Jaylene Galeana Birmingham Essay

Jaylene Galeana 3/21/19

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King during the time when there was a lot of racism and discrimination going on. African american people faced segregation and bad treatment.Martin Luther king was in birmingham because he felt that he belong there to make a difference. To advance his purpose, king built his ethos and appealed to people's credibility and trust. Dr.Martin Luther King’s purpose for writing the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was to stop injustice racism. He used appeals to ethos to building credibility of the speaker. King begins his argument with various appeals to ethos. “ My Dear fellow clergymen (1). This is an appeal to Ethos because king is trustworthy because he is also part of the clergymen. This advances his purpose by showing that Dr.king and the clergymen are equal which means that they should trust him. Dr. Martin Luther King also uses appeals to pathos to appeal to the emotions of the audience. King continues his argument with various appeals to pathos. “Beyond this, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.” (1). This is an appeal to pathos because it makes the reader feel like they want to take action to. This advances his purpose by showing that there is injustice and something that needs to be done. A second example he offers is “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (2). This is an appeal to pathos because it makes the reader feel anger. This advances his purpose by showing that injustice is serous no matter where it happens. Dr. Martin luther king wanted to show that nonviolent direct action was needed and to negotiate. He used appeals to logos to persuade an audience by logical thought, fact and rationality. “Why direct action?...” this show that direct action need to happen because nothing will change without it. African american people faced segregation and bad treatment.Martin Luther king was in birmingham because he felt that he belong there to make a difference. King advanced his purpose to prove that he needed to be there at that time. He did this by using ethos, pathos, logos in his letter. This is important because it will help readers understand better and convince them to take change thing that are unfair..