In everything you read, the main goal is to get the reader to accept the author's idea, but the author must first understand how the mind works. The mind uses different parts to analyze the idea, immediately there is a guard, then a moral test and a logical test. For the mind to accept an idea, it must have evidence to support it, whether it is good or bad. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. uses all three parts of reasoning to get his message across. It plays on the reader's emotions, making them feel empathy towards the African American population, this type of appeal is called pathos. King uses ethos, which causes the reader to confront the idea with the moral test, questioning whether the idea is morally acceptable, which is ethos. Then use logos to emphasize the logic of their ideas. By using all three parts, he manages to convey to the reader his idea, that discrimination is an emotional attack and is morally and logically unacceptable. If an author grabs the reader emotionally, he allows his or her defensive block to go unguarded. Dr. King first describes a situation in which the reader must explain to a six-year-old that Fun Town is closed to children of color, which immediately begins work on custody. "When suddenly you have a twisted tongue and slurred speech as you try to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that was just advertised on television, and you see the tears well up in her eyes when she is told that Fun Town is closed to children of color, and see threatening clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky, and see her begin to distort her personality by developing an unconscious...... middle of paper ......pt the fact that the idea is morally acceptable Dr. King uses the example of the brutality with which African Americans are mistreated in; the city jail. Logos explains how this idea makes sense; Martin Luther King Jr. uses the way America punishes the robbed rather than the thieves Overall, having an emotional connection, passing the test. moral and logical test, the mind can accept the author's idea. Works Cited King, Martin Luther. “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” English 121 Readings Pikes Peak Community College. Boston, New York: Benfords/St. Martin's, 2010. 112-26. Print. Lunsford, Andrea A. and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Everything is an argument: with readings. Flight. 5. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. Print. Lunsford, Andrea A., Paul Kei. Matsuda and Christine M. Tardy. Everyday writer. 4th ed. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Print.