Letter from Birmingham Jail

   Unproudly, I had never read any of Dr. Kings writings before. While I was reading this actual piece of his work I quickly realized he was a very intelligent man. I felt like he spoke very humbly throughout the entire letter. He sounds like a man with way more years of wisdom then he actually possessed. His tone was in a way that my grandmother would speak to me if she was trying to get a point across to me. I believe he is talking to his fellow black culture, and explaining his reason upon why he still chose to march in protest knowing he would be thrown in jail. As a reader, he never directly tells us the type of criticism he has received, but he mentions in the beginning that he is responding to criticism that he has got for his protest. Even though he may be irritated with the criticism that he has received, he uses a tone that is well mannered and mature. It is impressive how he seems to be handling his time in jail. He seems to know exactly what he is doing as he explains his reasoning for the protest. He talks about why unjust laws need to be broken rather than obeyed. His tone while attempting to explain why is very intelligent. A logical fallacy that I noticed was hasty generalizations. He gives an example of christianity taking 2000 years to come in to effect so expecting the problem of race on blacks to be overcome in 340 years is treated impossible. I think the only part that may have been ineffective about his letter may have been the intelligence of it. Many may have not completely understood exactly what he was trying to say. However, if slowly read and interpreted, I believe his letter was excellent in its intentions. I can use this within my persuasive to help me realize to slowly explain arguments and give examples in order to support them.