Write an essay comparing Martin Luther Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
Pay particular attention to the rhetorical strategies that each author uses and
show how these rhetorical strategies influence their arguments.1. Write an
essay comparing Martin Luther Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail and his
I Have a Dream speech. Same author, same concerns? Or does he present the
issues differently in the two texts? Does he use similar imagery or different to get
his point across? To write this essay, you must analyze the Letter first since it was
written in April 1963 and then turn to his Dream speech in the second half of the
essay. What is his overall purpose in the texts? How/why is the Dream speech
more optimistic than the letter? (Note: if you use the term Negro, you need to use
it in quotes. It was the appropriate term used in Kings day; however, today its
ethnic stereotypes in Hurstons How it Feels to Be Colored Me and Staples,
Just Walk on By. What does it mean to be colored? (Note: if you use the term
colored, you need to use it in
quotes. It was a term used in Hurstons day, but today it is derogatory and racist).
How do stereotypes form the
identity of the person of color and follow him/her throughout his/her life? Can someone
resist these stereotypes or
are they always/already defined by the color of their skin. Does Staples have the same or
different view as Hurston about
his blackness? Is he more defined by his blackness than Hurston? Is it different because of gender?
Does he succumb to stereotypes or fight against them?
