eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Linguistics and Literature 2019-12-26 4 1 40 44 10.12691/jll-4-1-4 JLL2020414 article Ibtesam AbdulAziz Bajri ibajri@hotmail.com 1 Layla Mohammad Mariesel 1 Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Translation, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia This paper aims to examine Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream” using Gee’s [1] building tasks. To specify, the paper will highlight King’s use of language to build and destroy identity, relationship, and politics. Furthermore, analysis shows the ideologies and philosophical dogmas behind the speech, which relates to freedom, equality, and civil rights. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jll/4/1/4/jll-4-1-4.pdf building tasks speech discourse analysis identity relationship politics ideology