Comparison Of Letter From A Birmingham Jail And A Genetics Of Justice

We are considered very fortunate living in a society where we are given a contented amount of human rights. However, looking both at the past and present, we learn that there many people who struggled or are struggling to fight for their human rights and maintaining equality. From these situations, the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, “A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez and “Address to the United Nations” by Malala Yousafzai all have a common purpose of advocating for human rights. In the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, King speaks up for African American rights against the white community and promotes equality through non-violent demonstrations. King uses the allusion of how “the nations of

Alvarez uses imagery and specific word choices to describe how Trujillo’s influences on her mother turned from “innocently revered” to “doubly revolted”. When Alvarez’s mother was young, she admired Trujillo greatly. The images of “the pale face of a young military man wearing a plumed bicorne hat and a gold braided uniform looked down beneficently at my mother as she read her romantic novelas and dreamed of meeting the great love of her life” (1). From this, we learn that Alvarez’s mother as a young girl thought positively and romanticized Trujillo. Since most families were afraid of the dictator and were also afraid to talk anything bad about him, their children did not know anything about what was happening. At the same time, families “kept their daughters out of the public eye, for Trujillo was known to have an appetite for pretty girls, and once his eyes was caught, there was no refusing him” (1). Preventing exposure to the girls of what was happening outside created the lack of knowledge of Trujillo’s evil acts, making them believe that he was a “great man”. Over time, as Alvarez’s mother understood “the true nature of the dictatorship”, she is upset because she admired Trujillo all throughout her childhood. When Trujillo was assassinated, although “the execution was an external event, not necessarily was an

For this reason, Malala uses a variety of rhetoric to express her purpose. Malala uses parallel structure to create awareness to the audience when she states “we realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced” (3). Similarly, Malala relates this to the importance of education when they saw guns because having education brings knowledge to people and prevents people from being silent. With that being said, “the power of the voice of women frightens” the extremist because speaking against them may bring change and the extremists does not want change. Likewise, Malala uses ethos to persuade the audience about her moral character. Malala expresses her non-violent and peaceful beliefs when she states that she does “not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there is a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me. I would not shoot him” (3). Malala uses precedents led by Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Gandhi Jee, Bacha Khan, and Mother Teresa to show how she has learned “the philosophy of non-violence” and forgiveness in which she have learnt from her parents. Malala, like Martin Luther King and other important historic figures do not believe in violence and also does not express any personal grudges towards the extremists who are