Letter from Birmingham Jail 1963
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressed”. In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a peaceful and nonviolent protest to the state of Alabama. The powerful and distinguished Dr. King was asked to lead the protest by the other activist in Birmingham, Alabama. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. King convinces his audience by using ethos, logos and pathos to explain that his actions were important to provide insight to the public of the social injustice that took place in Birmingham. As many expressed their opposition against segregation and racial inequality, police still use a great deal of force for the non- violent movement which caused many people to get arrested including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This led Dr. King to write the …show more content…
King connects the common experiences that Blacks were going through. “Throughout Alabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming Registered (180)”. Blacks were inferior to the basic human rights of being able to vote. Not having the opportunity to vote took away from many Negroes at the time to be able to have a voice. His words appeals to an emotional standpoint in order inform the outside world of the wrong doings and allowing them to have something to connect to.
Logos is one of the major appeals in the letter. Ethos was used for the critical reassurance for the readers in order to gain their trust. In order to assure his use of pathos he needed to reiterate the importance of his direct action. Dr. King proves his lawfulness by explaining the inequalities that was happening long before his protest and civil rights movement. By using ethos, logos and pathos, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses his knowledge, outlooks and also his encounters to pull the readers into his letter so they could understand and relate to all of the actions that took place in Birmingham, Alabama
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressed”. In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a peaceful and nonviolent protest to the state of Alabama. The powerful and distinguished Dr. King was asked to lead the protest by the other activist in Birmingham, Alabama. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. King convinces his audience by using ethos, logos and pathos to explain that his actions were important to provide insight to the public of the social injustice that took place in Birmingham. As many expressed their opposition against segregation and racial inequality, police still use a great deal of force for the non- violent movement which caused many people to get arrested including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This led Dr. King to write the …show more content…
King connects the common experiences that Blacks were going through. “Throughout Alabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming Registered (180)”. Blacks were inferior to the basic human rights of being able to vote. Not having the opportunity to vote took away from many Negroes at the time to be able to have a voice. His words appeals to an emotional standpoint in order inform the outside world of the wrong doings and allowing them to have something to connect to.
Logos is one of the major appeals in the letter. Ethos was used for the critical reassurance for the readers in order to gain their trust. In order to assure his use of pathos he needed to reiterate the importance of his direct action. Dr. King proves his lawfulness by explaining the inequalities that was happening long before his protest and civil rights movement. By using ethos, logos and pathos, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses his knowledge, outlooks and also his encounters to pull the readers into his letter so they could understand and relate to all of the actions that took place in Birmingham, Alabama