Rhetorical Appeals

Rhetorical Appeals

Introduction

The historical significance of Letter from Birmingham Jail has tremendous importance. The sections of laws were described by Martin Luther King in different occasions. He once wrote during the Easter weekend of 1963. "Everyone is morally bound to disobey unjust laws”. The picture of Martin Luther King engraved in the national memory is that of the pastor who spoke in Washington, forty years ago, the famous speech "I Have a Dream". It is hard to imagine him in a cell in the city jail in Birmingham, huddled in a corner, alone, at sunset, with no other paper ...