Argument Analysis: White Clergymen
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 that the writer of this letter is a religious person, and he also represents a group of religious, the constraints are the following: based on his religious beliefs and background, he is opposed to the usage of violence in order to resolve the community’s …show more content…
In addition to that, the resolution can be done locally through usage of negotiations done between local whites and Negros. He and the other religious, who he represents, are against the outsiders’ influence. He suggests in several parts of the letter how important is for the community to solve its own problems, without external …show more content…
He uses emotional aspects, specific supports, such as when he mentions that he understands the “natural impatience” of the ones who are dealing directly with the problem (¶ Clergymen 5). The appeal for people’s emotions is a warrant that he uses to persuade his readers. A warrant can be found when the author states “hatred and violence have no sanction in our religious and political traditions” is an approach to back-up his warrant (¶ Clergymen 5). A fallacy in the author’s argumentation is the fact that he does not provide data or supportive arguments to the aspect that Negros are receiving and being influenced by outsiders. He mentions more than once that locals have more knowledge than outsiders. The rebuttal for this argument is that outsiders may have more experience with racial issues, than the locals, which may bring more solutions to help the local Negros. Clergymen’s letter uses an ethical approach throughout his argument. He demonstrates to understand the issue and how it is affecting people’s lives. He does try to convince the readers of the necessity to solve the racial problems by following the principles of law, order, and common sense. Despite the fact that, it was clear to verify his belief that the outsider leadership is making the issue worst, he failures to provide any major approach to manipulate the audience opinions.
Letter from Birmingham
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 that the writer of this letter is a religious person, and he also represents a group of religious, the constraints are the following: based on his religious beliefs and background, he is opposed to the usage of violence in order to resolve the community’s …show more content…
In addition to that, the resolution can be done locally through usage of negotiations done between local whites and Negros. He and the other religious, who he represents, are against the outsiders’ influence. He suggests in several parts of the letter how important is for the community to solve its own problems, without external …show more content…
He uses emotional aspects, specific supports, such as when he mentions that he understands the “natural impatience” of the ones who are dealing directly with the problem (¶ Clergymen 5). The appeal for people’s emotions is a warrant that he uses to persuade his readers. A warrant can be found when the author states “hatred and violence have no sanction in our religious and political traditions” is an approach to back-up his warrant (¶ Clergymen 5). A fallacy in the author’s argumentation is the fact that he does not provide data or supportive arguments to the aspect that Negros are receiving and being influenced by outsiders. He mentions more than once that locals have more knowledge than outsiders. The rebuttal for this argument is that outsiders may have more experience with racial issues, than the locals, which may bring more solutions to help the local Negros. Clergymen’s letter uses an ethical approach throughout his argument. He demonstrates to understand the issue and how it is affecting people’s lives. He does try to convince the readers of the necessity to solve the racial problems by following the principles of law, order, and common sense. Despite the fact that, it was clear to verify his belief that the outsider leadership is making the issue worst, he failures to provide any major approach to manipulate the audience opinions.
Letter from Birmingham