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What Is The Difference Between Letter From Birmingham Jail And I Have A Dream

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The two pieces of literature “I Have a Dream” and “Letters from Birmingham Jail by Dr.King have many similarities and differences regarding emotional and logical persuasion. Both text's central ideas focus on the justification for African Americans in the Civil Rights movement but contrast the main motivation. The speech “I Have a Dream” relates logically because the focus is publicly speaking up for the rights and justice of those criticized because of the color of their skin, but “Letters from Birmingham Jail” focuses on direct action because the lack of effort put into unjustice ways for African Americans. Emotionally they contrast because of the type of emotion used for each event. Dr.King uses more heartfelt empathic emotion in “ I Have a Dream” but, uses a more charged and irritated emotion in “Letter from Birmingham Jail” …show more content…

In the piece of literature,”I Have a Dream” it states,”This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradulism. Now is the time to make the real promise of democracy.” This shows the imagery and charged language he uses for everyone to act vastly to regain justice. “Letter from Birginham Jail” states,”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere. We are caught in an inescapble network of mutality, tied in a single garment of destiny. What ever effects one directly, effects all indirectly.” This also shows how the uses a form of charged language to make a bold

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