Letter From Birmingham Jail And Address To Garma Festival

Identify how the creator of the texts uses the conventions of the text type to meet their purpose and audience.

The texts Letter from Birmingham Jail and Address to Garma Festival by Martin Luther King Jnr and Anthony Albanese used conventions to convey the purpose and target their audience . The purpose of King Jnr’s text was to highlight the abuse of coloured people in America and advocate for change. The use of pathos in King’s line ‘Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away’ aids his argument by pulling at a sense of empathy in the audience so they feel for the racial prejudge. At the same time, Albanese’s speech’s purpose was to reaffirm the promise of the Uluru statement from the heart and convince

The audience for King Jnr’s letter was the clergyman of the opposing government and a white moderate. Recognising the opposition can be seen in ‘My Dear Fellow Clergymen’ as he relates himself to the clergymen who are fighting him so he can be seen as one of them. Albanese’s speech’s audience was people at the Garma Festival, particularly the Gumatj clam . This is proven in the line, ‘In particular, I acknowledge the Gumatj clam whose lands we are meeting on today .’ These audiences are different as Anthony’s speech addresses an entire nation, whereas Martin Luther King Jnr speech addresses a particular group of specific people. The Letter from Birmingham Jail and Address to Garma Festival by Martin Luther King Jnr and Anthony Albanese uses the

At the time of King Jnr speech it was 1963 and America was facing a racial crisis. Luther had just been put into Birmingham Jail as he organised peaceful protests when a new law banned coloured people from gathering in large groups outside. King Jnr was called to Alabama to free the African American community from the segregation they faced in a non-violent manner . Non-violent direction is seen in the line ‘invited us here to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct-action program if such were deemed necessary.’ This statement from Luther describes why he was invited to Alabama and why he was there which was to help the African American community escape segregation and liberate America. Albanese’s speech was delivered at the Garma Festival in 2022. The Garma Festival is an event that offers a unique platform to make meaningful connections with indigenous Australians. Albanese chose to speak at this festival to express his confidence that a referendum on a Voice to Parliament would be successful and help create change for Indigenous Australians. He states that this is, ‘A straightforward proposition. A simple principle. A question from the heart.’ This proposal ‘speaks to values we all share and honour – fairness, respect, decency.’ Albanese rebuttals any doubts by sharing that ‘Australia does not have to choose between improving