Letter from Birmingham Jail by Alyssa Romano https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx Made by AP Lang & Comp Students en-us 2019-02-13 11:55:52 UTC 2019-03-05 17:39:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png spwilley16 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336093848 The Speaker was Martin Luther King Jr. 
The Audience was the white people who put him in the jail and have some issues with giving human rights to black people.
The purpose of this work is to convince people to realize that it is mistake of putting King Jr in the jail and to convince them that it is time for them to give civil rights to black people.
The tone was confident for Martin and his cause. King Jr. presented his cause and opinion through his confident diction and tone.]]> 2019-02-27 19:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336093848 spwilley16 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336097730 I personally think the most striking historical movement analogy was the one that King Jr. mentioned about Hitler and Hungarian freedom fighters. King Jr. mentioned, "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything that Hungarian freedom fighters did was "illegal". King Jr. knew that black people are fighting for their freedom, similar with Hungarian freedom fighters against Hitler (in King Jr.'s case, White people) . King Jr. compared both sides and show that King Jr believed that whatever he do was correct and justified compared to his imprisonment by white people who view his actions as illegal. ]]> 2019-02-27 19:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336097730 jaredhermanylc2018 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336101233 Martin Luther King, Jr. is the speaker as he writes his speech in a confident and well-mannered way for the white people and several others that put him in jail for some issues that he shouldn't have to take fault for. He writes this letter to bring forward that he's being stripped of his civil rights as an African American and that him being in jail is unnecessary and wrong. ]]> 2019-02-27 19:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336101233 spwilley16 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336104378 Martin discussed the cause and effect of the protest by Rosa Parks. He discussed the cause of Rosa Parks and her protest of endlessly suffering with white controlled system. However, Martin King Jr . believed that this event would affect the white people of religion and caused them to their allies and was mistaken which ended up their worst enemies. This rhetorical device caused me to understand the significance of each situation or events that happened back them. This also allowed me to be grateful that we do have plenty of opinions that can be heard by everyone than being thrown in the jail like King Jr.]]> 2019-02-27 19:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336104378 jaredhermanylc2018 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336107335 King Jr. continues to play on subtle humor in his speech by using analogies to several things we would not expect he'd make. He's trying to lighten the mood as his letter seems to be somber so he can persuade those who are reading his letter to understand the wrongful position he is in. The analogies help raise the humorous stake a little bit so he can prove that his message is relevant to gaining his civil rights back. He's not only speaking up for himself but he's speaking up for those who have had their civil rights taken as well. ]]> 2019-02-27 19:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336107335 spwilley16 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336108619 Like Jared said, he intentionally make some humor in analogies where it would allow us to understand the same issues that everyone in the past shared and had their own ways of solving those challenges. This allowed us to laugh and understand his purpose of delivery better than being too connected to somber emotions and tone of the speaker. ]]> 2019-02-27 19:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336108619 jaredhermanylc2018 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336236537 King, Jr. uses analogies that blend in with the rhetorical device of cause and effect. He uses this to help show the cause and effect of other issues out in the world at the time of the speech being written. These analogies also help King, Jr. prove his point that the civil rights should not be taken away and that civil rights provide justice and equality in the world for the African Americans. ]]> 2019-02-28 02:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336236537 jaredhermanylc2018 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336239930 In general, all the movements that King Jr. provides are striking in their own way. Every single movement that King Jr. mentions in his letter is to show the changes and the effect that each movement has on the world and the citizens at the time of each movement. He tries to prove his purpose that the civil rights movement was meant to provide equality and justice for King Jr. and other people like him. ]]> 2019-02-28 02:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336239930 gabrixllamontoya https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336582425 Dr. King was the one who wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail and he was referring to white people and who were supporting his movement. In this passage, he explains confidently with a dash of humor explaining his beliefs of ending racism and he is trying to justify the civil rights that he should have.]]> 2019-02-28 19:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336582425 Elijah https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336587410 To be fair, all of his historical movements are striking; but in my preference, the most striking movement analogy was when Martin Luther King Jr. talked about "... everything that Adolf Hitler did in Germany... and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary..." (MLK Jr., paragraph 22). He knew it was hard to get the white people to understand how the black people feel so he decided to use as much historical movements as possible. And this analogy on Hitler and the Hungarian fighters is powerful because it shows that even though the white people hate 🤬, they do things similar to 🤬 to black people. ]]> 2019-02-28 19:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336587410 gabrixllamontoya https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336588540  Dr. King Jr plays with humor within his writing to lighten up the mood of hating and despair in the world. In that way Dr. King Jr, wanted to have everyone to relate to the issues we were facing(still are) by using humor.

]]> 2019-02-28 19:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336588540 gabrixllamontoya https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336590623 Dr. King used allusion to refer the issues he was facing to be compared to the allusions which was Elijah Muhammad's Muslim Movement. Dr. King tries to provide examples of civil rights movement, that way the readers can understand the history of civil rights. ]]> 2019-02-28 19:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336590623 gabrixllamontoya https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336595816  
Dr. King used allusion to refer the issues he was facing to be compared to the allusions which was Elijah Muhammad's Muslim Movement. Dr. King tries to provide examples of civil rights movement, that way the readers can understand the history of civil rights. Dr. King chose this movement because he explains in his writing, "this group is “made up of people who have … absolutely repudiated Christianity, and who have concluded that the white man is an incurable 🤬.”, Dr. King uses this historical movement to displays the purposes of trying to change in order to adapt to their civil rights

]]> 2019-02-28 19:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336595816 Elijah https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336600340 My chosen example of cause and effect rhetorical device would be "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (from  idk since it is not graded lol...) it is one of the most powerful rhetorical device since it basically tells his main central point; he did not want injustice and wished to stop segregation and race discrimination injustice. The audience would be awaken up because if he/she cared, she/he would realize that s/he could spread injustice all around and eventually stop.
]]> 2019-02-28 19:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/336600340 keirugamache https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337763995 I loved the part about Socrates and tension. In order to grow or change there must be tension. Socrates believed that tension of the mind helps a person grow while Dr. King found that nonviolence tension is more productive and discussions are more calmly assessed than violence tension. Since nonviolence tension are more effective at making things change, Dr. King decided to follow that strategy because it will bring change faster and the change will be more effective.]]> 2019-03-05 03:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337763995 keirugamache https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337765400 The new Birmingham administration was feeling the same pressure and the former administration because the older one was not doing anything and was pushing the problem of segregation to the new administration. Dr. King felt that the newer one should be pressured just as the same so then change can happen within that administration. instead of being pushed away. Since the predecessor decided to ignore segregation and Dr. King, it's prodigy must deal with it and make a decision to change.]]> 2019-03-05 03:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337765400 keirugamache https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337766429 Dr. King uses humor because if he is somber all the time he could become polemic and the higher ups can ignore him because they are used to hateful speeches and/or mail. It is a politician job to read all the speeches or mail they get but if it is hateful then they will not finish it but since Dr. King included humor the higher ups were able to read the whole thing without looking away or be occupied with other matters. The use of humor keeps attention while somber pieces don't keep or acquire much attention.]]> 2019-03-05 04:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337766429 keirugamache https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337767086 Dr. King made this speech towards people who had questions about his march and ideals. He wanted to explain everything without anyone misunderstanding or twisting his words and he said it in a somber and humorous tone as a parent teaching a child that what s/he did was wrong and they should go, make an effort to change, and apologize.]]> 2019-03-05 04:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/337767086 tmbunda01 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338026997 The speaker is Dr.King and he was speaking to his people and discussing their struggles with white people. King wanted to share his thoughts and made a claim of policy about giving justice. His tone was firm and used humor in his letter however he kept his purpose to emphasize.]]> 2019-03-05 17:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338026997 tmbunda01 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338029085 King had brought humor into his letter to lighten up, he didn't want to bore the audience so he experimented different ways of telling his purpose.]]> 2019-03-05 17:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338029085 tmbunda01 https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338030507 King was able to connect with the audience and develop a relationship so they can relate together. He discussed analogy, movements in the past, to apply to his current situation and how he wanted a change. Its effect on readers had helped inspire for those who wanted to share their voices.]]> 2019-03-05 17:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/csdrromano/29tc2ntetdxx/wish/338030507