Style Blitz Assignment
When racial tensions were high in America, with protesting, police brutality, and discrimination, one man decided to speak out against this racial tension. This man’s name was Martin Luther King Jr., who was an activist against racism. While in Jail in Birmingham, he wrote a letter detailing the racial tensions in the U.S and how devastating it is tot his people. In it, he describes laws that are just and laws that are unjust, conveying the message that the laws against African-Americans are unjust. He starts his letter by describing laws perceived as just and laws that are perceived as unjust, continues by detailing examples of unjust laws, and ends his letter through describing why he perceives breaking the laws against …show more content…
He supports his argument through these examples, demonstrated when he describes unjust laws as “a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding itself”(3).Within the context of this passage, the author uses logos, as he makes a logical argument. Logos has the effect of compelling the reader to agree with a message because it makes sense, and is extremely plausible. Logos applies to this piece of text, as the author makes the argument that unjust laws are considered unjust because the majority, in this case whites, inflict laws that inhibit blacks but not themselves. This is pure hypocrisy, considering that the majority is willing to restrict others with their laws but not themselves. This hypocrisy is what makes this argument logical, as it displays to the reader just how illogical the laws against blacks are. Through seeing this hypocrisy, the reader is capable of understanding that these laws are unjust because they disobey the principles of logic. The author continues using rhetorical devices to convey his message, such as when he asks the question of “who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the segregation laws was democratically elected?” (4). Within the context of this passage, the author uses an example of injustice against his people. The example demonstrates to the reader a clear exemplification of the author’s message, allowing the reader to clearly understand why these laws are unjust. It conveys to the reader that these laws are unjust as the example offers a real world problem in which blacks are inhibited by laws in order to represent themselves in their local legislature. Through detailing this example, the reader can understand the message that the laws against blacks are unjust as the author provides a real-world example in which blacks are being restricted by laws to be represented as a part of the community that they belong
When racial tensions were high in America, with protesting, police brutality, and discrimination, one man decided to speak out against this racial tension. This man’s name was Martin Luther King Jr., who was an activist against racism. While in Jail in Birmingham, he wrote a letter detailing the racial tensions in the U.S and how devastating it is tot his people. In it, he describes laws that are just and laws that are unjust, conveying the message that the laws against African-Americans are unjust. He starts his letter by describing laws perceived as just and laws that are perceived as unjust, continues by detailing examples of unjust laws, and ends his letter through describing why he perceives breaking the laws against …show more content…
He supports his argument through these examples, demonstrated when he describes unjust laws as “a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding itself”(3).Within the context of this passage, the author uses logos, as he makes a logical argument. Logos has the effect of compelling the reader to agree with a message because it makes sense, and is extremely plausible. Logos applies to this piece of text, as the author makes the argument that unjust laws are considered unjust because the majority, in this case whites, inflict laws that inhibit blacks but not themselves. This is pure hypocrisy, considering that the majority is willing to restrict others with their laws but not themselves. This hypocrisy is what makes this argument logical, as it displays to the reader just how illogical the laws against blacks are. Through seeing this hypocrisy, the reader is capable of understanding that these laws are unjust because they disobey the principles of logic. The author continues using rhetorical devices to convey his message, such as when he asks the question of “who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the segregation laws was democratically elected?” (4). Within the context of this passage, the author uses an example of injustice against his people. The example demonstrates to the reader a clear exemplification of the author’s message, allowing the reader to clearly understand why these laws are unjust. It conveys to the reader that these laws are unjust as the example offers a real world problem in which blacks are inhibited by laws in order to represent themselves in their local legislature. Through detailing this example, the reader can understand the message that the laws against blacks are unjust as the author provides a real-world example in which blacks are being restricted by laws to be represented as a part of the community that they belong