and his disobedience letter, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” is one of the best arguments written by man. Here are the reasons I believe it is such an effective piece of writing. First of all, when we speak of Martin Luther King, we think of the civil rights leader we’ve all learned to love and care for. What many people may have not realized was that this man was a literary genius, and the letter from Birmingham jail honors the intellect and knowledge he had. His letter gives the main elements
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First, Martin Luther King successfully makes use of logos throughout his letter. He clarifies all of the reasons for his opinions and supports them well. His points of view are also logical in their appeal. For example, in the beginning of his letter he gives a response to the clergymen’s claim that the demonstrations were risky and early. He states that the Negro community had no substitute except to prepare for direct action. He supports this claim by saying that the Negro leaders wanted to negotiate
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Martin Luther King starts off his letter, “My Dear Fellow Clergymen”, stating this, he is putting himself on the same “height” as the clergymen, sending a clear message that he is no less then them and no better than him. In the first paragraph King introduces his thoughts about discrimination writing a letter in the Jail of Birmingham, he states “I came across your recent statement calling my present activities unwise and untimely.”, he’s mentioning the argument of his opponents showing what will
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a moral dimension. Leaders choose whether to act form selfishness and greed to diminish others or to behave in ways that serve others and motivate people to expand their potential and as a human being. Moral leadership is about distinguishing right from wrong and doing right, seeking the just, the honest, the good and the right conduct to achieve goals and fulfilling purpose There are a select few individuals who have come variously to be called great or brilliant because they and their accomplishments
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in Birmingham, Alabama for parading without a permit. His thought was that there was no problem requiring a permit to parade, but when it is used to oppress the first amendment rights of peaceful assembly and protest, there is a problem with the application of the law (3). While he was in jail, King received a letter from white clergymen that he could
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delay all civil right activities in Birmingham. Saying that these types of issues is a process, and should be dealt with in court. The clergyman also stressed that any marches or campaigns were illegal, without permission. The clergyman also stressed that Dr. King, and his fellow activists who had travelled to Birmingham were mere “outsiders looking in”. (534) He explained how anyone living in the U.S be outsiders. In Dr. King’s letter from Birmingham jail, he responded to all of the clergymen’s
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championed for the liberation of the masses from oppressing institutions and systems of power. Both authors had rooted their campaigns in the tenets of their religious faith, which endeared themselves with the masses. Change is inevitable and their efforts in no doubt bore fruits for in each case they have received world recognition for what they did for the people. Aung San Suu Kyi’s excerpt “In Quest with Democracy” and Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, surpassed other writings in their
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Langston Hughes and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. seem to have very little in common. They were written by different people about different topics and use different techniques. However, they share a lesser related theme: Pressure. Pressure from others is a powerful thing. This secondary theme supports each main theme; “Salvation” demonstrates what pressure from adults can do to disillusion an individual adolescent while “Letter From Birmingham Jail” demonstrates what societal
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Over the course of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963), the author, Martin Luther King Jr., makes extended allusions to multiple philosophers, among them Aquinas and Socrates. His comparison would seem to indicate that he shares an affinity with them. However, the clarity with which he makes his arguments and the dedication to a single premise strikes most strongly of Kant. Just as Kant’s magnum opus, Critique of Pure Reason, attempted to completely upend a previously accepted mode of thought, so
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English Composition II 10428 22 February 2014 Equal Rights: Action or No Action In the article “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” the author Martin Luther King Jr., is responding to a minister’s opposing comments to King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference organization’s actions in Birmingham, Alabama. The author reflects his point by portraying the fear of the residents of Birmingham and thus evoking the same emotion in the reader to justify the actions that were taken. King also adds
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