King’s argument is very interesting. You really have to think as you read his words. I feel that he is right for expressing his opinion. The priest know that they are wrong for doing that. They feel the same way he does so why are they so scared.
King’s tone is calm but furious. He wants to get point passed, but he doesn’t want to be heisty. He doesn't want to start a fight for expressing how he feels. Dr.King is a very nice person, but when you go against what he believes, he has to ask you why. He’s very understanding of what you think about something and why.
We have been waiting for our god given rights for more than three-hundred forty years. Asia and Africa have been moving as fast as a jet to gain their independence, but we still take our sweet little time. It seems that it is easier for someone who has never felt what segregation actually feels like, to say, “Wait.” But when you have seen hatred filled groups whip your mother and father at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen a police so evil curse, kick, and sometimes kill your black family; when you have seen majority of your twenty million black brothers squished in an airtight cage from poverty in a breeze of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue in a knot and a stutter filled speech as you try to tell your daughter, who is only six years old, that she can’t go to the amusement park open to the public that she just seen on tv, and see a mountain of tears building in her eyes when she hears that Funtown isn’t open to colored people and their children, and see her anger build up in her head of why, and start to form an opinion of white people; when you have to find an
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They don’t know what it means to be a christian. They are not worthy of the role of a clergyman. Dr.King tries to explain in his speech what it really means to be a christian. They need a better
In any argument that you come across, you are going to show the audience (if it’s one person or a larger group of people) that you are right and try to change their mind or make then look at the subject of topic differently. If King did not have the reader on his side it would have been extremely difficult to get the outcome he was looking for. The way that king was able to get the clergymen to listen to him was making himself their equals by saying, “I have honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern state with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia." (701). This was one of the strategies King was able to use. This allowed his audience and fellow clergymen to listen ...
Finally, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s response to article by eight Alabama Clergymen contains strong arguments that are logical, emotional, and credential. Dr. King introduces his position and his activities to audience, he states that his organization has connections with other organizations, and he uses emotional appeals and personal comparison to convince his reader that his activities are reasonable.
The Report of King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” a letter addressing eight Alabama Clergymen, depicts King’s response to their public. During the time King articulated his response, Birmingham Jail had imprisoned him for not following the court order to cease his protests against segregation. In his rebuttal against their public statement King masters the art of an argument. King’s mastery of argument shines through when looking at his capability of addressing every side of an argument, his ability to use analogies, and his easily understandable repetition.
King begins his letter with an appeal to ethos. By saying “My dear Fellow Clergymen,” King forces himself to be
...urthermore, King disputed that Jesus had, or ever would be resurrected.” (Safi) How is it that King would deny some of the most fundamental components of historic Christianity. He speaks frequently about God, but he does not appear to reflect much on Jesus. This looks to be almost impossible that a Baptist Preacher would have different beliefs on the Bible or that Jesus and God were one. “Many preachers would not join up with him and they were made fun of, verbally abused and called cowards.” (Jesus Is Lord.) During the Civil Rights era, King convinced Americans to join his movement, but if he had convinced people to become disciples of God in addition, what a change he could have made in our world.
...that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities” (Dr, king 10). Dr. King believed that one day African American will be treated fairly and also every citizen will be treated one another will love and respect. As a result of Dr. King action, there is no fear anymore toward one another. The most importantly, citizen children don’t have to ask their parents why white people don’t like color people. Dr. King is a very articulate person because he measures his words carefully and knows what he wants to say by expressing himself easily and confidently which makes the leaders understand him.
...church. With each claim the clergymen provided, King refuted their claim with evidence and more by describing what should be done with segregation laws. King’s tone in this piece was appropriate because he did not come off as someone who wanted to spread hate and prove the clergymen wrong. He genuinely wanted to change their views and show them the flaws of society regarding policemen and even the church. His tone was not threatening or spiteful, he made sure to address that he was trying to come off as respectful and concerned.
He remarks on his surprise and disappointment with the church and white Christians in general when he says, “I felt we would be supported by the white church. I felt that the white ministers, priests, and rabbis of the South would be among our strongest allies. Instead, some have been outright opponents, refusing to understand the freedom movement and misrepresenting its leaders” (King 9). This statement is incredibly powerful because he and other colored people have been hurt by the very system that is supposed to be accepting of all people. King thought that people of the church would act as an ally and support the colored people, but they did exactly the opposite. By saying this, King places guilt on the clergymen that hits deeper than individual guilt but on the church as a whole. Clergymen typically have an attitude where they want people to think highly of them and think they are good people, and this opposes that
Even though they both achieve their goal of captivating their audiences’ attention, they achieve it differently. Whereas X achieves it by using a conversational style, King achieves it by using a sophisticated style. King has respect to the audience to whom he is addressing; therefore, his rhetoric needs to reflect that respect; the respect that the people from God deserve. In order for him to be taken seriously by the clergymen, he must show them that he is one of them through his writing. We can see how King reflects his respect to them when he writes, “Since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth…” His respect is accompanied with a sophisticated tone which makes him stand out and shows his audience the type of person who he really is. As King writes: “On sweltering summer days and crisp autumn mornings I have looked at the South 's beautiful churches with their lofty spires pointing heavenward.” Over all, his rhetoric is focused, addressed, and specifically used towards his audience; to show the clergymen that they all held the same position and
...ll of the charges that were brought upon him and he answers them all in full detail and truth. He addresses his audience with honesty and respect, without making his readers feeling like they were being vanquished. Instead they were being made aware of what their actions were doing to society, and that they could make a difference. Dr. King uses a very strong pathos while speaking to his audience. He helps them to see things from his perspective. He uses detailed stories that make the reader feel like they are seeing what is going on. He also uses his ethos to show his respect for the audience, which in turn puts a positive spin on the negativity of the whole situation.
King’s use of ethos, logos, and pathos balanced his letter out allowing for just the right amount of credibility, logic, and emotion, without one single strategy overwhelming the clergymen. He uses pathos to allow the clergymen to feel the pain behind segregation, logos to understand the logic behind anti-segregation and ethos, probably the most convincing, to help them relate to their actions and ideas. Just the fact that Dr. King had so much faith and kindness towards these men is incredible, but to have had such a perfect balance while being confined to a jail cell is astonishing. It’s almost impossible to believe that even after all that Dr. King faced he still had respect for the clergymen. But just like others, such as Anne Frank,he believed that despite all that had happened there was still good in the
Martin Luther King, Jr. defines “civil disobedience” as a way to show others what to do when a law is unjust and unreasonable. As King stated in the letter from Birmingham, “Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.” When Negros were being treated unfairly, Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped in to show people how to peacefully protest and not be violent. The dictionary definition of civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest (Webster Dictionary). That is what Martin Luther King, Jr. did when nothing was changing in the town after the law for public school to be non-segregated. In Antigone, Creon created an edict that states that nobody could bury Polynices’s body because he was a traitor to Thebes and his family. Under Martin Luther King’s definition of an unjust and a just law, Creon’s edict is unjust and degrades Polynices’ right to be buried because of lack of information and favoritism of one brother.
His tone also evokes a similar passion in the audience. The reader will feel that strong passion and by doing so, they will realize that Dr. King does know what he is doing. Since Dr. King is directly affected and relatable, his writing is able to effortlessly capture his determination and courage. All while having a passionate tone, he is able to remain a respectful and calm tone throughout his letter. Dr. King’s tone shifts from brusque to conciliatory.
Thesis statement: Martin Luther was responsible for the break-up of the Catholic Church Martin Luther was a representative during the 16th century of a desire widespread of the renewal and reform of the Catholic Church. He launched the Protestant reform a continuation of the medieval religious search. From the Middle ages, the church faced many problems such as the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism that hurt the prestige of the church. Most of the clergy lived in great luxury while most people were poor and they set an immoral example. The clergy had low education and many of them didn’t attend their offices.
The clergymen try to build a case that the outsiders coming into town are partly responsible for the demonstrations. King addresses this point almost immediately by establishing not only his credibility with his experience as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference but also justification for coming to Birmingham. He goes further in depth for his justification by stating “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.” There was an effort to find the peaceful resolution the clergymen desired, promises were made “...to remove the humiliating racial signs...” and in turn any and all demonstrations were put...