Martin Luther King Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Martin Luther King uses pathos and antithesis in this document, to emphasize and support his feelings towards civil disobedience. To show pathos, he writes, "If you would observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of negroes here in the city jail; if you could watch them push and curse old negro women and young negro girls" (Page 10). He uses pathos in this to try and persuade people into ending segregation by painting a visual in the readers head that gives them the feeling of sympathy towards the segregated. Martin Luther King also uses antithesis in this document. the text reads, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (Page 6). This sentence makes the reader stop and think about the inner meaning and provides contrasting word
structure that helps support his argument about civil disobedience.