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    LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL RESPONSE. Martin Luther King Jr.’s revealing‚ ’Letter from Birmingham Jail’‚ delves into the segregation‚ injustice and violence of Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States"(Inquiry‚ p.#391‚ paragraph 6) In response to criticism from eight clergymen of Birmingham‚ King details the process of preparation for the nonviolent protest that took place in Birmingham. Imprisoned for protesting without a license‚ Dr. King’s words

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    rhetorical device that I think is most effective in Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is logical appeals. King’s purpose for using logical appeals is because he is stating facts and injustice rules in the society. The effectiveness of the rhetorical appeal logos is working because it made me put myself into their shoes and all that they had to experience just because of their race. For example‚ the letter says in paragraph 1. “If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross

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    A mode With in this essay I will be comparing the rape of lock in the modest proposal to stories which was great and written by some of the greatest authors of all time there’s usually two forms of a radical device of satire. One is usually name for the Roman poet who wrote in latin‚ his satire can usually be found marking and humorously he often does this hoping to inspire and return of a higher standard for people that he was satirizing. The second was named also after Roman poet who is riding

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    Comparison Essay: Letter from a Birmingham Jail and Resistance to Civil Government Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau both write about why everyone should have the right to disobey authority if there is social injustice taking place. Martin Luther King Jr. tells his audience that the laws of the government against blacks are not right and that civil disobedience should be used as an instrument of freedom just like how Henry David Thoreau says its the responsibility of the citizens to

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    Civil Disobedience McKenzie Peterson “Civil Disobedience” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” both want to share their thoughts and what they want to see the United States to change. They express their thought in different ways but they both get their word out the same way. They both want to fight for what they believe is right and their hope is others will fight with them. "Daddy‚ why do white people treat colored people so mean?" Martin Luther King Jr.’s son asked his father this because as

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    which violated the first amendment. While in jail‚ a statement was published by eight white members of the clergy who criticized King’s actions as “unwise and untimely” and that the battle for segregation was supposed to be fought in the courts but never in the streets. In response to their statement‚ King wrote a multipage letter‚ “Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚” directed towards those men and America. King wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” because he stood for what he believed in

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    Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was written in a time of civil unrest in the United States and served as a background to the fight against segregation suffered by African Americans. King used his letter to inform the world of the plight of African American’s and utilized natural law to clarify his position. In King’s letter he affirms his belief that he has not broken the law‚ he asserts that “an unjust law is no law at all”. What I believe that King is saying is that a law that is unjust does not

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    Letter from a birmingham jail and Thoreau’s essay are alike in similar ways because they both attempt to argue for rights . In the letter from birmingham jail the thing martin luther kind try to do was demonstrate that he was against segregation and racial terror. "Bombingham" was what they started to call this place because afrian americans were starting to stand up for there rights‚ Marin luther king got arrested while he was participating in a peaceful anti-segregation march. He was doing this

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    It can be difficult to give a definition for the word ‘good’ especially in the context of an individual’s behavior. Through the analysis of three readings entitled “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ “Civil Disobedience” by Thoreau‚ and “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” by King‚ the reader can conclude that the main idea of the nature of good revolves around personal morals and open-mindedness rather than civil law or majority rule in the face of justice. In “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ the nature

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