Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi were two of the greatest men that ever lived. They both impacted our lives today by giving freedom to every human being. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi’s “I have a dream” and “Non-cooperation” speeches had different audiences but similar imagery and purpose.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech was given on August 28, 1963. His imagery was exquisite. One example of imagery he used was, “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood”. What M.L.K. Jr. was saying in this quotation was that it was time to end racism and to begin a time of peace where one is not hated because of the color of one’s skin. When he gave this speech he spoke in front of 250,000 Americans, not including the additional radio listeners. The purpose of the speech was to help give African Americans their freedom in America.

Mahatma Gandhi’s “Non-cooperation” speech was given August 12, 1920 in Madras, India. Gandhi gave this speech to the British government because he wanted freedom for India. Gandhi used imagery similar to Martin Luther King Jr. “On this heart of the Muslims of India has become Lacerated”. This quotation showed that they wanted their freedom from Britain and they wanted it badly.

Gandhi and M.L.K. Jr. had different audiences but similar imagery and purpose in their speeches. The “I have a dream’ speech helped give African-Americans their freedom, and the “Non-cooperation” speech helped give India their independence from Britain. They were two of the most important men in history and they gave two of the most important speeches in history. Without them, history wouldn’t be the same.