Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail comes at
a time of high injustice and segregation, as well as criticism from his own
fellow clergy men. He addresses their concerns and points out to them his
mission, and challenges in a highly informative, factual, and logical letter.
He carefully analyzes each criticism levied against him and
gives interesting responses to each of them, never assuming but clearly stating
facts. He involves a lot of quotes from the bible and creates images and
pictures in the mind of the reader, a move which reaffirms his credibility and
vast knowledge as well as appeals to the emotion of his audience.
He claims that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere”, while clearly defining just and unjust laws and making it a strong
point in his argument. His words “sometimes a law is just in its face and
unjust in its application”, presents itself as a true statement as well as an
interesting irony.
In the end, for his entire struggle all he aimed at was
summed up in that last paragraph. In those words “Let us all hope that the dark
clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of
misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities and in some
not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine
over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty” is contained a lot
of emotion, and hope for the future. The future he died fighting for, the very
future we presently live. Martin Luther King Jnr, a true legend!!!
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