The Change

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Mahatma Gandhi “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of those people that you look up to, and are inspired by, he was one of those people who changed the world. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s writing, although often delivered orally, moved nations and aided to the end of the plague of racial injustice in the 1960s. His hard work and true determination helped to enhance American lives today. He was the reason that we now have an African American president and integrated schools. King’s writing influenced individuals and led to social change. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an extraordinary man, and his life helped change the views of others. He was primarily known for his heroic action in the 1960s that deal with the Civil Rights Movement. The literary content in each speech of his is breathtaking. King worked hard on his speeches; from the year 1957 to 1958 he wrote 208 speeches. King uses the literary element pathos in many of his speeches. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines pathos as “an element in experience or in artistic representation...

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