Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested on April 12, 1963,...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested on April 12, 1963, in Birmingham, for having a protest without a proper permit. On the exact day King was arrested, eight clergymen from Alabama wrote a letter called â€Å"A Call for Unity.† The letter called for termination of civil activities and demonstrations and designated King an â€Å"outsider† and saying that outsiders were the problems in Birmingham and not the blacks that are from there. On April 16 King wrote â€Å"Letter from Birmingham Jail†, which was his responds to his fellow clergymen. He wrote the letter as a means to convince the clergymen and the white moderate that the nonviolent demonstrations that had got him arrested, were a necessity and to enlighten them on why the segregation laws in the†¦show more content†¦King articulates that his nonviolent protest look â€Å"to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to con front the issue.† King is agreeing with the clergymen but show that the community declines to listen and that nonviolent protest make a massive impact, the clergymen can see how his actions are only option. The appeal to pathos is another way King persuaded the clergymen, by making them feel sympathy. In the first paragraph King writes about how he rarely answers criticism because he gets to many and he is far too busy, but states that since they are â€Å"men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statements in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.† King is complimenting the clergymen in order to make them feel significant and to set a friendly bond between them. He then goes on to say he will make reasonable terms making them feel sympathy for him taking his time to respond to the statements they made. By saying this in the first paragraph, King set a friendly atmosphere between him and the clerg ymen. Now instead of viewing him as an outsider with bad intentions, they see him as more of a friend and is more open to listening to what he has to say throughout the rest of the letter. King us the appeal to ethos to let the clergymen know that he is not an â€Å"outsider† who is coming in stirring up trouble. 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