Mlk's Letter From Birmingham Jail

Words: 1209
Pages: 5

Makenzie Cote
Period 4
Questions: Letter From Birmingham Jail
For Discussion:
1) He states that he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, being a member of the church community; he also discusses being a member of the community itself. These coincide with each other because in both of these roles, he preached and supported the rights and belonging of all men. However, in his community role, he preached and rooted for mostly the advocacy of African Americans. In his church role, he defines himself as a man of God as well as a man of the people, he also states that he has a right to be there protesting because he was invited there by the members of the church. As a man of the community, he believes it is his right as
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So he organized his letter in such a way that would get his point across to the clergymen, which was rhetorically effective.
10) MLK gives an example of Adolf Hitler as an example of darkness to light. He said that technically what Hitler did in the time and place that he was in was considered legal, so it should fall under the category of “light”. However, if a black man would have done what he did, it would be considered wrong.
11) In paragraph 12, the word “when” is said almost a dozen times, creating that stressed feeling on the reader since every time that word is repeated, the sentence that follows is worse than the last.
12) The last three paragraphs can be considered pathos as a respectfulness to the clergymen. MLK had always been the kind to show respect at all times, so the fact that he portrayed that in his writing also made him appear dignified and helped his ethos as well. This is rhetorically effective because it makes the audience listen instead of turning away due to virulentness, or