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Jacob Engle

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The use of imagery in this excerpt from the text gives us what MLK Jr. saw firsthand at Birmingham Jail. It gave us an idea of what the holy people of the church who weren't people of color were doing while blacks were being oppressed.

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The use of allusion in this excerpt from the text signifies how MLK Jr. wanted to stick to his path of nonviolence more than anything, because if they didn't, they would have truly lost.

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The use of repetition of the word "we" gives us a sense of how MLK Jr. had been saddened about how the black community as a whole hadn't been able to properly use this movement to their advantage and make a single change.

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Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, we must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood” (2)

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Expressing his confusion over the way local clergy handle the oppression of blacks in Birmingham King wrote, “In the midst of blatant injustices inflicted upon the Negro, I have watched white churchmen stand on the sideline and merely mouth pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities” (5)

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Frustrated by the lack of progress Martin Luther King Jr. tells his fellow clergymen, “As the weeks and months unfolded we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise. The signs remained. As in so many experiences in the past, we were confronted with blasted hopes, and the dark shadow of a deep disappointment settled upon us” (2)

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Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his Letter to Birmingham to explain to his fellow clergymen his reason for being in Birmingham, AL. He wrote the letter while he was jailed for public protest.  He wanted to stress that his brothers and sisters in the black community were being oppressed and that the protest was the last resort in a long series of attempts to fix things.