Monday, October 17, 2011

Effective argument Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) he was arrested in the non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. MLK wrote his letter to the fellow clergymen which himself really wanted people around the nation to hear his story about what has happens in his jail cell. Police arrested MLK for being "outside agitator" which is ought to be a crime for protest against a movement. An example of fallacy, begging the question in page 155, "Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds." It is a free speech for people across the nation to promotes their thought and right like an example of MLK carefully chosen his words to describe in an meaningful thoughts.  Three appeals of logos, ethos, pathos were all used to make in the entire letter. His tone was strong bold symbols of what's going on with segregations and black's right into equally where "all men are created equals" quote from third president Thomas Jefferson. MLK has also used other quotes from famous people or from anyone who involves where there are clashes between blacks and whites. MLK was effective in writing his letter to address to whole Americans and outside the nations such as Africans people feeling like the "Waits…." must be ended meaning "they never" will resolves this problem. Other fallacy is on page 163, hasty generalization, white people do supports black culture when they are going through the hard time. "Christianity takes two thousand years to make accomplishment and  black are going in a 340 years which is thought to be an hurries." Of course, people can't live to that long to see it changes. In MLK presences, he wrote the letter to make it ends at 340 marks to bring freedoms to the blacks so they won't have to go a two thousand years to get it worked out. An ineffective part takes place when the unprepared will act quick in direct action. At least there is something to approach to the actions to make it equally and rights.


MLK impact many people as we are living today without him, his logical fallacies has many statements. I hope I can learn from him and write better persuasive paper, he is such an intelligent black leader and will always be.

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