Speeches are a method of persuading people to do something. For Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, their speeches were to bring equality for people of color. However, their approaches are different. As a result, the effects may be different. An example of their contrasting differences is a speech by each, King's "I Have a Dream" and X's "The Black Revolution". Their speeches used pathos, a central metaphor, and a warning, but were presented differently. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X manipulate the audience's emotions, pathos, during the speech. However, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X use pathos in different ways. Martin Luther King Jr. uses pathos to create a patriotic and welcoming feeling throughout his audience. In the opening paragraph, he greets the audience by stating that he is “happy” to speak to the audience. Throughout the speech, he includes positive words to reinforce the feeling of welcome such as “hope” (101), “joyful” (101), “magnificence” (101), and “great” (101). Furthermore, it adds a patriotic feeling among the crowd to show that black people are no different from white people. He includes an American song, My Country Tis' of Thee, as well as repeating the word “together” (103) in another paragraph. He uses the last line of My Country Tis' of Thee, “let Freedom Ring” (104), near the end of the speech to emphasize that people of color are similar to white people. By using the song, he is showing that both African Americans and whites know the song. On the other hand, Malcolm X uses pathos to instill fear in the audience. X USA "Ribblente" (105), "bitterness" (105), "Mali" (106), "Incendiare" (105-106), "Fire" (105-106) and "Explosive" (105), and includes other words like... middle of paper......artin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X approach the same problem differently. Both use pathos, a central metaphor, and give a warning. However, Martin Luther King Jr. uses pathos to create a welcoming and patriotic feeling while Malcolm X uses fear. Martin Luther King Jr. uses a check, used daily, as the object of his central metaphor; Malcolm X uses a powder keg, a very harmful and dangerous object, as the object of his central metaphor. Finally, Martin Luther King Jr. warns his audience that people of color will passively rebel. On the other hand, Malcolm X warns his audience that people of color will violently riot with bloodshed. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both achieve their goal. After reading both speeches, Malcolm X seems, in my opinion, to have had a greater impact on the white community because fear is stronger than joy.