Speeches are a method of persuading people to do something. For Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, their speeches were to bring equality to people of color. However, their approaches are different. The effects may therefore 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 emotions, the pathos, of the audience throughout 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 among the audience. In his 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). Additionally, he adds a patriotic feeling in the crowd to show that people of color are no different from white people. He includes an American song, My Country Tis' of Thee, and repeats the word "together" (103) in another paragraph. He uses the last line of My Country Tis' of Thee, "Let liberty ring" (104), near the end of the speech, to emphasize that people of color are similar to white people. By using the song, he shows that both African Americans and white people know the song. On the other hand, Malcolm X uses pathos to instill fear in the audience. X uses "bubbling" (105), "bitterness" (105), "ills" (106), "ignite" (105-106), "fire" (105-106) and "explosive" (105), and includes other words such as...... middle of article...... artin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X approach the same problem differently. They both use pathos, the 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 magazine, a very damaging and dangerous object, as the object of his central metaphor. Finally, Martin Luther King Jr. warns his audience that people of color will passively revolt. On the other hand, Malcolm X warns his audience that people of color will revolt violently and bloodily. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X 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..