Read (if you haven't already) the "I Have A Dream Speech." Then, watch the video. Below, there are two more speeches: The Gettysburg Address and Obama's 2004 Democratic Convention Speech. These are three very famous speeches that come from three different points in America's history. All of them are talking about rights and the character of America (both at the time and in the future).
Answer the following (in informal essay form):
1) What is the common theme that runs through all of them?
2) What is the future of America based on?
3) Using these three very separate moments in time, how would you define both the struggle of America and the character of America over time?
Here is the link for the full text of MLK Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Answer the following (in informal essay form):
1) What is the common theme that runs through all of them?
2) What is the future of America based on?
3) Using these three very separate moments in time, how would you define both the struggle of America and the character of America over time?
Here is the link for the full text of MLK Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Here is the link that will take you to the full text of Lincoln's speech: The Gettysburg Address
Here is the link that will take you to the full text of Obama's speech: 2004 Democratic National Convention
BONUS EXTRA CREDIT:
In a separate response (you can email them at the same time to [email protected]), discuss Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman" from Woman Warrior. How does this text parallel the issues discussed in the speeches above?
In a separate response (you can email them at the same time to [email protected]), discuss Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman" from Woman Warrior. How does this text parallel the issues discussed in the speeches above?