Martin Luther King Jr’s statement “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” is very powerful. It creates this image of a man at the top of a mountain, overlooking the world beyond him. Mr. King claims he has been to the mountaintop and explains that he has seen the “promised land” from up there, a world where everyone lives in peace and equality. In reality, it’s not possible for Mr. King to have seen this world of equality because it simply hasn’t truly existed yet. However, this metaphor instills a sense of hope that there will be peace and equality in the future. Mr. King continues to admit, that he doesn’t know if he, himself, will make it to the promised land, but he isn’t concerned because he is confident in the fact that they, as a people, will eventually get there. I think that this is what makes Martin Luther King Jr so powerful- his motivation is truly for the good of the people.

This idea is really important to consider while we write our argumentative essay. In order to get anything accomplished, we must show numbers and more importantly, our people must be determined and optimistic in order to push for our goal. In order to accomplish this, we should follow Mr. King’s method of establishing a sense of hope by ensuring our goal will be accomplished in the future, whether we are here to share the accomplishment or not.