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“Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence” Rhetorical Analysis

Introduction

In this paper the speech “Beyond Vietnam” of Martin Luther king will be analyzed through the framework of Neo-Aristotelian criticism. Using the approach, the context of the speech will be analyzed according to the classical cannon of rhetorical. The impacts of dialogues on the audience will also be evaluated. In order to completely identify the context of the speech the speech can be broken down into three areas that are the occasion, the rhetoric and the audience.

Discussion

When Martin Luther King in 1967 did not want to mention the Vietnam War and "broke the silence," he brought the rhetoric of the establishment, with regard to 'America's mission in Southeast Asia', into a tailspin. His speech was titled "Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break the Silence '. He held this speech in Manhattan's Riverside Church. After more than 40 years, it still sounds revolutionary (Hansen, p. 175-177).

Martin Luther King brings the Vietnam War in relation to the Poverty Program of the government. Because of this program, the black population had a hope to improve their situation, the intervention of the United States in the war in Indochina, however, made an end to all those hopes. Exorbitant sums were from now on in the war - rather than in the Poverty Program - invested. Martin Luther King, it was necessary to see that "the war was an enemy of the poor people." Martin Luther King accuses the government to solve their problems with violence, which would have never solved problems, but have only brought more violence. He also criticized the conduct of the war, the poisoning of the water, the burning of houses, the murder of civilians - mostly children. It therefore calls on the Government to stop the bombardment of North and South Vietnam immediately. In addition to the ceasefire be declared to allow negotiations. All foreign troops should be withdrawn from Vietnam to meet the Geneva Convention of 1954. Even Martin Luther King asks each individual to protest the war.

At that time, Martin Luther King the advice of some of his closest advisers to the wind and took a politically risky and unpopular stance: He compared the devastation caused by the Vietnam War with the destruction that an richtete racial segregation in American society. And he compared the freedom struggle of the Vietnamese people with the freedom struggle of the 'colored' communities across America. Many civil rights representative / inside before King had joined the theme 'Equal opportunities for non-whites' with the theme 'Patriotism' (King,1-22). But King realized how sick the Vietnam War, which flourished like a cancer. But Kings Statements are sometimes distorted and abused. His comments on 'Zionism' were also modified so that they support the Israeli aggression in the Occupied Territories. Kings early death confronts us with the difficult task of interpreting his legacy and to ensure its international spread.

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