When you talk about the civil rights movement, you cannot go on with your discussion without mentioning this speech. This was not just a pillar of the civil rights movement, but considered one of the greatest speeches of all time. MLK achieved this through his kairos, and he used some clever tricks to get the timing just right.
The speech takes place in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. It is given following the March on Washington, which gathered 250,000 people to watch MLK give his speech. This speech is given at the apex of one of the biggest political demonstrations in the nation. It is given in the shadow of the Lincoln memorial, the statue of the man who signed the Emancipation proclamation in 1863. His presence inserted more gravitas in this monumental speech.
MLK also mastered the art of timing to make his rhetoric more effective. The speech took place in 1963, the centennial year of the signing of the Emancipation proclamation. MLK mentions this repeatedly in his speech, and it only adds to the effectiveness of his karios.
I like the organization of this post. So far it seems like most of the things uploaded are soulless blocks of text with no breaks.
ReplyDelete-Charlie Youngmann
^Troll!
DeleteYou did a great job of describing the Karios of the speech itself. If you added more big picture background about the civil rights movement it would complete your post. For example you can mention what had been happening in the civil rights movement. Do not assume the reader will know everything that happened leading up to the speech.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chase here that the larger kairotic (historical) Moment is as important as the moment itself!
DeleteI like your use of diction in the description of MLK's speech and believe that you did well by describing the location of the speech and how it held significance in the speech. The statement made by showing that the Lincoln Memorial was at the venue of MLK's speech was very important in showing how the venue was a place of historical relativity and was used to show how the venue of the speech was a place of breaking down discrimination.
ReplyDeleteI love how you included the actual location of the speech, the Lincoln memorial, and not just that the speech occurred during the March on Washington. I personally did not know that this was the location the speech was given, and being reminded that Lincoln signed the Emancipation proclamation in 1863 makes the speech seem that much stronger and empowering. I think a photograph would be great here, either a picture of the Lincoln Memorial or a photo showing the thousands who gathered that day.
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You did a really great job describing the kairos in MLK's speech. I like how you gave enough background information for the reader to know the setting before going into the actual kairos. You showed how the speech came at the perfect time during the civil rights movement and how the tone was designed for the specific audience.
ReplyDelete-Julia Shultz
I thought it was clever of you to discuss the location in which the speech was given and how it related to the civil rights movement. However, if the readers have little to no prior knowledge of the civil rights movement and you do not provide background information, the location is somewhat irrelevant to them. Also, although you explained that the speech was important to the civil rights movement, you never actually discussed the content or message of the speech itself.
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