MLK Response Questions

• The primary claim is that everyone deserves universal justice and the elimination of segregation now.
• MLK was placed in county jail for protesting without a permit. His letter is a response to a letter published by eight local clergymen. It affects his writing because he is directly responding to the local clergymen, whom he, MLK, believes to be his brothers in faith.
• Being in prison gave him more time to think about what he wrote about
• Civil rights movement
• The eight local clergymen that published "A Call for Unity"
• everyone who has criticized him
• Church
• The white moderate
• He uses examples from the Bible (738), reminds them of Socrates (744), and on quotes from great leaders (746)
• Personal experiences
• Rhetorical Elements
• Ethos/persona
• The letter is written like MLK is disappointed in the audience
• Cordial
• Frustration
• Pathos/audience
• Direct audience is the eight clergymen but it is also to everyone who has previously read "A Call for Unity"
• Disappointed he is viewed as an extremist
• Logos/evidence/reasoning
• Using examples from the Bible (738)
• Being viewed as an extremist
• Tone/word choice/objectivity
• MLK's tone in his letter is that of disappointment (748)
• Form/genre
• This is a response letter
• Clarity/focus/organization
• Focuses on the Civil Rights movement and how they want to be treated equally and justly