Martin Luther King Junior's "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is an argument centered toward eight clergymen. ... In "Letter From Birmingham Jail" it is evident that Doctor King's intended audience was the eight Alabama clergymen. ... It was evident from points Doctor King made that his intended audience was well rooted in Christian religion. ... To establish credibility with the audience of his letter Doctor King used a bit of ethos. ... Doctor King's use of pathos to spread the word of freedom is visible in "Letter from Birmingham Jail". ...

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I believe as King quoted Socrates with, " it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal to the majestic heights of understanding," King stemmed his beliefs and strong arguments from ideas of fellow extremists. When reading King's Letter from Birmingham Jail the first thing that came to mind was how closely related Socrates and King's argument are about "the willingness of accepting the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience o...

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