Equally important in his refutation of the arguments made against him is his use of pathos. Dr. King adds detail stories of conversations held between him and his children to appeal to the emotions of the clergymen, as he refutes the argument that all of his demonstrations aren’t well timed, such as when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky, and see her begin to distort her little personality
