Summary Of Respect By Martin Luther King Jr

Everyone is concerned about respect. From long lived veterans who endured the experience of being in a war to the young two year old boy who argues he does not like tomatoes in his food. The veteran wants to feel respected when he comes back home, not looked down at for killing the enemies or being called “baby killer.” He wants to be respected for fighting for his country and the freedom of the people at home. The two year old wants his parents to understand that he has a taste aversion to tomatoes, that he will eat every vegetable he is fed except tomatoes. However, respect is not exactly what humans are known for. On the contrary we see, prejudice, shootings, and oppression of human rights showing a lack of respect; which in turn may result
was appealing to his audience's sense of emotion. From the first page he adopted very descriptive diction that enables the readers to create a mental scenery of what blacks undergo when segregation is so engraved in the south. His first few examples are very basic and introductory to his future illustration of the problems that the colored skin community faced. He's tarts by informing of a “broken promise” that was made to the black community, which was supposed to be the start of a better life for the oppressed. According to him merchants of birmingham had “...promised] to remove the humiliating racal signs form the stores” (1). Eventually, it did not happen. Later on in the letter, he paint stronger and engaging scenarios of the discrimination the black community endured. In a full size paragraph he effectively describes “hate-filled policemen [who] curse, kick, brutalize and even kill [members of the black community]” (2). This scene is effective in taking all bias and joking and sets it aside because it demonstrates the seriousness of the issue. It shows that there are murders resulting from segregation which no doubt is a strong appeal. Another attempt in order to appeal to the audiences feelings is when he brings to the audience's attention that there are children involved and suffering through the situation. He refers to their suffrage as follows: “...tears welling up in [their] little eyes…[and]
includes short but essential allusions to his letter. The allusions are there to, again, emphasize the goodwill of the black community but also to once again establish the urgency of making a real change. His first allusion is when he refers to the “...eighth-century prophets [who] left their little village..” in order to carry their religious message to as many other places as they could (1). In this reference he includes Apostle Paul who also “...left his little village...and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ…” (1). Those two converged allusions are included in his letter in an attempt to one: build credibility by comparing his own actions to those of these men who he appears to admire for their perseverance. An additional reason for his including the above allusion is to compare the issue of segregation to the situation for which the eighth century prophets and Apostle Paul advocate. Especially the case of the apostle, because it has a more direct connection to Jesus Christ and thus would be the most effective in engaging the audience but also in a sense of ‘ringing a bell’ to make the oppressors see their wrong. The second allusion is mentioned later on in the essay, which is in regards to Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. Even though its shortness, he reminds the audience that the unbelievable acts of the the leader were “‘legal.”’ Highs purpose of putting it into quotations is to emphasize the word and in a