I Have a Dream: Questions
I Have a Dream: Questions
- What kind of vision of the future of race relations does Martin Luther King, Jr. portray? How does it compare to current race relations in America?
- The '60s Civil Rights movement achieved several important legal objectives. Does this speech focus on specific objectives, or general ideas?
- What role does American history play in MLK's overall argument?
- Does the speech seem targeted at both African Americans and whites, or just one or the other?
- How does the religious content of the speech influence its overall effectiveness?
- Consider Martin Luther King, Jr.'s use of rhetorical devices such as metaphor. What do these methods contribute to the content of the speech?
- "I Have a Dream" has inspired huge numbers of people. What do you think makes the speech so inspirational?