Letter From Birmingham Jail Language Analysis

What is the power of language? How is the power of language demonstrated? The pieces of work from this unit that demonstrate this vast power are the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry, and "The Refusal" by Franz Kafka, which illustrate the power of language through ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the author's credibility, pathos is connecting to emotions, and logos is using logic. In these three pieces of work from this unit, the power of language is consistently demonstrated through ethos, pathos, and logos. In the nonfiction epistolary novel, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," King consistently demonstrates the power of language through ethos, pathos, and logos. The first piece of evidence is

This piece of evidence also explains the use of logos because King is connecting with the reader using logic, if they keep waiting nothing will happen, they must stand up and make a change. To conclude, Martin Luther King Jr. in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" uses the power of language of ethos, pathos, and logos which are consistently demonstrated to connect to the reader. In the nonfiction speech, "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" Henry consistently demonstrates the power of language through ethos, pathos, and logos. One piece of evidence is of ethos when Henry shows his experience: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the House?" Henry, paragraph