Martin Luther King’s “Letter to Birmingham Jail” is incredibly persuasive. It forces the reader to truly think upon Dr. King’s arguments regarding the clergymen 's pleas to discontinue fighting for equality in the area of that time period. He reinforces how these men have underestimated his reasons for being put in jail and explains how seldom he replies to those who can’t see eye to eye to his vision and goals. He explains how these men may be generally good citizens; their criticism is just a fundamental aspect of how scared they are for him.
In Mr. King’s letter he begins to use “Ethos” by giving his correspondences a sample of his credentials to reassure them that he truly can be up to this task that he has come to fight for, even though he knows the people around have a negative feeling towards outsiders. Mr. King gives the Clergymen both fair minded and sincere proof of his claims as well as giving them assurance of his educational background through his use of vocabulary. Representational evidence of his invitation to settle this matter …show more content…
Anyone reading this letter has something to look back on as inspiration. Martin Luther King truly projected through his words, as well as greatly performed his reasoning both clearly and constructively. His use of factual sources from our history and documentation makes it almost impossible to refuse his side of the argument. His choice of vocabulary skills, theoretical, and abstract languaging provides a credible background of education. As well as making his readers believe his actions to be both void and true. With “Logos, Ethos, and Pathos” Mr. King was able to not only persuade myself, but share to others the proper ways to use emotion, logic, and credentials to when needing to gain advantages for persuasive and/or proposal
In Mr. King’s letter he begins to use “Ethos” by giving his correspondences a sample of his credentials to reassure them that he truly can be up to this task that he has come to fight for, even though he knows the people around have a negative feeling towards outsiders. Mr. King gives the Clergymen both fair minded and sincere proof of his claims as well as giving them assurance of his educational background through his use of vocabulary. Representational evidence of his invitation to settle this matter …show more content…
Anyone reading this letter has something to look back on as inspiration. Martin Luther King truly projected through his words, as well as greatly performed his reasoning both clearly and constructively. His use of factual sources from our history and documentation makes it almost impossible to refuse his side of the argument. His choice of vocabulary skills, theoretical, and abstract languaging provides a credible background of education. As well as making his readers believe his actions to be both void and true. With “Logos, Ethos, and Pathos” Mr. King was able to not only persuade myself, but share to others the proper ways to use emotion, logic, and credentials to when needing to gain advantages for persuasive and/or proposal