How do allusions that King uses in his letter help the audience relate to him and what he is saying?

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Letter from Birmingham Jail

Asked by Jessica K #744487 on 1/26/2018 2:53 AM

Last updated by Leah Y #1333932 on 1/20/2024 5:09 PM

Answered by Aslan on 1/26/2018 3:53 AM

King uses allusions to align his arguments with famous thinkers of Western civilization.

John Donne: "New Day in Birmingham" allusion to "No Man is an Island".

John Bunyan:Puritan writer, imprisoned; "I will stay in jail before I make a butchery of my consciousness." Author of Pilgrim's Progress.

St. Thomas Aquinas: King talks about St. Thomas Aquinas and his definition of an unjust law. "Any law that degrades human personality is unjust."

Answered by Leah Y #1333932 on 1/20/2024 5:09 PM

Martin Luther King Jr. Is an amazing guy because