized ways and go on to start chaos in the community. King writes this speech with hopes of making both communities understand that they must both play their part in making this dream of freedom come true for all.