Martin Luther King Rhetorical Analysis In 1950s and 1960s Martin Luther King Jr. believed that man is created equal no matter their circumstances in life or race. He enforced the fact that African Americans will obtain equality through non violent protesting in his "Letter From Birmingham Jail". Martin Luther King begins by relating his actions to Christianity, stating methods of protesting , and uses a the five rhetorical cannons in a clever way to better establish his views. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals to ethos by stating he has "eight-five affiliated organizations across the south and one is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights"(204). This is the first thing he expresses to the clergy to prove that he is very professional.
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and his protesters take actions. Also he explains because of the clergymen criticisms against him. This leads to the rhetorical appeal pathos as he begins to tie emotion to his essay. He uses an example saying "you find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year-old daughter why she can 't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky and see her bitterness toward white people" (207). Martin Luther King Jr. is continues to state things that the whites and the clergy men can relate to in their own individual lives. The strong details and imagery he using causes everyone to visualize how it feels to tell ones child he or she cannot go because of the segregation. He goes on for a bigger affect on the audience by saying "when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking why do white people treat colored people so mean"(208)? One telling his or her child no is difficult enough , so expressing real world facts that they will not even understand is worse. He even goes on to state the struggles of sleeping in a cramped car because the hotels will not even …show more content…
in a serious manner but, at the same time you can sympathize. For example he starts off serious stating professions and organizations established to show the clergymen and other readers its strictly business in his fight to forbid segregation and inequality. Giving this knowledge at the beginning of the essay sets the mood of the reader in a state where ones view cannot change when he begins to get emotional. Instead you continue to take him as serious as you did before while realizing the immorality of the subject. The emotions can result in the audience putting themselves in his shoes and experiencing what he has
and his protesters take actions. Also he explains because of the clergymen criticisms against him. This leads to the rhetorical appeal pathos as he begins to tie emotion to his essay. He uses an example saying "you find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year-old daughter why she can 't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky and see her bitterness toward white people" (207). Martin Luther King Jr. is continues to state things that the whites and the clergy men can relate to in their own individual lives. The strong details and imagery he using causes everyone to visualize how it feels to tell ones child he or she cannot go because of the segregation. He goes on for a bigger affect on the audience by saying "when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking why do white people treat colored people so mean"(208)? One telling his or her child no is difficult enough , so expressing real world facts that they will not even understand is worse. He even goes on to state the struggles of sleeping in a cramped car because the hotels will not even …show more content…
in a serious manner but, at the same time you can sympathize. For example he starts off serious stating professions and organizations established to show the clergymen and other readers its strictly business in his fight to forbid segregation and inequality. Giving this knowledge at the beginning of the essay sets the mood of the reader in a state where ones view cannot change when he begins to get emotional. Instead you continue to take him as serious as you did before while realizing the immorality of the subject. The emotions can result in the audience putting themselves in his shoes and experiencing what he has