I've Been to the Mountaintop

My response to I have been to the mountaintop is that this was one of King's most dominant speeches. It remains a worth mentioning example of his pomposity because it erection was around three major metaphors. The first, enunciated in the foundational paragraphs, was could this be called the "sick nation" metaphor, for King shares his repugnance with the disease of racism that has infected America. He cites numerous instances of this sickness, including not only the injustice of the surroundings faced by Memphis's sanitation workers but also, at the hands of its disreputable public safety. I was speechless at how prophetic it was, this speech built empathy and it was very influential and strong-willed. Martin Luther King was such an outstanding, yet resilient speaker; this speech is effective in the sense that Dr. King was able to grab the audiences' attention by using everyday scenarios as well as in depth metaphors in order to get his message across. His powerful words led to an increase of freedoms for the African American community and tolerance for all Americans.

Dr. King's outstanding public speaking ability and nonviolent persona has influenced the US to celebrate the differences in humanity. This speech also explains, Dr. King telling the government, the people of the United States of America, that freedom was fought for and given in law, but not in spirit. In addition, that if the spirit were fulfilled freedom would be a misapprehension. If freedom were not accurate for one group of people, then no one is truthfully free. When we reach that argument in the United States of America, and without a reservation in the world, where everyone regardless of their race, religion, creed, gender or sexual orientation to name a few and everyone is free and will be able to live their life to the fullest as the Creator had intended them.

There is an all-encompassing technique of pathos in Martin Luther King's speech. He ranges out to the sentiments of the audience in order to stimulate them to stand up and reunite as one. This example that he used inspired the audience because he explained that in order for them to reunite as one they had to stand up for their human rights.