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¶ … historyguide.org/intellect/Allegory.html 2. And Plato, King, Jefferson
There appears to be two unifying factors between Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From A Birmingham Jail," Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, and Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which is excerpted from book seven of his seminal work entitled The Republic. The first of these is that each author is expressly writing for a political reason or as a justification for a political stance, including King Jr. (who many may contend was addressing civil rights, which was certainly a heated political issue of his day). The second is that each of the aforementioned authors also justifies a good deal of the rhetoric professed within these bodies of work by the assertion of the authority of God or of a divine power.
When the prudent scholar pauses to consider these commonalities between these texts, the argumentative styles invoked do not appear to be all that different. Rhetorically, however, Plato's...
The description is quite graphic, his point of the need for true apprehension (which he believes stems from God) is certainly well taken. The philosophy espoused in this passage is quite captivating, frankly, but loses a good deal of its interest, if not its conviction, when the author likens his philosophy to the practical concerns of man and politics, by explaining the limitations of the State and those individuals who are responsible for it.
The author who is most identifiable to me would have to be Martin Luther King Jr., as he is able to aid his conviction in a number of manners that appears to outdo that of the other two authors. For one, the circumstances of his epistle, which was composed in…
references seemed to be a little insincere. However, invoking a higher power as the foundation for a political action is can only aid in one's conviction.
Letter Birmingham Response to the Letter from Birmingham Jail It is difficult to imagine being in the position Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in when he wrote this letter. Though it was far from the only time he was arrested during his campaigning for civil rights, the "Birmingham Campaign" that led to this arrest was one of the larger movements of civil disobedience that King helped to lead, and the weight
Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dear Sir: My name is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I am currently imprisoned in a Birmingham Jail as a result of accusations of inciting a riot. On the eve of October 14th of this year, 1958 I lead a peaceful demonstration protesting unfair wages and poor working conditions of the poor people in the city of Birmingham. I would like to
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail, which was written in April 16, 1963, is a passionate letter that addresses and responds to the issue and criticism that a group of white clergymen had thrown at him and his pro- black American organization about his and his organization's non- violent demonstrative actions against racial prejudice and injustice among black Americans in
Abstract This paper serves as a letter from Birmingham jail analysis essay. It first gives background information on the Birmingham Campaign and why King was there in the first place. Then it proceeds to discuss the reason he wrote his letter, which was a public response to public criticism he received from eight white Southern preachers. The analysis examines the letter itself and shows how King used various arguments and persuasive
He clarifies his status i.e. A spiritual leader and a learned person by using well chosen ethos of St. Aquinas, Jesus and Paul therefore puts him forth as a trustworthy person. Also being an African-American makes him the right person to participate in this event because he understands the situation properly. By use of logos he explains the reason behind the actions of the black persons of which the
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail." It uses M.Gandhi as an example of extremism to match King's example of Jesus Christ. It includes a quote by King on Gandhi. It distinguishes King's form of extreme behavior from the extreme action of those who mailed the anthrax-contaminated letters. LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL Martin Luther King Jr. knew the same discontent and yearning for freedom that eventually manifests in oppressed people