Martin Luther King's thesis or his argumentative claim, clarifies that injustice must not be tolerated anywhere. King challenges the differences between an unjust law and just laws that play a major part in his reasoning to justifying civil disobedience. Additionally, King mentions how he is viewed by the Clergymen and by others in the state, labeled as an "outside agitator." In his letter, King addresses their claims of segregation and critiques of King's actions to challenge the issue using perceptions from both sides. Through the constructive use of pathos, King introduces the term wait, a word that the oppressed or harshly treated are familiar within a government that takes slow action to intervene. King mentions the physical and emotional