Discrimination has been carried away in America’s history and is been an issue from decades where discrimination has never ended. America has been brought back into the history of America. Lately, people from different races, have experience the discrimination in United States from the people. We been carried through our lives, the values, and our own beliefs. Also, as humans we had faced many different challenges, that may be persuade into some choices. No matter how convincing a person can be at the end our opinions, and decisions are the last word. In Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” gives his statement to the clergymen. Rev. King uses the three different modes of persuasion to make his speech more effective to the audience by using ethos, pathos and logos.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his letter to the Birmingham administration he uses “you are men of genius good will and that your criticism is sincerely set forth” (n.pag). In this line he uses ethos, emotions that he is able to build trust between him and the reader. Martin could of have started his respond in many ways to his critics, he decided to use enhancing remarks. If he would of start of by telling Birmingham administration, that they were wrong from the beginning of his letter. Nobody would of continue reading his statement, but instead he started of with a professional, sad tone voice and using ethos on his emotions. By using this line, he makes the audience, either to be on his side or the opponent side.
Dr. King starts his letter by telling the reader and be confident while he was in the Birmingham jail. He starts telling the important of why he was where he was. Is important that he is making statement by making a strong point of view right away in his letter. He said they threw me in jail for what I believe and who I am, it is okay with that because I am standing up for what I believe in. He also mentions that he is doing a sacrifice for the cause of human rights, and still they are disputing his purpose for being in Birmingham.
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He makes a great point by bringing his audience to the reality when he mentions, how he was labeled an outsider by the clergymen. He states with his line “ I was invited here, I am here because I have an organization ties here”, he had a strong purpose he was there to stand for his people, him as a leader was not going to let his people down. He was there to protect them, without any violence.
