A letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was quite the read. Though it is 10 lengthy pages it has enough variety in its texts to keep one sitting to read the entire thing. I personally did not enjoy reading this, because I’m not a reading kind of person, though I cannot deny that it is a well written letter. Throughout the texts of this behemoth of a letter, Dry Martin Luther King Jar describes to his audience his reasoning for being in Birmingham Jail in the first place. Even though everybody already knows it’s for a noble cause, because MLK does. A direct quote from the texts "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here", which I feel like is the point this letter is centered around. However, Dry Martin Luther King obviously has a little bit of extra time on his hands so he does a little bit of extra explaining here and a little bit of extra writing there. This extra time is not wasted though, because Dry Martin Luther King jar gives some very good points and examples. My personal favorite was his reference to Adolf Hitler. "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'Legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal'". I would, however, have to say that my favorite portion of the entire letter “Never before have I written so long a letter. I’m afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts and pray long prayers?”
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Birmingham Jail response
A letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was quite the read. Though it is 10 lengthy pages it has enough variety in its texts to keep one sitting to read the entire thing. I personally did not enjoy reading this, because I’m not a reading kind of person, though I cannot deny that it is a well written letter. Throughout the texts of this behemoth of a letter, Dry Martin Luther King Jar describes to his audience his reasoning for being in Birmingham Jail in the first place. Even though everybody already knows it’s for a noble cause, because MLK does. A direct quote from the texts "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here", which I feel like is the point this letter is centered around. However, Dry Martin Luther King obviously has a little bit of extra time on his hands so he does a little bit of extra explaining here and a little bit of extra writing there. This extra time is not wasted though, because Dry Martin Luther King jar gives some very good points and examples. My personal favorite was his reference to Adolf Hitler. "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'Legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal'". I would, however, have to say that my favorite portion of the entire letter “Never before have I written so long a letter. I’m afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts and pray long prayers?”
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It was clear that the reading was really long and also I had a hard time reading it. Since I am not an American, every long reading takes me a lot of time to understand. From the reading, I agree that there were a lot of information to read, but that texts were worth it to be written. I liked many things that Mr. Martin Luther king said, and it was truly awful time to go through all the problems. It is fortunate that many things has changed a lot now days, but I wish there is no discrimination in any country and place.
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