Patton November 25‚ 2013 Soc.9a.m “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King spent eight days in his cell. During that time he composed his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." The letter was ostensibly conceived in response to a letter that had recently run in a local newspaper‚ which had claimed that the protests were "unwise and untimely"; however‚ King also quite deliberately wrote his letter for a national audience. The letter reveals King’s strength as a rhetorician
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Martin Luther King Jr. commences his speech by alluding to the speech‚ The Gettysburg Address given by Abraham Lincoln in the year 1863. When stating “Five score years ago...‚” he refers to the renowned introduction Abraham Lincoln preached. King proceeds to state‚ “…a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” He and his audience stood in Lincoln’s shadow metaphorically and figuratively. He orated his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ where the statue of Lincoln is situated
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In the passage " Letter from Birmingham jail " by Martin Luther King and also " Speech at the March on washington " by Josephine Baker . Those article argue for freedom with non-violence to find a solution. To start with ‚ some citizen believe that everybody should have freedom to get came vip right. For example Josephine argues in line 50-51 " I didn’t have to do that i wish i could go into any restaurant i wanted to and i didn’t have ". This show that not all have freedom and they want freedom
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ written by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ is a poignant reflection on how racial inequality was in the 1960s and the matters of handling it. Many aspects used in the letter to make it strongly written lead to the cause as to why it is so powerful for the reader. There are many considerations that are taken when reading a piece such as Letter from a Birmingham Jail in order to analyze the effectiveness of his argument. King is able to use rhetoric and other literary figures
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#2 The Force of Nonviolent Direct Action In “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Martin Luther King states‚ “I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.” King is a well know supporter of nonviolent direct action. He proves its effectiveness in his letter. Whether the results were saving lives or influencing the younger generations‚ he left his positive mark on this nation. King chose the correct path when deciding that nonviolent
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at that period with regret. Dr Martin Luther King‚ a prominent leader in the civil rights movement was persecuted by his oppressors but he persevered relentlessly in the fight for equal rights for African Americans mainly because we were fighting for a just cause. The letter from Birmingham Jail is a response by Dr King to statements by eight Alabama Clergymen denouncing the use of street protests by Dr King’s organization in the fight for civil liberty. Critics of Dr King’s philosophy on civil disobedience
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write a long letter than in a jail cell? Optimistic and bitter‚ Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” inspires the audience to come together to make a change and defends the people involved. King expresses his hope to the nation through his tone‚ rhetorical appeals‚ and rhetorical tools. Kings optimistic and bitter tone inspires and defends the audience throughout his letter. Martin begins his letter with optimism about the future for him and his people. King discloses that
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decades. In Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham he discuss how upset he was about the criticisms‚ and wants to address the situation in a mannerable way. Among these criticisms was the efficiency of the white churches. Dr. King wants to do a nonviolent campaign that includes self-purification and negotiation. King was the president of Sothern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)‚ in the Sothern state of Atlanta‚ Georgia he was invited to a non-violent direct action program. Dr. King discussed injustice
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Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the people who defended the rights of his people and expressed his views in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” These views corelate to the CIT Claim that the dignity of every human being is inviolable and the commitment to justice for the common good is necessary. Martin Luther King Jr was a southern Baptist priest who had a vision that one day blacks and whites would one day be
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2012 Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Letter from Birmingham Jail - Most Effective Argument I feel Dr. Martin Luther King’s use of facts and history was an effective argument because it not only gave reason to why he would be in Birmingham but also gave also made a convincing argument of why his cause was justified throughout history by giving examples of times in history where actions like his were necessary and actions of wrongdoing was justified through law. In his letter to the clergymen‚ by
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