use of pathos in order to appeal to the white clergymen and the white conservative community. King begins his letter by first addressing the clergymen as "My Dear Fellow Clergymen" (163) and acknowledges that they have criticized his actions as "unwise and
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Essay #1: Analysis of an Argument Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a profound and persuasive written argument that captures emotion encompassing rigid life experiences‚ educated observances‚ and deeply rooted spiritual beliefs. In this letter King freely expresses his position concerning the injustice that blacks faced. This injustice was segregation‚ "the system of laws and customs separating blacks and whites that whites used
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reveals his sincere intentions and response to the very subject that has torn his heart into pieces and yet‚ he still stands calm and ready to face it with sophistication. …I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely”… since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth‚ I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable in terms. But more basically‚ I am in Birmingham because
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Martin Luther King ’s use of figurative language in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"� is an effective way for him to reinforce his thesis about non-violent protest and race discrimination. The figurative language in the letter enhances the letters persuasive qualities of pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos to evoke emotion and sway readers toward King ’s point of view. King is the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ which was formed in 1957. He was arrested for protests of a non-violent
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During his jail time‚ Martin Luther King Jr. read a criticism about a protest made by a group of white ministers‚ accusing King of being an outsider‚ of using extreme measures that incite hatred and violence‚ that his demonstrations were “unwise and untimely” and also suggesting that the racial issues should be “properly pursued in the courts”. In other words‚ they were suggesting that black people should not protest‚ but wait for the court system to work instead. (Statement by Alabama Clergymen
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Birmingham Jail” in response to the criticism he received after these nonviolent demonstrations. King states in the very beginning his reasoning for writing the letter as a response to the clergymen’s statement calling his “present activities unwise and untimely”(King 213). He wanted to make clear the misunderstandings from his fellow clergymen. The purpose in his letter was to clarify to them his reasons for engaging in the demonstration. To get his reasoning across to his fellow Clergymen‚ King uses
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life‚ he had written many letters‚ but none were like the letter he wrote to his fellow clergymen. The letter that King wrote to his fellow clergymen was a reply to the statements made by the clergymen stating that Dr. King’s actions were “unwise‚ and untimely”. Now according to Dr. King‚ he rarely ever took time to reply to negative backlash he received from others‚ but this particular criticism made a rather large impact in Dr. Kings life. Upon receiving the criticism‚ King wrote a very passionate
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be held” (King 151). King was placed in jail after participating in nonviolent protest‚ along with other protesters. “While confined here in the Birmingham city jail‚ I came across your recent statement calling my present activities ‘unwise and untimely’. Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk‚ my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day‚ and I would
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In Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham‚ he targeted specific people who he wrote the letter for including everybody. Specifically he targeted the clergymen who made laws at that time. Dr. King was the foremost civil rights leader in America in the 1950s and 1960s who was ordained minister and held a doctorate in theology. Dr. King fought against segregation between Black Americans and White Americans. Black Americans were forced to sit behind buses and kids were to use old books and
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Argument Analysis 27 October 2011 A call for unity: A letter from eight white clergymen The clergymen’s letter suggests that the racial problem in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ needs to be resolved in court peacefully. The exigency of his argument is to try to solve the racial issue with an innovative and constructive approach. The letter was written to the editor of a Birmingham’s newspaper. Based on that‚ the audience of this letter was the newspaper’s readers‚ all the city’s citizens. The fact
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