Dr. King Speech

DR. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of many accomplishments. From lighting the torch that helped changed the way we blacks and whites communicated, to sparking the civil rights movement, it's safe to say that Dr. King was well involved in helping change racism. During Dr. King's 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 letter stating in so many words that men in their position should have more compassion, wisdom, and positive impacts in America, instead of promoting, and condoning the negative behaviors. While writing this letter to the clergymen, King used a lot of detail, passion, and rhetoric, such as Logos, Ethos, and Pathos which I will convey in this paper. I will show examples of King's use of the rhetoric terms, as well as describe the effectiveness and importance of them.

During King's letter to the clergymen he uses logos in many ways, he makes a lot of great points, and he also backs up those points with great logic, which leads me to the following statement written by King “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others? The answer lies in 2 the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the last to advocate disobeying just laws”. In this statement I believe that King is making the point that, although it may be a law, that doesn't make it morally correct. It is our job as people to follow just laws, but it is not an obligation to follow the unjust laws. Although there were laws preventing