How did social justices come to be the way that they are today? Martin Luther King Jr, vowed for the rights of African Americans through the use of a speech and through a letter. Each source of nonviolent protest has an important purpose in ending social injustices. Dr. King wrote The Letter From Birmingham Jail, to defend his strategy of nonviolent protest against racism. He wrote his I Have A Dream Speech to argue that all people are created equal and need to be treated as such. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and “I Have A Dream” speech have many important similarities and differences in their uses of rhetorical devices. They are similar in the uses of pathos, allusions, and anaphora while contrasting in the use of
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In the letter, King uses examples in order to argue his purpose clearly, while using metaphors in his speech to argue his purpose by comparing them in order to make them angry. For example, in the letter Dr. King writes, “For instance, I have been arrested on a charge for parading without a permit” (639). The author uses examples such as this one in order to argue his purpose because he is using legitimate facts by giving real examples. By using real examples, his audience cannot argue with the truth in what happened. However in the speech, he uses metaphors. He writes, “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice” (5). Dr. King uses metaphors in the speech to make the audience feel angry but inspired. By relating their situation with something that they understand and everyone deals with, they can fully understand the situation even if they aren’t directly affected by it. Then, they can truly understand and want to fight for their
In the letter, King uses examples in order to argue his purpose clearly, while using metaphors in his speech to argue his purpose by comparing them in order to make them angry. For example, in the letter Dr. King writes, “For instance, I have been arrested on a charge for parading without a permit” (639). The author uses examples such as this one in order to argue his purpose because he is using legitimate facts by giving real examples. By using real examples, his audience cannot argue with the truth in what happened. However in the speech, he uses metaphors. He writes, “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice” (5). Dr. King uses metaphors in the speech to make the audience feel angry but inspired. By relating their situation with something that they understand and everyone deals with, they can fully understand the situation even if they aren’t directly affected by it. Then, they can truly understand and want to fight for their