The speeches “I have a Dream” and “Nobel Lecture”, have similarities and differences shown from explicit examples in text. First, Wiesel and Dr. King both use metaphors and imagery to make the listeners feel more in depth to the story and to prove a point. “...millions of Negro slaves …seared in the flames of wither injustice.”, “at first in whispers, then more loudly…. “each time more vigorously, more fervently”. In both, the examples use metaphors/imagery to try and get to a point. Next, Wiesel goes more into depth into his speech, giving complex details etc. While, Dr. King tried to keep his speech short and nice. It seemed that while Dr. King was trying to persuade his audience, Wiesel was trying to inform his about what he likes, how he got there, etc. In the end, Dr. Kings speech is most likely trying to give the listeners an emotional impact, while Wiesel just wants to explain about his life, which consist of little or no impact on the hearts of the audience. …show more content…
When reading the Lecture it was easier to get distracted and lose focus due to it being mostly informational, and a lot longer than Dr. King’s speech. In contrast, Dr. Kings speech was easier to read as it was short and used metaphors to draw my attention. Meaning, since I would not have any trouble actually reading the text, it would be a bother to use strategies for the text. Showing, that Wiesel’s longer speech most likely takes more effort to focus on, so the strategies are better for using. However, when reading Dr. Kings speech it was easier to use the strategy as well since the text was easier. Meaning, that the strategy can be challenging to use with harder text, and easier to use with text that our