racism and segregation, and his civil disobedience by his use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
One of the appeals that King uses in his letter is ethos. King states, "Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal,". By saying this, King compares himself to the famous and brilliant philosopher Socrates, and he tells his readers that…
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