In Martin Luther King Jr’s letter, he emphasizes the importance of fighting against injustice and equality no matter the place. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” he explained why he believed even though Birmingham was not his place of residence he still believed people had the responsibility to follow just laws and the duty to break unjust laws. King used several rhetorical elements in his letter. Excellence and purpose are two of the main ones I think he uses. The implication of his letter is the repeated racial segregation, injustice, and discrimination against African Americans. That was the ‘fire in his belly.’ I also think purpose was used all through his letter because his entire letter was for a purpose which was …show more content…
He really draws the reader into the emotional rollercoaster experienced by black people. The use of these emotional pleas is clear in the influence the letter had on the civil rights movement. It helped strengthen support and brought attention to injustices. He also utilizes pathos in his letter is when he 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 has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Fun town is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky, and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people; when you see the You have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?” In this quote from his letter, he is trying to create an emotional reaction from the reader by really illustrating