Ngrams and wordles

Declaration of Independence:

Martin Luther King’s Speech

NGram:

Even though though Martin Luther King’s speech and the Declaration of Independence are two completely different texts taking placing centuries apart, they still grapple with some similar notions. Both texts have to do with the government, freedom, our nation, and over all equality. Some of the most dominant words in Kings Speech were freedom, nation, dream, negro and day. Some of the most dominant words in the declaration of independence are government, mankind, among, powers and equal. These are all very strong words, and the most prominent words in both texts are very similar and strongly correlated. In the Ngram it is clear that there has always been a high use of the word government, very increased in the early 1800’s as our country was first being established, then took a dip between 1870 and started increasing again in 1940, which would make sense as that is around the time pearl harbor was bombed and America entered WWII. Other words such as equal, nation freedom, powers, dream and happiness were all increased in earlier times when this country was trying to figure out what it was and what it wanted to be like and then remained pretty constant, but still used throughout time.