King, however, didn’t advocate citizens transcending the law, but rather, Dr. King believed that in order to remedy injustice in society, people must openly break the unjust law and accept punishment in showing “highest respect for the law”(King p.23). In a rather interesting yet extreme example, King relates civil disobedience to the Holocaust: “It was ‘illegal’ to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany. But I am sure that, if I had lived in Germany during that time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal. If I lived in a communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws”(King p.23). King cites such an example to bring out the visceral reaction of the audience, given the Holocaust’s widespread negative publicity and condemnation. Thus, King manipulates the reader’s emotions to bring them on board with the idea of civil disobedience. No one would dare question the rectitude of aiding a helpless Jew. King attempts direct the same negative connotation of the Holocaust to segregation in the U.S. to fight injustice in…