Paper Topic

My first paper is on the affect of cruel optimism in Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech as well as the affect of optimism regarding his career.

In my paper, I explain the affects of cruel optimism and optimism, and I also compare the two against each other. I also explore the various events throughout King's civil rights campaign and attribute cruel optimism or optimism to those events. There has been many instances of either throughout his campaign, but ultimately, I have concluded that King's end goal had been a result of optimism and also displays the affect of optimism as well, regardless of how much cruel optimism there might have been in his campaign.