allusions. He used incidents that had in one way or another affected the clergymen’s denomination or family history as a whole. When King refers to “the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar.(page 321)”, he is referring to the Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman. He states that “early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks rather than submit to certain unjust laws of the Roman Empire. (page 321)”, he focuses this statement to the other Christian clergymen. King finally uses a reference from our countries past, the Boston Tea Party. This reference demonstrates the struggle for freedom that we had a couple hundred years ago and this comment is directed to all the clerymen . By using this approach of writing, King can better demonstrate why he is doing what the clergymen are questioning. The examples he used are perfect references that civil disobedience has worked and turned out for the better on earlier believers of the church, whatever denomination. Facts are a definite way to persuade a person in a letter, that is his third rhetorical strategy in this letter. King includes some worthy facts to proclaim his reasons for the hard civil rights movement. He states that the church is one of the most important assets needed behind the civil rights movement. Although, he finds that the church is surprisingly against the movement, even though he thought it would be the opposite outcome. King states that “there have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than any other city in the nation.(page317)”, that is a unbelievable fac...
