A very well thought out sentence Mr. King says “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred” (MLK). Not too much farther into his speech he adds “go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair” (MLK). Mr. King is asking the people who have been effected by racial segregation to not look at the negative side of the past but to look forward to the positive side of the future that can and will happen. By giving these people hope, Martin Luther King is telling them to not let the results of the past effect the fight for the future. Pathos is the type of rhetoric appeal that will make someone want to do something by appealing to human emotion. Martin Luther King gave millions hope for a change with the “I Have a Dream”