Evaluation of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” & “Resistance to Civil government” Both passages “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Resistance to Civil government” have the same general purpose which was the idea of Civil disobedience‚ not agreeing with the law because it violates one’s morality or inner conscience belief. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King explains his reasoning for why he retaliated the law and the idea of protesting without violence. Henry David Theoreau
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1. The reason King was in Birmingham is because he was invited there as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ and it was his duty to protest injustice and spread freedom through a nonviolent program. As King was invited by one of his affiliates at an official organization‚ he is not an outside‚ but more akin to an important guest. Even if the invitation had not occurred‚ it was still his duty‚ as the prophet of the “gospel of freedom” just as it was Paul’s duty to spread
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recommendation letter from a trusted supervisor. Kurt Olson‚ an AP Language and Composition instructor‚ effectively composed a letter for his former student and Teacher’s Assistant‚ Green Choi. With the intention of creating an effective letter of recommendation‚ Olson strategically structures the rhetoric of the letter by first appealing logic‚ followed by establishing credibility‚ and concluding with appeals to emotion. By utilizing the appeals in this specific order‚ the content of the letter is enhanced
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and “grateful.” I try to characterize them as the underdogs right before they win. Finally‚ since it would be incredibly honorable to die fighting for your country‚ right beside your ruler‚ I conclude the letter by saying that I fight beside them. Unlike the letter to the people‚ in the letter to the army‚ I make the audience feel strong and mighty‚ not like underdogs. Once again‚ I make the Chrats sound inferior and evil‚ so that the army will feel like it’s their duty to stop. I also use repetition
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Tonya Seales Paper #2 “We have waited for more than 340 years for our Constitutional and God given rights” (King‚ Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ 3). Racial equality; something that black Americans along with white Americans have been fighting to get for far too long. Both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama want to see the black community get out from under the many years of discrimination and blatant
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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 referring
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African Americans were treated by their fellow citizens. Prejudice and racial discrimination are prevalent today in both the same and different ways as when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought against it. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail‚” he uses periodic sentences‚ syntax‚ diction‚ and allusions to write about his beliefs about the immense struggles African Americans experienced to gain their rights‚ how he
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23 January 2013 Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Junior ’s “letter from Birmingham Jail” was the reflection upon protest against unjust laws was established against him and his fellow men. Throughout his letter he uses many great philosophers and historical events to justify his own protest to be necessary to do what’s right. King was the leader of civil-rights group that supported protest against traditional views of the society and unjust laws
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attempts to gain their freedoms‚ there is an inevitable struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed. The oppressed must suffer a fight that seems at times as though they cannot win. In both Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy and Letter from Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ the issues of inequality are addressed as democracy and liberty are discussed‚ along with allowing for a critique of the current society.
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they hoped to create for themselves. I used this word because Hester is given the scarlet as a symbol of sin. As she is criticized by the public and possesses the letter‚ the townspeople think that she will keep acknowledging her sin and shame in order to regret what she did. The narrator‚ later in the chapter‚ emphasizes the letter “A” in scarlet‚ which indicates adultery.
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