Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Extreme' By Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. protest movements were considered “extreme”, but he refuted those accusations in many ways.
The clergymen referred to the SCLC as “extreme”, making him feel much undignified. As a result, King compares his actions to the ones of Elijah Muhammad and his Muslim movement. King states, “It is made up of people who have lost faith in America, who have absolutely repudiated Christianity, and who have concluded that the white man is an incurable devil.”, and evidently, by calling his expression “extreme” moderates are showing a lack of distinction between knowing what violence and non-violence is. In the same paragraph, he continues to express that he “stands between two opposing forces in the community” and points out the
The clergymen referred to the SCLC as “extreme”, making him feel much undignified. As a result, King compares his actions to the ones of Elijah Muhammad and his Muslim movement. King states, “It is made up of people who have lost faith in America, who have absolutely repudiated Christianity, and who have concluded that the white man is an incurable devil.”, and evidently, by calling his expression “extreme” moderates are showing a lack of distinction between knowing what violence and non-violence is. In the same paragraph, he continues to express that he “stands between two opposing forces in the community” and points out the