King's use of pathos, ethos, and logos
greatly appeal to his audience. The preachers, rabbis, and priests
that his letter is addressed to captures their angle of vision. He
uses multiple biblical examples to aid in their understanding of his
actions and his use of real-world models plucks at the heart strings
of these his rabbi brothers, such as the inclusion of the Holocaust.
His pathological appeal tugged at my heart in his use of stirring
stories of children's diluted feelings of inferiority because the
world was simply the way it was. Had King been writing to a group of
segregationalists, his essay would have looked very different because
piling guilt on those individuals would not have moved them to action
but only to anger. Being born in 1994 and having been taught the
groundbreaking acts of Martin Luther King, it does not come as a
surprise that he also supports his claims using ethical appeals. He
clearly states his reasons, includes his position as a member of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and embellishes on the fact
that he followed the step-by-step on how to peacefully protest.
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