Comparative Essay: To Kill A Mockingbird and Martin Luther King - 'I have a Dream' speech

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Choose 2 of the texts we have studied and explain how each composer has successfully communicated their message to the responder. In the text To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the 'I have a dream' speech by Martin Luther King Jnr, both composers have conveyed strong messages that are communicated through narrative and oral techniques. These messages of courage and prejudice and discrimination are what the composer thought is necessary to write in order …

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…challenge the responder to employ tolerance and understanding. They achieved this by using various techniques to convey messages that help the audience 'walk in someone else's shoes' for a brief moment of time. King leaves his audience with a feeling of hope and optimism for the future; Lee's ending provides cautious optimism but it is still apparent. Both texts leave the audience with valuable knowledge and insight into a era of great prejudice and discrimination.