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“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr, presents a well-constructed critique of the white church in the 1960s. In his letter, King skillfully composes an argument utilizing ethos, pathos, and logos to call the church to action. He remarks, “I have been so greatly disappointed with the white church and its leadership” (King 1). Furthermore, King’s frequent reference the Bible demonstrates his belief that Christians should be among the first to stand against inequality. He urges…

The story mentions "Light" quite a few times and progressively gets darker as the story goes on. The use of light indicates and describes how the couple’s relationship is going from the beginning to the end of it. In the beginning, it says, “Early that day weather turned.” (Carver) Being early in the day, theat is an indication that there is light outside. The next line claims," it was getting dark on the inside too." (Carver)…

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…

for non-violence demonstrations. As the leader of the civil rights movement, those of Gandhi, Socrates, and Paul influenced MLK’s ideas. As a Baptist pastor his movement was greatly influenced by the works of Christ and his Followers. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he is writing to other clergy for his reasons of imprisonment, the purpose of Non-violent protest, and the direct actions occurring in Birmingham, Alabama. Through the letter Martin Luther King Jr describes the four methods of…

The Evil Assembly as the final stage of transition for Goodman Brown. Hawthorne adds this final element to show Goodman Brown’s final transformation to follow evil. The author is able to explain this transition very well it’s a literal transition from good to evil. Even though Goodman Brown did not partake in any activities during the assembly it’s the things he saw also the people that joined it. Before Brown was still thinking of going to the assembly he notices the minister’s and deacon’s…

In his letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, leader in the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., powerfully replies to criticisms regarding his cause and his actions. King’s purpose is to prove to his criticizers that his cause is right and just. He adopts a condemnatory tone in order to convey his disapproval with the clergymen’s criticisms and excuses. It’s Dr. King’s strong use of diction that has the greatest impact on making this piece so powerful and effective. Diction Dr.…

In “The Birthmark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne represents Aylmer as an ambitious scientist, whose passion is reserved for the study of natural philosophy. The reader is given the impression that Aylmer spends most of his time in a lab. But one day, Aylmer marries young woman, named Georgiana, however, her appearance is not perfect as she has a birthmark on her face. The story immediately shifts to how Aylmer and feels about the birthmark. Aylmer is troubled with the physical and spiritual perfection…

reason that the mayor, Albert Boutwell, can not “ bring the millennium to Birmingham.” Metaphors and imagery is definitely Martin Luther King Jr’s specialties. “Nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.” Another metaphor that deals with the pain inflicted on African Americans reads, “ stringing darts of segregation.” There’s many others on the same…

In this video, students were asked to read and analyze text from the Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. In order to have the students engage in a deeper level of thinking from this text, TJ Hanify(teacher) developed different strategies to keep their interest. First students must read the Letter from Birmingham and create notes from their findings. Students must include the main idea of the author’s purpose and any questions or concerns students might have. The next strategy…

convince the audience to think about a problem that should be of public interest, however, the audience is what makes the letter powerful. The audience sets the context and message of the letter. An example is, Martin Luther King’s infamous “Letter from Birmingham jail”. This letter shows that the audience of a political letter can be much more than just the directly announced audience. Eight Alabama clergymen issued a letter to King expressing their dissatisfaction with how King and the black…