The Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King Jr.

Malcolm X uses pathos to get followers for his cause of Black Nationalism by evoking fear of a future in which history is repeated: white superiority over black lives. Malcolm uses pathos to bring out people's anger of their continued oppression: "They try to make you think they set you free by calling you a second-class citizen. No, you´re

Pathos trickles from the pages of Dr. King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail to depict the crucifixion of those of a darker pigment in addition to sympathising with the clergy men. Colored men, women, and children plagued by the -unjustified self endowed- privilege of the fair skinned man. King wrote of a destructive singularity in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail proclaiming “Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.”Through manipulation of pathos King demonstrated the South had become dominated by the white man's proclamation that shredded away the freedom of opinion from the darker skinned. Result of having claimed jurisdiction of the South by the infringement of African American rights the whites gained ,unconditional, superiority. Pinning up signs

The incorporation of pathos in an argument can form a strong structured reading or a make the reader feel emotionally taken advantage of. In Hooks argument she uses pathos effectively, without exploiting readers of her article. She states, "estrangement from nature and engagement in mind/body splits made it all the more possible for black people to internalize white-supremacist assumptions about black identity" (973). Hooks uses this sentence to appeal to those who have experienced a loss of identity to feel for the blacks. Also, the citation brings a desirable topic up of unity within different race and cultures, which adds more reason for the reader to be persuaded to her side of the argument: the emotional pull of how blacks were treated even away from their normal ways of living.

Another way he uses pathos is when he stated, “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This “Wait” has almost always meant “Never.” We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied.” – King establishes an emotional appeal by expressing how he and his community have been asked to “Wait!” over and over again. It wears on their patience. He is asking his audience to understand this injustice and to be sympathetic.

In this article “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. discussed the problems with racial inequality that African Americans were facing in the 1960s. King wants freedom for his “people”. He wanted to discourage Americans from tolerating racial discrimination and to advise Americans to live up to the ideals of the country’s belief that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” He is trying to convince the clergymen that the actions he took were absolutely necessary at this time. In doing this, he provides a valid argument using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos throughout his piece.

In the text, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. creates a clear, persuasive claim on why non-violent protest are ethical using the rhetorical appeal of pathos. Martin Luther King Jr. also enhances creativity through the use of literary devices such as antithesis. The text states, “All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality,” (King 7). The language of the passage reveals the author’s want for the reader to feel certain emotions while reading. For example, words such as distort and damage illustrate feelings of sadness and anger. Overall, the use of pathos in the text allowed Martin Luther King Jr. to connect on a personal level with the reader. Along with rhetorical

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote numerous speeches in efforts to inspire the idea of non-violent protesting in hopes of eventually reaching racial equality. Under what conditions can a man with seemingly no connection to a local community step in and assume the mantle of leadership as a spokesman for a segment of that community’s population? In all of the speeches, one way or another, Dr. King used several different rhetorical devices in order to defend his own actions. In specific, two of his speeches, “I have a Dream” and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Dr. King used the rhetorical devices of anaphora, allusion, and diction to relay his thoughts of what is right, and also as a way to build a common ground with his audience. Though the rhetorical devices are shared between the two speeches, there are also several differences. The main difference between the two speeches is that in “I have a Dream” Dr. King is vocalizing his own ideas for what could become of the United States of America. In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Dr. King is responding to the clergymen’s letter regarding his braking of the law. The rhetorical devices as well as the speeches are similar, while the audience is the factor that changes the premise.

In the United States, there was once no peace and freedom, it had to fight for it. In “Speech to the Virginia Convention” Patrick Henry tries to persuade the (colonists) to fight for their freedom. In “President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat”, President George W. Bush speaks about how we must take down Saddam Hussein to help keep our freedom and peace with the world. Both speeches try to persuade people to fight for what they want. The speeches are rhetorically similar because they both have ethos, pathos, and loaded language.

Malcolm X uses pathos while describing his situation in school and the way his English teacher treated him versus the other, white, students. X was among the students with the top grades in the class. The top seat constantly shifted between him and two other students. One day, he was left alone in his classroom with his English teacher, Mr. Ostrowski. He asked X, “Malcolm, you ought to be thinking about a career.

In the speech “Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr” by Cesar Chavez uses Pathos to Inspire his audience. In the speech, Chavez Chavez said “ The time is now for people, of all  races and background, to sound the trumpets of change”. This quote demonstrates Pathos because he is inspiring his audience. The evidence has the power to inspire because he’s telling people of all races to stand up and fight for change.

Martin Luther King Jr. then appeals to pathos to stir empathy and compassion from the

He is stating that the black community, even after the hatred and the lies, has worked tirelessly to bridge the gap between black and white men through involvement in their society, only to be worse off than they had previously been. This is an example of pathos because each word he chose was intended to provoke an emotional response in his audience. The crowd is already emotional because of the stressful situation they

Dr. King uses pathos to appeal to the emotion of audience in his letter. Pathos is an interest to feeling, and is a method for persuading an audience of a

Both Mark Antony and Martin Luther King Jr. speeches use pathos to sympathize the feelings of the audience. To earn the

Nelson Mandela used Pathos to appeal to the emotion of his audience. In his speech he mentions alot of things to make people feel an emotion known as sympathy. He tries to talk about how he’s people is perceived and how it’s not a normal thing. He mentions in his article, “ whites tend to regard Africans as a separate breed. They do not look upon them as people with families of their own; they do not realise that we have emotions.” He attemots to talk about how he’s people are percieved as almost something like dirt, something that no one art the time wanted to be. He mentions how they felt inferior and how they felt and were treated like the scum of the earth. Whether its Nelson Mandela or anyone else for that matter, if someone is telling people how a group of people are treated like nothing the aaudience feels sympathy and guilt. They feel as if they wished they could do something. It makes people puts things in perspective, which is something you want to do when attemting to change a persons mind or belief. He managed to do that by digging into people’s feelings and making them feel something towards the victims.