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 with the city fathers, but they consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation. He also gives more support to his argument by writing about another confrontation in September when the Negro leaders finally got their chance to talk with the leaders of Birmingham. He states that in the course of negotiations certain promises were made by the merchants-for example to remove the stores’ humiliating racial sings. On the source of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the selected of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a halt on all demonstrations. As the weeks and the months went on, they realized that they were the victims of false promises, because the signs went back up. Due to the reality that their hopes were yet again blasted they were forced to resort to direct action. This is just one illustration of many others in which Martin Luther King makes excellent appeals to logos. Martin Luther King channels a high sense of ethos in his letter. He establishes this from the very start of the argument. In the first paragraph he sets the attitude for the letter. He states that he wants to counter the clergymen’s statements in patient and reasonable terms. Also, he establishes his credibility in the second paragraph by responding to the clergymen’s view that he was an outsider coming in. He reveals that he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization working in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. This clearly implants his credibility on arguments and claims throughout his letter. Martin Luther King also appeals to ethos by even stating the clergymen’s views throughout his letter, which of course completes the substitute to his views. Lastly, Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” has huge emotion appeal, also known as pathos. This section contains the most sense of pathos in the letter. He starts out by talking about some of the actions that the police force took, such as letting dogs free on the people and their handling of the people. He states that he saw the dogs dipping their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent Negroes. He says that the clergymen would not so quickly commend the police if they observed their ugly and inhumane treatment of Negroes in the city jail; if they were to watch them push and kick old Negro man and young boys; if they were to observe them decline the give the demonstrators food because they wanted to sing their grace together. “The letter from Birmingham Jail” has great significance in today’s society. This letter outlines the tactics he used during the struggle for civil rights, which should be applied for present and future efforts. First, assess the situation. Understand where the situation is now, where the situation should be, and all of the available options to move from the current situation to where the situation should be. Next, follow the standard process of making change. Negotiation is with both external as well as internal sides. Most importantly, you need to engage in Self purification. Self purification is an internal acknowledgment that personal sacrifices are needed for the sake of progress. If these steps are used, all problems could be handled peacefully and with sense.