Compare and contrast Birmingham jail and I have a dream

One of the greatest speakers for the black civil rights movement was Martin Luther King, Jr.

Two of his pieces that stand out the most, are the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream”.

The Letter From Birmingham Jail is a letter that King had wrote while he was in jail, to a group of clergy members who disapproved of his action inside Birmingham City.  I Have a Dream was speech was delivered in Washington, DC at Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.

written to inspire people to look beyond themselves and also demanded the country unity focusing on equality for all without focusing on the color of their skin..King also wanted the people to take a stand in a nonviolence manner. The Letter from Birmingham Jail and I Have a Dream, have many similarities and differences between the two pieces.

There are many similarities between I Have a Dream and the Letter from Birmingham Jail. Both of the pieces have many rhetorical appeals in common, maybe its pathos, logos, ethos or  repetition.

In the speech, “I Have a Dream”, one pathos part that had stand out was, “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.

This quote is so emotional because it was not about what King wanted for himself but for his children, it also stand out because it make the audience think about their children and how they wouldn’t want their kids going through what they been going through. which makes it even more important to put end to racism.

In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, one pathos part that stand out was when King said, “For there is the more excellent way...

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this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

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