Nonviolent Resistance Luther King Summary

Reflecting on What You Know:

Reasons for violent behavior on a personal level are mostly unnecessary and impulsive. Many people fight because of personal conflicts which can be solved in a peaceful way. For instance, my brother’s classmate has punched his face due to my brother has used his eraser without telling him, and this fight can definitely be avoided if my brother’s classmate gave my brother a few seconds to explain. Similarly, reasons for violent behaviors on a national level can sometimes be solved peacefully as well because they are not always necessary. During the war time, people fought for land, discrimination, and revenge, which are all unnecessary reasons that they can either solve from a compromise, or change the false
By classifying the three types of resistance to oppression, King naturally presents the disadvantages of the resistance of violence and acquiescence as well as the advantages of nonviolence resistance. The classification makes the thesis more reasonable and understandable because it offers an analysis and explanation for each type. Also, it strengthens the advantages of nonviolent resistance by comparing and contrast it with the resistance of violence and acquiescence.
King discusses the three types of resistance to oppression in this order because it will be more logical and convincing when he writes from the two extreme solutions (one negative extreme and one “positive” extreme) to the neutral and most acceptable solution. Not only this organization allows King’s thesis statement to be developed more naturally and smoothly, but also the audiences are more willing to accept his central argument with a better understanding about his logic. Overall, King uses a logical order to rank these three types of resistance to