Injustice In Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail

Id number:000549183 Imagine having to fight against injustice in today’s world, how would you go about with your mission? Would you risk your life just so you can lead to help others just like Harriet tubman?, or would you refuse to give up something you deserve just like how Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. Maybe you might even have to go to jail to prove your point just like how Nelson Mandela spent 20 years in jail for his opposition to the racist apartheid system which excluded blacks from many areas of society. Back in the day mainly starting in the 1800’s, many people had to fight and stand up for injustice. One of these people was Dr. Martin Luther King, who was a non-violent civil rights leader and went through many battles to receive greater equality. Dr. martin Luther King motivated his audience to stand against injustice in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, through rhetorical devices such as pathos, …show more content…
Martin Luther King uses to motivate his audience is through the use of rhetorical questions. With the workshops the Negroes held they started to repeatedly ask themselves questions such as “Are you able to accept the blows without retaliating?, Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?”, in order to express the purpose of direct action. They all had to make sure everyone who wanted to stand up for justice was ready to face the battles that may come their way. Even though they were trying to perform a nonviolent campaign, there were still “creative tension” amongst themselves. It is better to create a tension in their minds than to have their tensions shown because it may lead to more of a crisis that is unwanted. From the rhetorical questions they were asking themselves, they thought that negotiation would be a better path instead of performing nonviolent actions. Negotiation was what they thought would get their point across so they decided to correspond their actions with their