Martin Luther King Jr Ethos Pathos Logos

Segregation and racism have always been a problem in society. It becomes a much bigger problem once it has been acknowledged. The United States claims to be built on equality for all, while it is in fact built on the same foundations as segregation. Through the use of logos, metaphor, and pathos, Martin Luther King Junior shows the white people just how segregated and unfair society is to the African American community. Martin Luther King Jr uses logos to support how segregated and unjust society is in many different ways. Logos is expressed when King tries to persuade the reader through logic. King states, “Some have asked, ‘Why didn't you give the new administration time to act?’ The only answer that I can give to this inquiry is that the new administration must be prodded about as much as the outgoing one before it acts”(10).This shows …show more content…
When explaining how the unjust laws work, King claims, “There are some instances when a law is just on its face and unjust in its application” (16). This is a metaphor because it portrays the laws as having a face, giving the reader a visual connection to his words. King’s use of metaphor is also portrayed when he compares two different fights people are facing in the world at that time, “The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter” (11). This quotation compares the fight for equality in America to the fight for political independence in other parts of the world, and it tries to make the reader feel ashamed that it is easier to reconstruct a political system than it is to gain social equality. King also taps into the reader’s emotions through his use of