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Summary Of Martin Luther King Jr's Time In Jail

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Martin Luther King Jr. uses his time in jail to reply to some of his criticisms recently made about his actions. He used this letter to address his critics and his audience at the same time, and he used several elements to persuade both parties. One of these elements is imagery, he provides detailed examples of imagery in his letter, such as “When you take a cross country drive and find yourself having to sleep in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you” shows that the blacks are truly neglected by painting a very big picture in your mind of the horrific things that they go through on a daily basis. There are more examples of this, and they are all just as effective at putting the images in your head of

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