Dreaming of Social Justice Transformation
In a reflection inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, envision a dream for social change addressing persistent injustices in today's United States. Highlighting a chosen social issue, articulate its grievances and envision a future where transformation and equality prevail. Employ rhetorical devices, such as anaphora and parallelism, to elevate the dream's impact and inspire hope for a fairer society.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.s I Have a Dream speech identified the goals of the Civil Rights Movement and stressed the importance of equality for all. Using the I Have a Dream speech structure, construct a dream for a social issue that you would like to see change. Consider the injustices still plaguing the United States today. Write a minimum of 10 sentences, detailing the injustices of the issue and what you would like to see change over time. Like King used rhetorical devices to enhance his speech, use at least three rhetorical devices to enhance your social issues dream. (Highlight and label each device.) Tip: What you may want to do first: Define a social issue and make a list of five current social issues that are important to you, ones you are passionate about. Drawing upon your list of social issues, choose one that speaks to you the most and use it as the basis/foundation for your dream.
Anaphora anaphora repetition of words at the beginning of neighboring sentences Example: We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. Winston Churchill
Parallelism parallelism - the repeated use of similar grammatical structures. Examples: Good students learn to read, to question, and to respond. In the light of this equality, we know that the virtues most cherished by free people love of truth, pride of work, devotion to country all are treasures equally precious in the lives of the most humble and of the most exalted. - D. Eisenhower
Anaphora and Parallelism in I Have a Dream We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together. 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 today.
Allusion Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.
Allusion in I Have a Dream We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal. Declaration of Independence. Five score years ago - allusion to Abraham Lincoln s Gettysburg address when he said Four score King used this allusion to the Gettysburg address because he was referencing Abraham Lincoln, who is credited with freeing the slaves. Exile in his own land - Allusion to the Bible.
Allusion in I Have a Dream Numerous Biblical allusions provide the moral basis for King s arguments: It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. [paragraph 2] alludes to Psalms 30:5 For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. [paragraph 8] evokes Jeremiah 2:13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.
Simile and Metaphor A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. A simile draws resemblance with the help of the words like or as . Therefore, it is a direct comparison. A metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. In other words, a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics.
Metaphors in I Have a Dream joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity [paragraph 2] the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity [3] rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice [6] This sweltering summer of the Negro s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. [7] sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. [19]
