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Letters from Birmingham Jail: An analysis.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” is a response to a public statement issued by the eight Alabama Clergymen regarding the racial problems arising in Alabama. In the letter, King uses logical, ethical and emotional appeals to not only tackle the problem but also to address an excellent confutation to all the arguments put forth by the clergymen. While, King makes a strong arguments in response by using reasonable strategies while taking his audience into consideration, he also manages to address these clergymen’s criticism and bring up various valid points that addresses and brings forward the examples of injustice represented in Alabama. With the claims set forth by the clergymen with the criticism of and “outsider establishing or leading any protest”, Taking “extreme measures” that stimulates “violence and hatred”, practicing “untimely and unwise” demonstrations and the lack of addressing such problems of racial issue in the court itself; King provides a series of refutations with references from a philosophical, political and theological perspective that draws the attention of anyone who is actively addressing this issue. While in this letter, he precisely demonstrates his reasoning, using all the appeals to logic, emotion and ethics; it is specifically fascinating to see the amount of logical appeals put forth by him, considering the fact that he is confined in a jail in Birmingham.
As Martin Luther King Jr. addresses his letter to these clergymen, he writes a formidable argument that is not just limited to addressing the clergymen but in fact also addresses the national audience that points out the hardships tolerated by the black community against the ignorance of the white community to these difficulties and their injustice. King starts the letter at the very beginning by counter-arguing the clergymen against how he is not just an outsider protesting in Alabama but by giving them a
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” is a response to a public statement issued by the eight Alabama Clergymen regarding the racial problems arising in Alabama. In the letter, King uses logical, ethical and emotional appeals to not only tackle the problem but also to address an excellent confutation to all the arguments put forth by the clergymen. While, King makes a strong arguments in response by using reasonable strategies while taking his audience into consideration, he also manages to address these clergymen’s criticism and bring up various valid points that addresses and brings forward the examples of injustice represented in Alabama. With the claims set forth by the clergymen with the criticism of and “outsider establishing or leading any protest”, Taking “extreme measures” that stimulates “violence and hatred”, practicing “untimely and unwise” demonstrations and the lack of addressing such problems of racial issue in the court itself; King provides a series of refutations with references from a philosophical, political and theological perspective that draws the attention of anyone who is actively addressing this issue. While in this letter, he precisely demonstrates his reasoning, using all the appeals to logic, emotion and ethics; it is specifically fascinating to see the amount of logical appeals put forth by him, considering the fact that he is confined in a jail in Birmingham.
As Martin Luther King Jr. addresses his letter to these clergymen, he writes a formidable argument that is not just limited to addressing the clergymen but in fact also addresses the national audience that points out the hardships tolerated by the black community against the ignorance of the white community to these difficulties and their injustice. King starts the letter at the very beginning by counter-arguing the clergymen against how he is not just an outsider protesting in Alabama but by giving them a