and see her begin to distort her little personality by unconsciously developing a bitterness to white people." Most people are more sensitive toward young children and hate to see their feelings hurt. Children are essentially also a symbol of the future. .
Henry Thoreau also used emotional appeal in "Civil Disobedience." During the time he wrote this piece, slavery was the biggest issue among Americans. He told about the injustice in having slavery in a civilized society. He repeatedly referred to slavery whenever he began to talk about the government's unjust laws. Many who believed in the abolition of slavery may have sided with Thoreau on some of his feelings about the government. His thoughts were appealing to many in the North or abolitionists. Within his essay he wrote, "When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is little slavery left to be abolished by their vote." .
One very common feature found in both the letter written by Dr. King and the essay by Thoreau was that prison played a role in their struggles. It is a logical appeal to the reader to realize that these men were real and ardent about their beliefs. They truly believed in their own arguments. Both of these men were incarcerated for doing what they believed was right. Dr. King was locked up for protesting (nonviolently) and Thoreau was put in jail for not paying taxes to the government, which he felt, was unjust. .
Martin Luther King Jr. decided to spend his time in jail writing his letter to the clergymen for support. The fact that he was prison showed the men that a fellow clergyman did in fact need help in Birmingham, Alabama. Henry Thoreau deeply analyzed his one night experience. He gave the feeling of total isolation from the world when describing his jail cell. He spoke of the walls and door being solid stone and a few feet thick.
