When English settlers came to America over 500 years ago, American history began to build rapidly to form what we know today. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed American History through his speech, “ I Have a Dream.” Its efficiency set our nation down a whole new path. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech had such a great impact on our nation because of his deliverance, optimism, and the composition of his speech. It is apparent that Martin Luther King, Jr. had much experience by the way he delivered his speech. This is shown in his passion for what he is talking about. With the emotion in his voice he captured the audience. He kept the audience with him by emphasizing words with hand gestures and maintaining eye contact with the audience. With fervor he tried to reach all individuals of his audience on a personal level to persuade them of his ideas. Along with his natural passion towards the content, Dr. King delivers his speech with great tactics. He doesn’t try to scare his audience into agreeing with him. All of the advice he offers is not threatening. He gets the audience to dwell on what is said by leaving pauses between ideas. His practice had made his deliverance almost unflawed.Martin Luther King, Jr.’s optimism throughout kept a positive audience. “Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.” In the quote, Dr. King is offering a message of anticipation for the future. He is saying to continue daily habits without getting upset when someone wrongs others. He never spites or encourages anything pessimistic. If his personal messages for the future didn’t captivate the audience, then his religious references did. He reveals aspects of happiness from the Bible. He knew that for some religion was the only thing left to hold on to. Religion brought a message of equality. With his optimism and hope he brought comfort to many.Martin Luther King, Jr. used...
