Analysis

 **Analysis**



__Subject:__ **Martin Luther King Jr’s main reason of his “I Have a Dream” speech was to call for racial equality and to end discrimination.**

“When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable Rights” of “Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” (1)

“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.”(3)

King believed that this country drafted rights that were to be given to every American no matter their race or religion and that it was time to finally grant that to everyone.He also believed that a person shouldn't be opressed or judged because of their ethnicity but should be considered by their character or potential.

__Occasion:__ **On August 28, 1963 King and other civil right leaders led a March by the name of “Jobs, and Freedom” in Washington D.C** “Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning.”(1)

He tried to motivate his followers that the year 1963 would be the start of a passionate civil rights movement and that it would continue to grow from that day on.

__Audience:__ **The people who heard the speech via radio or television and the people who took part in the march in D.C.**

“I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest—quest for freedom left you bettered by the storms the veterans of creative suffering.”(2)

He spoke to those joined him that day, that have been fighting for equality and have been personally affected by the attempt.

__Speaker:__ **Martin Luther King Jr. was a motivational civil rights speaker.**

“We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”(2)

King motivated his people to keep on fighting for the cause of racial equality, that they had started to fight it and couldn't give up now after having gone this far.

__Tone:__ **Informal, it states his own opinions and beliefs.**

“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”(3)

King believed that America could be composed of many ethnicities but that it could all join and work as one. He believed that racial equality was possible and that one day with this movement there would finally be harmony within the nation at last.