Escape from Alcatraz

how that example of the rhetorical choice supports the purpose identified in the precis. Name: Nhi Vo (4 points) Precis: Martin Luther King, a black rights activist and preacher, writes a letter responding to a letter of criticism he received from a few clergymen. He writes about racism and reasons for civil disobedience. He supports his claim by using allusion, pathos and finally logos. King’s purpose is to justify his civil disobedience and opening people’s eyes to how unjust segregation…

Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” responds to the eight clergymen’s letter condemning his nonviolent demonstrations, labeling him as an extremist. King’s usage of allusions, antithesis, and analogy to build his credibility and appeal to the emotions of his moderate audience justify his extremist actions and persuades the reader to act against injustices. King addresses the clergymen’s accusation of King’s “extreme measures” by creating analogies to justify his actions. He…

Luther King Jr. uses many rhetorical devices in his works. In his I Have a Dream Speech and his Letter from Birmingham Jail uses rhetorical devices such as repetition, antithesis and rhetorical questions. King uses these to persuade his listeners and readers into granting civil rights to Blacks. In his I Have a Dream speech he is talking to people that have been discriminated against and in his Letter From Birmingham Jail he is addressing white moderates. One rhetorical device Martin Luther…

ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado; Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!", he uses anaphora within his speech to constantly repeat, let it ring. Let it ring is used a lot in order to show his point…

represent her purity because pink comes across as innocent. When the pink ribbons fall out of the sky, Goodman Brown saw it that Faith had fallen into the hands of the devil. At the end of the story when Faith goes to greet Goodman when he comes back from the forest she is wearing pink ribbons again that symbolizes her return to Christianity and goodness. The Staff The staff symbolizes a demon. The staff shows that the old man is more of a demon than he is…

In the ¨Letter from Birmingham Jail¨, Martin Luther King Jr. uses ethical appeals in order to convince the Clergymen of his authority. King uses ethical appeals to influence his audience by making appropriate allusions. This is shown when King says, " I am in Birmingham because injustice is here...and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus to the far corners of the Greco- Roman world." King is comparing himself to the Apostle Paul, saying that he is…

In 1963, as the leader of the peaceful protests against segregation, Martin Luther King was put in the Birmingham City Jail where he received a letter from the clergymen criticizing his work. He responded with another letter where he fully explained the reasons behind the protests. In this letter Martin Luther King remained a gentleman when addressing the clergymen. This is seen in his use of professional language and through the examples that were use to support his ideas. Throughout the letter…

the rights of the individual paves the way for the destruction of all rights without exception; this is the way to chaos.” The idea of communal chaos when an individual experiences the injustice of their positive rights is echoed in King’s Letter from A Birmingham Jail. King writes, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” The community is either moved toward a state of mutual justice or…

Along with “Fences”, many other texts also show manipulation occurring from grudges, revenge and feuds. In the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki, two characters, Ulrich and Georg had bitterness over the judgement of a piece of forest land in the Carpathians and who it had belonged too. One evening, the two men had met in the forest in a treacherous storm and a huge tree had feel upon them and crushed them. While being stuck, they both debated on how both their men would find them first, save…

background himself, this story likely represents experiences from his own life. Hawthorne reveals the true meaning of this morbid tale through symbolism…