Mlk Letter From Birmingham Jail
Michael Burgo 2/10/17
MLK Jr. Essay ELA
Martin Luther King Jr. is a name that everyone in America now a days should recognize who he was and some of the things he did. The mid 1900’s were not the brightness for both blacks or whites in the country as segregation was still around but, 1950’s to 1960’s those who were segregated were starting to open their eyes and release their thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr. was considered the leader of these efforts and this did not go down unpunished. He was arrested numerous times however he was showing no fear during these arrests. He would write letters meant for whoever would read it such as the one from Birmingham Alabama Jail and it had purpose to it. The purpose which was the …show more content…
If I have said anything understatement of the truth…” (King 159). He would repeat important points that he wanted the reader to acknowledge and see clearly why it is important. This also shows the fact he wrote a long letter with lengthy paragraphs. Within these paragraphs he did not go on and on about the same thing everything in the paragraph was fluent and made sense so the reader would not be dozing off into space, instead they would understand what he said to catch his purpose and why the purpose would make sense of writing this after seeing it through. He also applied frequent figurative language towards the end of the letter which all were putting key points in less specific and making it compare to nature forms. “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will pass away…” (159). This is a key example as he would use many types of figurative language and towards the end many types of metaphors comparing segregation being removed and a process in nature. So far with a successful structure to the letter however, there is more than just a thuroughly made structure to get the writer's purpose across to the
MLK Jr. Essay ELA
Martin Luther King Jr. is a name that everyone in America now a days should recognize who he was and some of the things he did. The mid 1900’s were not the brightness for both blacks or whites in the country as segregation was still around but, 1950’s to 1960’s those who were segregated were starting to open their eyes and release their thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr. was considered the leader of these efforts and this did not go down unpunished. He was arrested numerous times however he was showing no fear during these arrests. He would write letters meant for whoever would read it such as the one from Birmingham Alabama Jail and it had purpose to it. The purpose which was the …show more content…
If I have said anything understatement of the truth…” (King 159). He would repeat important points that he wanted the reader to acknowledge and see clearly why it is important. This also shows the fact he wrote a long letter with lengthy paragraphs. Within these paragraphs he did not go on and on about the same thing everything in the paragraph was fluent and made sense so the reader would not be dozing off into space, instead they would understand what he said to catch his purpose and why the purpose would make sense of writing this after seeing it through. He also applied frequent figurative language towards the end of the letter which all were putting key points in less specific and making it compare to nature forms. “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will pass away…” (159). This is a key example as he would use many types of figurative language and towards the end many types of metaphors comparing segregation being removed and a process in nature. So far with a successful structure to the letter however, there is more than just a thuroughly made structure to get the writer's purpose across to the