While in jail, Martin Luther King wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail." confronting criticism written by the clergymen. The clergymen were telling King not to protest; furthermore King led a protest and was put in jail because he did not have a permit. The clergyman said that he was "unwise and untimely." While writing his letter, Martin Luther King used rhetorical devices to develop his argument. Dr. King goes to Birmingham, because there are injustice laws being obtained. His goal was to start a peaceful protest, and also let everyone know that he wasn't an outsider to the community. In paragraph 2, the author states "Several months ago the affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary." While writing this letter, Dr. King also let the people of Birmingham know that he and his members were invited. The text states "So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here." In Atlanta, King is the president of an organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The organization has different affiliates, one being in Birmingham, Alabama. The text states "I am here because I have organizational ties here." To emphasize more on why he is in Birmingham, he uses …show more content…
King symbolizes pathos and juxtaposition to help the reader better understand the effects of unjust laws. The author states "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. In other words, King expresses how the citizens of Birmingham might be affected by unjust laws. In paragraph 26, the text states "Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity." To put it differently, King says it’s a good time to lift the national policy of unjust laws moving quickly like quicksand, to racial injustice being solid like a