In Letter from Birmingham Jail crafted by Martin Luther King Jr. the message is clear - Dr. King wants to eradicate all social injustices. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Within the walls of Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. created a comprehensive letter in response to a pannel of criticizing clergymen and towards the common man, or as King calls the "white moderate". Here he defends his strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. As he writes, Dr. King displays many forms of articulate lanuage and argumentation, rhetorical strategies, and diction to pursuade his audience to unite against injustice and to allow his statements to be resilient and convincing. King first declares his innocence in saying, "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must …show more content…
He is also faced with a decision to follow the unjust law in escaping jail or the just law in remaining and facing death. Conflicted, Socrates explores the meaning of just and unjust laws. King explores similar terrains in asking the question, "How can you advocate breaking the laws and obeying others?" In the end, Socrates convinces Crito that it would be best to remain in jail and not attempt an escape. This makes him civily disobedient in the sense that he does not conform to the common way (he does not want to escape jail even though he was unjustly imprisoned). Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is similar. A drive for civil disobedience is fueled because unjust laws coexist with moral principles, thusly citizens take on an urge to follow these unjust laws because they feel compelled to do so. In layman's term, Socrates and Dr. King are civilly disobedient and Socrates would agree with King - they both refuse to conform to the masses and to unjust laws. Lastly, do you think the desire for change is synonymous with civil
Within the walls of Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. created a comprehensive letter in response to a pannel of criticizing clergymen and towards the common man, or as King calls the "white moderate". Here he defends his strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. As he writes, Dr. King displays many forms of articulate lanuage and argumentation, rhetorical strategies, and diction to pursuade his audience to unite against injustice and to allow his statements to be resilient and convincing. King first declares his innocence in saying, "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must …show more content…
He is also faced with a decision to follow the unjust law in escaping jail or the just law in remaining and facing death. Conflicted, Socrates explores the meaning of just and unjust laws. King explores similar terrains in asking the question, "How can you advocate breaking the laws and obeying others?" In the end, Socrates convinces Crito that it would be best to remain in jail and not attempt an escape. This makes him civily disobedient in the sense that he does not conform to the common way (he does not want to escape jail even though he was unjustly imprisoned). Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is similar. A drive for civil disobedience is fueled because unjust laws coexist with moral principles, thusly citizens take on an urge to follow these unjust laws because they feel compelled to do so. In layman's term, Socrates and Dr. King are civilly disobedient and Socrates would agree with King - they both refuse to conform to the masses and to unjust laws. Lastly, do you think the desire for change is synonymous with civil