Letter From Birmingham Jail Summary

King’s View Why Did Martin Luther King Write Letter from a Birmingham Jail? King is trying to spread enlightenment to people to make things more equal between people. Martin Luther King, who wrote Letter from a Birmingham Jail, was invited to Birmingham because of all the segregation and injustice there. King went to Birmingham to fix the injustice and make things equal. The author’s use of pathos, allusion, and rhetorical questions reveals how segregation affects people and how the author is trying to show how it can be fixed. The author uses pathos, which shows the reader how bad segregation affects colored people. For example, when the author describes how segregation can affect colored people’s feelings, it says, “.when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that had just been advertised on television, and

The syllable of the syllable. By using the example King told, the audience can see how segregation affects colored people because they can’t enjoy the same things as white people. It shows how segregation causes colored people to be sad because of how unequal this is and all the things that prevent them from enjoying life. Besides pathos, the author uses other devices to get his word out. Through the use of Allusion, the author shows what his goals are and what he is trying to achieve. In the text it says, “...just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarso and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the four corners of the Greco Roman world...” (King para. 9). The syllable of the syllable. This quote shows how King compares himself to someone who leaves their home to help spread wisdom. King had left his home to help the people of Birmingham be more equal. Finally, King uses one more device that helps get his point across. The rhetorical question in the text, shows the reader what the injustice of segregation is in people's