It's April 16th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. Is in Birmingham City Jail. In this letter Dr. King wrote to the African Americans to tell them that change will happen. "Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day." Martin Luther King Jr, a man of his word and compromise devoted his time to the people, saying that he will get out soon and when he does there will be change. This Essay for my forth TOW uses the rhetorical device Homily to speak of what is going on in the black community, declaring there needs to be a change in society. I believe this is effective because he is also going through the segregation process as well, which makes him more credible in the sense that the audience can relate and really believe that this has to stop. Letter from Birmingham Jail is not a plead for help, it is a cry for freedom and belief that if the black community unifies then and only then the entire community will change for the better.
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