Current Event #6

Title: “I Have a Dream,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author: Martin Luther King Jr.

Source: internet speech

The topic of the article is Marin Luther Kings speech.

The main idea of the article is: And when this happens [applause continues], when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city (Yes), we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual (stated).

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform readers on Martin Luther king JR’s speech of ending segregation and starting integration.

The author’s perspective in this article is objective (biased) because he is fighting for his right, to end segregation.

 The pattern of organization of the article is argument and support because he says that he wants to end segregation and then says why he wants to.

 The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it is something that he is fighting for and has supports facts (factual and sensory) of why.

The text features included in the article are: topic and bolded/ italicized words. The topic helps by giving the author a buzz about what the article, book, magazine etc. will be about and the italic/bolded words helps by stating important words.

This article is about Marting Luther Kings Jr and speech which effect so many people. His dream was white people, black people, Jewish people, gentiles, etc. can all come together. This is all he dreamed about. For all people to have equal rights and not to be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. In this speech he included real life examples in relation to his dream and why he wants it to come true.

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The significance (importance) of this article is that it got into people, it gave them confidents to fight for their rights and when they should be satisfied.

What I learned from this article is that Martin Luther King really loved and wanted equal rights not only for him but for his people, and also all of the confidence he had in himself. What I liked about this article is that the Martin Luther King didn’t give up on what he believed in, he kept fighting and even had other people by his side fighting for that too.

What I did not like about it (nothing I didn’t like)

Who should read this article and why every person who is able to read should read this, especially kids 17 and younger because this article shows the amount of power Martin Luther King had mentally, which would also be a good role model for them.

 This article reminds me of (text-to-self) of my dad because he came from Israel with not such a good educations and ended up very successful raising a family of five.

This article reminds me of (text-to-text) Malcom-X, another freedom fighter, who was black changed his religion to Islam and still also fought for his rights.

This article reminds me of (text-to-world) all the freedom fighters during the civil war.

Devotees	People who give up	Those people
Lodging	Accommodations in a house	Cannot gain
Righteous(ness)	Characterized by uprightness	Roles down like