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Use Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in question1

Read the following passage from Kennedy's speech after Dr. Martin Luther King's Death.
"We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past, but we -- and we will have difficult times in
the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness, and it's not the end of disorder."
Why is the rhetorial device repetition of the pronoun we important to Kennedy's speech to advance his purpose?
This is not an example of repetition that futher advance the author's purpose
The repetition is simply to enforce the need for segregation in Robert F. Kennedy's speech
The repetition is used to show unity among all people in the United States, which helps advance Kennedy's overall purpose.

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Answer: The repetition is used to show unity among all people in the United States, which helps advance Kennedy's overall purpose.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a reverend and activist in the fight for the civil rights of African-Americans. He was killed on April 4, 1968, in Tennessee by a sniper when he was gathered with some followers.

Dr. King's death led to several riots throughout the country, which is why President Kennedy in his speech tries to call the union of the country by using the pronoun "we" repeatedly, including himself in that union.

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