Every African Americans in this time was experiencing hardship and racism, but what most had in common was faith in God. Many African Americans came together and began to rally with Mr. King as their representative. King organized events so that the community would be able to see exactly how the African Americans were living and were being treated. From this, he hoped people in the community would stand up to make a difference. Throughout King’s letter, he used Biblical allusions to get people to understand what he needed without exactly stating it. King stated, “Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid” (King 3). This Biblical allusion is King’s way of also asking for help as Paul did in the Bible. King used Biblical references and allusion because he knew the clergymen wanted to abide by the Bible. He needed help not only in protesting, but also in organizing. In the quote, Martin Luther King Jr. is Paul and racism is Macedonian. King wanted the clergymen to understand that what God said in the bible could be used in today’s situations, thus they should help aid him in fixing racism, for God wanted it. Using Biblical allusions, King was able to get the preachers to realize that God wanted them to support him, therefore they should. King tried to make all events he was a part of civil and nonviolent, for God was watching always. King wanted nothing more than equality for all races. Racism was only an understatement to him, and he expressed that with metaphors. …show more content…
King used Biblical allusions, metaphors, and appeals to pathos to get the clergymen to understand that all of the racism needed to be stopped. He uses these strategies over and over again to attempt to make the clergymen feel guilty and ready to act. King wanted the clergymen to understand that African Americans were not the only people for whom racism caused problems. Racism was bad for the whole nation, and everyone needed to work together to fix the problem, before it turned into something that could never be