Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail

The Life and words of Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr was a great person of his era. His birthday was first created as a national holiday in 1986 because of his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” stands out as a part one of the great change in African American’s history by used a very persuasive way of examples. He invokes empathy from his readers in order to persuade white people to change the circumstances. When white people reads about this letter they will finally understands by treating them unequal how much the African Americans suffers and pains during that horrible time. In this letter Martin Luther King Jr used a lot of examples to express his feelings and thoughts
Jacobus’s example of how his people got tortured by the policemen when he says “But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters…” (217). Here King uses some emotional word to express his feelings such as “curse”, “kick”, and even “kill” he was trying to show his emotion by full of pain and suffering (218). Generally, when reader reads this letter they will feel the same way he feels, all the fears and worry come from his letter by uses the words to illustrate his people. As a result King states how waiting is no longer a
About 600 years before, King Nebuchadnezzar was king in Israel. King want his people listen whatever he says and wisdom him. King said Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego these three people who believe that there is only one true god to obey to, and because of their disobedience, they must be set by fired; but when the fire starts burned, they were not got hurt because they have their God to protect them. When King using this example, he wants African Americans to take actions because they will not follow the unjust law anymore, they need their freedom, and also have the equal