Text #2: martin luther king, jr. "letter from birmingham jail"
my dear fellow clergymen:
while confined here in birmingham city jail, i came across your recent statement calling my
present activities "unwise and untimely." i feel that you are men of genuine good will and that
your criticisms are sincerely set forth, i want to try to answer your statement in what i hope will be
patient and reasonable in terms.
i think i should indicate why i am here in birmingham, since you have been influenced by the
view which argues against "outsiders coming in.", along with several members of my staff, am here
because i was invited here. i am here because i have organizational ties here.
but more basically, i am in birmingham because injustice is here. just as the prophets of the eighth
century b. c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of
their home towns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus
christ to the far corners of the greco-roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom
beyond my own home town. like paul, i must constantly respond to the macedonian call for aid.
technique(s):
is it pathos logos or ethos

c

explanation:

on this day in 1833, president andrew jackson announces that the government will no longer use the second bank of the united states, the country's national bank. a national bank had first been created by george washington and alexander hamilton in 1791 to serve as a central repository for federal fund

no

explanation:

not everyone in america is free. it is has always been a unequal society. and yet people come in swarms, in search of better lives. some are brought as children, unaware, unknowing. some arrive and just don’t leave. they build lives, pay taxes, raise families. some enter illegally, fleeing persecution in their home country.

there are many reasons why human beings are so attracted to america, despite its history of bitterness towards immigrants.

there are almost two million immigrants brought to the us when they were children. president donald trump and his collaborators are determined to rid the us of as many undocumented immigrants as they can, and stop others from coming because none of their ancestors were immigrants.

america has so many things and yet it lacks the one thing that humanity needs to fully thrive. and so this country will not be at peace in itself until it resolves the pain at the heart of slavery, attacking immigrants, and crumble the rights of those with less power.