Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy shows his sympathy and shares his advice in this speech. He shows how instead of us all show hatred towards one another, we should all come together and do great things for this country. He talks about how Blacks should not hate whites for the death of Martin Luther King Jr., although they could, but they should come together and continue what Martin had started but didn't get the chance to finish. Use this time of mourning to figure what we want to achieve with this country.

This is in the Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Robert F. Kennedy.

Kennedy uses a poem, a personal experience, a personal observation, and a quote. The poem talks about pain and how when we are sleeping, the pain caused by an event doesn't disappear, but instead falls heavier upon our heart. He uses a personal experience by talking about one of his own family members being killed by a white man and how he once felt the same feeling the blacks felt towards whites when the news of Martins death had reached them. One of the parts I think he uses to elicit empathy from the audience is ""I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world because it shows how the death of Martin could relate to all of the world. The personal observation would be where he talks about what Martin was like, ""Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. I think this evidence is relevant and sufficient to support Kennedy's specific claims about the pain of loss because it shows many examples of how people can be affected by such events. It does elicits empathy from the reader because as the the person reads, they see how it affects a large majority of this country and they also see what kind of person Martin is.

Human compassion informs our understanding of the world because your compassion affects your actions and that affects society as a whole, the world basically. The compassion that people felt for Martin Luther King Jr's death brought most of society together to try and finish the dream Martin started but didn't have the chance to finish. Usually, human compassion is learned through feeling sorry for someone. People may have learned a little bit more about being compassionate through the death of Martin. The actions people took after his death were based on compassion. Racism and equality may not be solved now, but if we all felt some compassion for others, we definitely could achieve it.

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