Nguyen Diep
3/23/2016 08:41:03 am
In the speech, "speech on voting rights act of 1965", by Lyndon B Johnson, explains the importance of equal voting rights. Johnson uses idiom to enhance his statements to show equality for America and the use of personification for him to describe America as a whole. In the last paragraph he gives America human attributes "This great, rich, restless country can offer opportunity and education and hope to all black and white, North and South, sharecropper and city dweller." Throughout the whole speech he uses powerful idioms such as in paragraph "All men are created equal" - "Government by consent of the governed" "Give me liberty or give me death". Johnson 's speech speaks for America as a whole and tries to unify it.
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Verolinka Slawon
3/23/2016 06:52:20 pm
I agree with Nguyen's statement because in Lyndon's speech, he talks about giving equality to black people, but he also speak on America coming together to make a better America. In his speech, he was trying to convince congressmen why every human should get the right to vote. In his speech, he did speaks on the fact that men are created equally, for that reason, we should all be treated equally.
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Areanna Townsend
3/23/2016 10:30:02 pm
I agree with Nguyen's statement because he connected the rhetorical devises to the text. Also he points out important details from the text.
Achelie Exalus
3/23/2016 10:41:28 pm
I agree because he wanted everyone to work together to overcome the issues and that the issues were everyone else's issues and not just "NEGROES". He basically wanted union and equality.
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Julio Campos
3/23/2016 11:16:31 pm
I agree with many of your points above, Nguyen. However, are you sure the quote about sharecroppers and city dwellers is actually a form of juxtaposition?
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Joseph Akpome
3/23/2016 08:46:09 am
In the speech "Speech on Voting Right Act of 1965," by Lyndon B. Johnson, explains the importance of equal voting rights. The author uses allusion and flashback to convey the importance of people's right. For example paragraph five line four through seven, "All men are created equal" — "Government by consent of the governed" — "Give me liberty or give me death." The author used these allusions to clearly explain that no man have more power over another. Another example is from paragraph eleven line two through 4 which states that "The Constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color. The author uses flashback to emphasis the meaning of the constitution that the congress have some how forget about. Even though people are different in so many ways but it does not mean that their right to vote or their any of their right should be denied or taken away.
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Verolinka Slawon
3/23/2016 06:58:04 pm
I agree with Joseph's statement because Lyndon's speech was about equality. His whole speech was about giving blacks the right to vote. He did uses flashback to emphasis the constitution, but he also uses allusion to remind the congressmen about why the constitution was written and why they should follow the rules that was written by their forefathers.
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Nicki Fite
3/23/2016 08:21:36 pm
I agree with Joseph talking about the author using flashback. During the time of the constitution, many people had trouble trying to understand what it meant and now it's like we are going back in time where people were discriminating on there who were there equal. So in saying this everyone should be treated equal no matter what race or religion you believe in.
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Nathalie Gutierrez
3/23/2016 08:24:14 pm
I agree with your statement about equality. Whole speech was about voting rights. Flashback takes us back to the event itself. Your paragraph is understable
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Achelie Exalus
3/23/2016 10:49:09 pm
I agree. Our similarities are stronger than our dissimilarities we might be different in a lot of ways but that does not make us any less inferior than others. We are all equal on this planet.
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Julio Campos
3/23/2016 11:13:40 pm
I agree, he uses the constitution as an example a lot. Im thinking he does this because a lot of Democrats at the time prided themselves in standing by the constitution. They were the Republicans of their time, hypocrites. Slowly but surely the party made ideological shifts.
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Nguyen Diep
3/24/2016 08:21:36 am
I agree with Joseph on how Johnson uses allusion, Johnson uses allusion to emphasis people's rights and equality.
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3/24/2016 11:34:19 am
I agree with Joseph because all men I created equal and should be treated equally. People shouldn't be judge by the color of their skin, the way they speak or because of their religion. Every man should have equal opportunity.
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Shia Neal
3/23/2016 12:55:58 pm
In the speech,"voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. Lyndon thinks African Americans should be able to vote because its a right, they are citizens and its their right to vote. No matter their skin color because it do not say if you are black you can not vote. I agree with him on this because just because i am black it do not mean i should not vote because i am human and i am a citizen.
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Miss Taviah Fashaw
3/24/2016 11:27:11 am
I agree with Shia, for we are all humans and we deserve the same rights. Unfortunately, yours isn't in the correct format. Anywho, I totally agree with the statement that Shia provided. We should all be treated equally and fairly, including giving us people of color the right to vote.
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3/23/2016 04:09:32 pm
In the speech, "voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to all citizens regardless of their ethnicity. Lyndon Johnson uses allusion, parallel structure, juxtaposition and alliteration in order to try and convince congress. In the text he uses this juxtaposition that states, "all black and white, all north and south, sharecropper and city dweller". He was trying to say that it`s not the matter of color, so everyone (congress) should come together and pass voting right to all citizens especially "Negroes". He uses a parallel structure which also states that "There is no negroes problem. There is no southern problem. There is no northern problem. There is only an American problem", and he`s basically asking congress to come together and give black men the right to vote. Lyndon Johnson was trying to give a lot of evidence as possible to convince congress because he knew that they won`t agree with him and also that many of them were white men. Lyndon John was attempting to convince congress to pass a bill regarding Negroes right to vote. He was speaking for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.
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Horacio Hernandez
3/23/2016 07:51:07 pm
Lyndon B. Johnson was attempting to get voting rights for African Americans by using various techniques. He was able to convince congress and congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He achieved what he wanted to.
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Areanna Townsend
3/23/2016 10:37:12 pm
I liked the way Aaron Kwahmie pulled out the information in the text and the points he made in reference to the theme of the speech.
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Julio Campos
3/23/2016 04:59:15 pm
In the 'Speech on Voting Rights Act of 1965' then President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses voting rights for African Americans and the protest in Selma, Alabama. Lyndon. B Johnson uses the rhetorical strategy of pathos, as well as the literary element of allusion to persuade congress into passing the Voting Rights Act Bill of 1965. In the third paragraph, Johnson uses allusion by referencing the battle of Lexington and Concord, the battle of Appomattox, and the Selma to Montgomery demonstrations. Johnson uses allusion to emphasize on the moments in History in which Americans stood on the side of freedom. One was a reference to American independence, the concluding battle of the American Civil War, and the moment where African Americans demanded freedom systematic oppression, in Selma. Johnson tries to convince Congress that America should stand on its values of allowing people their civil liberties, one being the ability to vote for elected officials. He essentially uses America's bleak history to show congress the moments where America has stood by her values, instead of contradicting them and pushes them to create another moment in history in which the nation can achieve the former. Throughout the passage Johnson uses pathos to drive his point home. In paragraphs four through seventeen Johnsons states that Americas sole purpose was to treat men from the both the south and north as equals. He goes on to state that the constitution was created to serve all people equally. In the concluding paragraph, Johnson goes on to broaden the issue wanting to unite poor whites and blacks, seeing this as an opportunity to tackle socioeconomic issues, instead of just social ones. Johnson does this so that the majority of the country can relate to this issue at hand. He doesn't want to paint this as special treatment for Blacks, he wants to broaden the issue so that more people can find the rationale in his thoughts.
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Horacio Hernandez
3/23/2016 07:55:10 pm
I agree that Lyndon B. Johnson did not want to make more racism problems but show congress that this was something that had to be done. President Johnson wanted to show the public and congress that this was a problem that had to be done. Democracy in America needed to show by passing the Voting Rights Act.
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Nathalie Gutierrez
3/23/2016 08:20:46 pm
I agree with your statement with your references. Paragraphs well develop. Well thought out.
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Nicki Fite
3/23/2016 08:26:02 pm
I agree with Julio about the author using allusion because it connects back to the time in history where all Americans wanted was freedom for everyone. If everyone were treated equal and understood how other felt because of this, then maybe they would realize that someone is really hurt by the discrimination.
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janigha young
3/24/2016 07:58:40 am
I agree with what you are saying about Lyndon Johnson. He is a man that wants to see change in the world. He wants to see equal voting rights and no discrimination among the people of america.
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Nicki Fite
3/23/2016 07:03:38 pm
In the speech, " Voting Rights Act of 1965 " by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince Congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. A literary device used by the author would be juxtaposition or alliteration. In paragraph 6 the quote says, "All men are created equal." This connects good with my claim by using something from the constitution that they had believed that no matter what that all men and women in the world were equal. In paragraph 10 the quote says, "Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negros.." Connecting to my claim it shows that the people in the government is discriminating against others when they shouldn't be doing that. The author's method was to inform the people that all people deserve a chance to vote. Lyndon Johnson knew what he was talking about so why did people discriminate on others when they don't want to be discriminated on either.
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janigha young
3/24/2016 08:01:54 am
I agree with your statement because Lyndon Johnson is trying to inform us of the discrimination and unfair rights we have in america. He did believe that men and women should be equal along with their race.
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Nathalie Gutierrez
3/23/2016 08:05:33 pm
In the speech "Speech on voting rights act of 1965" , by Lyndon.b.John son, explains the importance of equal voting rights.Lyndon uses repetition and ethos to ask congress for new voting rights legislation. In lines (3-6), it says, "I urge every member of both parties Americans of all religions and all of the colors from every section of this country to join me in that cause". We can see the writer wanted to persuasive the voters to join this revolution to skill the audience. The reader can tell it was persuasive she ravels the fact she wanted to argue for the Americans rights, "There is only an american problem" (lines 15-16). However there is a conflict between congress and Lyndon Americans rights, While the writies write what happened from the day it started he revels the fact of why this was great for congress (in the current speeches). Lyndon uses these retorical devices to analyze about voting rights. She expresses feelings that are strong and confident, and standing up for your own country while allowing the reader to create a statement. When Lyndon Johnson shifts to different emotions for the reader. In the end Lyndon's speech had a big impact on me, you can expect anything in a debate of elections and voters that we should not expect changes with rights you should expect the worst.
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Nathalie Gutierrez
3/23/2016 08:13:33 pm
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Verolinka Slawon
3/23/2016 08:25:03 pm
In the speech, "Voting Rights Act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. Lyndon uses allusion and pathos to persuade congress in passing the voting rights act of 1965. In paragraph 12, the second sentence, it says, "The Constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color." The author shows consent as he gives his speech. In paragraph 4, line 1, it says, " There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem." We can see that the author do not believe every problems in this country belong to an individual. "And these enemies poverty, disease, and ignorance---we shall overcome" (last paragraph, last sentence). The author did changed his tone, his whole speech focus on giving everyone equal opportunity and everyone uniting to unify this nation, but in the last paragraph, he target poor white and black people, making his speech more sympathetic. Lyndon uses literary element of allusion and rhetorical strategy of pathos in a clever way of exposing the truth. When Lyndon shift his tone in the speech, he also shift the mood for the reader. In the end Lyndon's message was/is clear and understanding. Lyndon directly told his readers that there need to be a change in America, a change for every human.
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Justin
3/23/2016 10:35:31 pm
I agree with this because there does need to be a change in every human. I say this because everyone wonders why there is unfair treatment due to skin color or race,but no one actually take the time to go about making change. Today everyone is just taking in all the unfair treatment and nonsense and accepting it.
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Nguyen Diep
3/24/2016 08:24:18 am
I agree with Verolinka, Johnson's tone shifts a lot throughout his whole speech. He targets every group and makes it sympathetic as America as a whole.
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Samson Nah
3/24/2016 11:34:31 am
I agree with verolinka on her well develop paragraph because, she explain the conflict between Johnson and the congress on how they need to come together as one people so that they can solve what ever problem they have.
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Miss Taviah Fashaw
3/24/2016 11:41:04 am
I agree with Verolinka's paragraph. Our society as a whole has issues, and it doesn't belong to one single person. We need to realize that we need to work together in order to come to a resolution... not fight against each other. Nowadays, we're fighting against each other instead of collaborating, and coming to a consensus.
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Areanna Townsend
3/23/2016 10:21:46 pm
In the speech, "Voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon B. Johnson, he attempting to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. In the speech the author uses parallel structure to better express his position on the topic. "There is no Negro problem. There is no southern problem. There is no northern problem. There is only an American problem." This example of parallel structure in the speech allows readers to capture the author's point that there isn't a specific group of people to blame, but that we as people in a whole take part for the problem. The author also uses juxtaposition in his speech where he puts two opposite things side by side in order to express the point. An example of this is in the text reads as followed," ....all black and white, all North and South sharecropper and city dweller. This use of juxtaposition identifies the distinct differences between each example and further supports the author's purpose. In conclusion the techniques the author uses benefits his point as well as his position on the issue. All people have the right to vote regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds.
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3/24/2016 11:28:48 am
I agree with Areanna because of the way she structure her writing. Her way of writing make the reader(s) to understand what she's talking about.
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Justin Hector-White
3/23/2016 10:27:23 pm
In the speech, " voting rights act of 1965 " by London Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. In paragraph 11, he references the constitution to his subject about equal voting no matter race or skin color and he also said we must act in obedience if that oath. This relates to the theme because throughout the speech he's mentioning things about equal rights and how they should be enforced. He's ready for all society to be equal no matter what. In paragraph 14, he mentions the fact that it's not just negros that have the mind of a crippled legacy and injustice, it's everyone in which I agree with. I agree with this because society brainwashes everyone making negros look like they have no worth and no impact to this world whatsoever, so it limit them. In conclusion, Lyndon Johnson is very significant because he's fighting for something that only a few really have heart for.
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ShaCoria Thompson
3/24/2016 08:07:29 am
I agree that During this time and even now Johnson is significant because he did fight really hard and tried to do lots of convincing
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Achelie Exalus
3/23/2016 10:35:12 pm
In the speech"Voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. The author used, parallel structure, juxtaposition, and allusion to develop his main idea through the text. In paragraph 2,( line 4 ) it says "At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord." Johnson referred back to that specific event to show that history kept repeating itself and it was time for a change. "And we are met here tonight as Americans-- not as Democrats or Republicans-- we are met here as Americans to solve that problem"(line 9) .The author indicated that we are all equal as he used the word "Americans" and that there isn't really a major difference in terms of ethnicity. Lyndon Johnson's message was to persuade congress that everyone deserves to be treated the same and should not be deprived from their rights. In the end, the reader can infer that the author was determined to get his message across as he carefully used many devices within the text to support his statements.
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Olrick Robinson
3/23/2016 10:58:17 pm
In the speech,"voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. A literary device used by the author would be juxtaposition or alliteration.In paragraph six the author says, "All men are created equal."In the constitution that they had believed that no matter what that all men and women in the world were equal. also in paragraph ten the author says, "Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negros.." This shows that the people in the government is discriminating against others when they should not be down this
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Kevin Vasquez
3/24/2016 12:02:15 am
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Robert hardmon
3/24/2016 12:11:55 am
In the speech, "voting rights of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity.Johnson used allusion and parallel structure to convey his views on voting rights. In sixth paragraph Johnson alluded to the constitution by saying "all men are created equal -government by the consent of the governed-give me liberty or give me death. " Johnson alluded to the constitution to show that the document that we base our life on agrees with his belief of equal rights for everyone. In paragraph five Johnson says "we are met here tonight as Americans -not as Democrats or Republicans -we are met here as Americans to solve that problem." Johnson used parallel structure to show that we are the same and we are all Americans and we all should be given equal rights. In voting rights of 1965 Lyndon Johnson used allusion and parallel structure to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity.
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Philip McReed
3/24/2016 01:49:42 am
In the speech " voting rights act of 1965 " by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone reguardless of the ethnicity. While reading the text he uses allusion when he says in the text "all men are created equal" or another quote saying "give me liberty or give me death" he was trying express that the whole congress regroup as one to pass voting right for all citizens. A Ii see things be unfair cause to me some only want what is good for themselves and not looking from whats around them and missing the big picture to allow all to vote not matter the race, Lyndon Johnson was trying to convince congress to pass the bill for letting negroes vote.
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chanel robinson
3/24/2016 07:55:35 am
In the speech"Voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. Johnson uses allusions to support his idea that voting rights should be given to everyone.In the 6 paragraph Johnson said "all men are created equal -government by the consent of the governed-give me liberty or give me death. " Johnson alluded to the Consitution or the people that he wanted everyone to have equal rights and all treated as equal Johnson as right wanted everyone to have a privileged to vote for what whats far and whats right
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Janigha Young
3/24/2016 07:55:40 am
In the speech,"Voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempted to convince congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. In the speech he says"The constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color", and that is exactly what is going on. The white men are trying to make us seem invisible by blocking our path to freedom and equality by using violence and force. When the constitution was established it was for all of america not half of america. Lyndon uses allusions from past events that shaped our world the way it is today to get the point of equality through to the readers. For example he speaks"All me are created equal","Give me liberty or give me death". These two are allusions to the constitution. They are written laws that is ignored at the time by those who oppose or is trying to overlook it. Lyndon Johnson just wants to have equal rights in america. He wants everyone to be equal and for everyone to be able to vote without being tested for our knowledge because we are all human and alike in many ways. The color of our skin does not change anything. "There is no southern problem. There is no northern problem. There is only an american problem." This quote tells it all. America is together in this conflict. We are as one in this nation.
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Samson Nah
3/24/2016 08:04:04 am
In the speech " voting rights act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson , he attempted to convinces congress that voting rights should be provided to everyone regardless of their ethnicity. Johnson use juxtaposition to show his views on voting rights. When he said in his speech that this great rich restless country can offer opportunity and education and hope to all black and white all north, south sharecropper and city dweller these are the enemies proverty , ignorance , disease they are our enemies not our fellow man not our neighbor, and also we shall overcome.He means that no matter your colors all where u live the are theopportunity for all americans in the country and also Lyndon Johnson was trying to convinces congress that they should allow the black to have a voting rights in america.
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ShaCoria Thompson
3/24/2016 08:06:09 am
In the speech "Speech on Voting Rights Act Of 1965", by Lyndon B. Johnson , explains the importance of equal voting rights . The literary technique Johnson uses would be allusion . Johnson uses allusion in the third paragraph by referencing the Battle of Lexington and Concord to Montgomery . Johnson tries to convince congress that people's civil rights are just as important . Throughout the speech Johnson also uses pathos to get some emotion out of congress and get them on his side . Johnson does this so that most can relate , and agree with him .
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Miss Taviah Fashaw
3/24/2016 08:41:45 am
In the speech "Voting Rights Act of 1965" by Lyndon Johnson, he attempts to convince legislators that voting rights should be extended to everyone, regardless of their color. Johnson gets his message across by juxtaposing many ideas and objects, along with alluding to previous events in history. For example, Johnson encourages Congress to view America as a whole. He says "...all black and white, all North and South, sharecropper and city dweller." he tries relating to everyone by placing two opposite types of people side by side. The reason he does this is to show that all types of people must come together in order to come to a consensus, which would be to get all races the right to vote. Johnson's purpose of utilizing juxtaposition in his speech is to persuade these legislators and political leaders to wake up and realize that the discrimination in this country is real, and that action MUST be taken. Another example in Johnson's speech, uses allusions to point out that we, as a country, has faced many fights for freedom. For example, Johnson states "So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox." He alludes to these events in history to show that America has been in conflict before, and was tearing apart as a country. Despite the fighting, we have came to an agreement. Johnson is trying to say that the conflict of discrimination can be resolved, and that America just needs to strategize in order to get things right. In conclusion, Lyndon Johnson's speech reveals that the discrimination must stop, because all that we [people of color] wanted to do was vote. He shows this by using examples of juxtaposition and allusions to get his point across, moving legislators to believe that America does need to change.
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Jerome Kanda
3/24/2016 08:56:24 am
In the speech," voting rights acts of 1965", by Lyndon Johnson. He attempted to persuade congress that voting rights should be reconsidered and edited so that voting rights would be provided regardless of ethnicity. In the speech Lyndon uses allusion to explain "man's unending search for freedom", as it was during the war between Lexington and Concord stating, "At times history and fate meet at a single place to shape a turning point on man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last week in Selma,Alabama." By using allusion it helped readers understand how long African Americans have been fighting for voting right, civil rights, and freedom.
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