Martin Luther King Ethos Pathos Logos

His words echoed through the memorial. Thousands of supporters holding their breath in awe. Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial was the peak moment of the civil rights movement. It is also a major example of civil obedience. King saw a fault in our system. He considered it his moral obligation to remove racism from our world. His beliefs derived from the psychological movement of transcendentalism. The belief that an individual who is educated i obligated to share this good with the world, or in this case his belief that everyone is equal. To do so he used non-violent protests such as the march on washington. He used this opportunity to reach out to the country, changing the lives of many people. King was able to make such

KIng often used this in his speeches to connect with his audience. For example in his I have a Dream speech he says, “ I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,”(King). This was so effective because anyone with children can connect with him and would not want their own children to go through this as well. King was also effective using logos. Logos is the use of facts and knowledge to back up an argument. The last use of rhetoric is ethos , the ability to establish credibility in the eyes of their reader or audience. In King's case his involvement in protests and the church community created his credibility as a movement leader. Many influential leaders use these devices and were very successful. In the 21st century our mass use of technology allows people to use these devices in a very effective way, in turn making civil disobedience much more effective. This is still a legitimate way of addressing social injustices because our society still operates on a singular moral

was very effective by making speeches and staging protests, this type of civil disobedience is outdated for the 21st century. With the introduction of technology our words can reach millions of people with the click of a button. Many groups have surfaced who use technology for the use of solving social injustices. For example a group called Anonymous have staged many hacks on government and large corporate websites. In an article of the New Yorker David Kushner states, “... many anons consider themselves crusaders for justice,”(kushner). Many of these hackers serve time in jail after public trials and rarely deny allegations. The access to technology these crusaders have makes civil disobedience that much more