‘I Have A Dream’

If you were asked to give a speech in any occasion, what would you do? How do you prepare yourself before you give speech? Well, I would probably write my points on what am I suppose to talk and know who my audiences are. However, we can’t say that our speech is effective so that it may affect many people but I can say one person whose speech is powerful and effective. He is none other than Martin Luther King Jr. He led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, inspiring his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream". I had the opportunity to read the text courtesy of Miss Dzeelfa who discussed the speech and thanks to Jasmine’s group who downloaded the video of his speech. I was amazed to see the crowd and power that he possessed in order to not just attract but sustain their attention….Wow…

Furthermore, he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. Well, this man deserved all the honors because I can see the enthusiasm, vision and fire in him for his people while him delivering the speech. In Malaysia, our ex-prime minister Tun Dr.Mahathir can be said as a good speaker, as he has been invited to PBB to convey speech in PBB conferences. Students in ESL classroom should be exposed to famous speeches as it would encourage them to speak.