Stride To Freedom Rhetorical Analysis
Stride Toward Freedom
“Separate but equal”. This is the law that many protests for complete equality in America in the 1950’s. the book Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King Jr. was the main focus was on black rights and how the African-American Civil Rights Movement was successful. In a section of the book King talks about the three ways people react to oppression and uses ethos, pathos, and logos to help create a way of understanding between himself and the reader. King brings ethos into his book by being the leader of a very large portion of protests and marches during the Civil Rights Movement. This also is tied in with King being arrested for his efforts on more than one occasion. However, this is not the only way in which he uses …show more content…
There are countless examples of logos from the text. One of the most eye opening quotes being when martin luther king says “If the American Negro and other victims of oppression succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle for freedom, future generations will be the recipients of a desolate night of bitterness, and our chief legacy to them will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.”. This quote explains that when violence is used as an act against their oppressors, it only causes much more damage into the distant future for generations to come. This not only gets the audience's attention but also evokes understanding and to avoid using violent forms of protest to go against their oppressors. As well as drives them to choose nonviolent action to get the point to their oppressors in saying that they will not back down on their beliefs of freedom and will continue to revolt until a compromise or change is seen in society. With all said it is only just to say that Doctor Martin Luther King jr.’s book, A Stride Toward Freedom, uses all forms of persuasion perfectly to greatly affect the outcome of the Civil Rights Movement in a way that changed america for the greater. With strong examples of ethos, pathos, and logos, king’s book is viewed as a very credible and powerful source of persuasion against the laws of slavery and equality of race that affected the african american population
“Separate but equal”. This is the law that many protests for complete equality in America in the 1950’s. the book Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King Jr. was the main focus was on black rights and how the African-American Civil Rights Movement was successful. In a section of the book King talks about the three ways people react to oppression and uses ethos, pathos, and logos to help create a way of understanding between himself and the reader. King brings ethos into his book by being the leader of a very large portion of protests and marches during the Civil Rights Movement. This also is tied in with King being arrested for his efforts on more than one occasion. However, this is not the only way in which he uses …show more content…
There are countless examples of logos from the text. One of the most eye opening quotes being when martin luther king says “If the American Negro and other victims of oppression succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle for freedom, future generations will be the recipients of a desolate night of bitterness, and our chief legacy to them will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.”. This quote explains that when violence is used as an act against their oppressors, it only causes much more damage into the distant future for generations to come. This not only gets the audience's attention but also evokes understanding and to avoid using violent forms of protest to go against their oppressors. As well as drives them to choose nonviolent action to get the point to their oppressors in saying that they will not back down on their beliefs of freedom and will continue to revolt until a compromise or change is seen in society. With all said it is only just to say that Doctor Martin Luther King jr.’s book, A Stride Toward Freedom, uses all forms of persuasion perfectly to greatly affect the outcome of the Civil Rights Movement in a way that changed america for the greater. With strong examples of ethos, pathos, and logos, king’s book is viewed as a very credible and powerful source of persuasion against the laws of slavery and equality of race that affected the african american population