Letter from a Birmingham Jail and The Declaration of Individualism :: Letter from Birmingham Jail

Letter from a Birmingham detain and The Declaration of Individualism         Although the time periods and goals may be different the method forbringing about change is unremarkably the said(prenominal), this method is complain.   This methodis supported by two different pot, in two different time periods, with twodifferent goals these two people are Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther KingJunior.        Martin Luther King Juniors letter from a Birmingham slammer was anexpression of his encouragement for protest against tradition and realizedlaws and a defense for his actions.   King, a leader of a civil-rightsgroup that supported protest against traditionalistic views, encouraged protestingagainst tradition and established laws that are unjust.  In his letter fromBirmingham Jail King states It was illegal to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitlers Germany.  heretofore so, I amsure that, had I lived in Germany at that time, I would have aided and comfortedmy Jewish brothers.  If today I lived in a communistic country where certainprinciples dear to the Christian confidence are suppressed, I would openly advocatedisobeying that countrys anti-religious laws. This excerpt shows that King encourages protest because in some situations hedeems it necessary, be it in Hitlers Germany, a Communist country, or anysituation in which injustices are occurring.  In the stand firm sentence of theexcerpt King openly admits that he would protest against established laws ortraditions.  King was against the traditional views and unjust laws, whichdiscriminated against him and his fellow people.  He mat up that the only way thatthese unjust laws and traditional beliefs would ever change would be by meansof protest.  He felt that without protest the laws and traditions would remainthe same forever.  Along with encouraging protest, Kings letter was also ajustif ication of his actions.  The letter was written to his fellow clergymen toexplain his prior actions and to attempt to justify them.  In the letter hetried to explain to the clergy that his actions although illegal were justifiedand arrogate for the situation.  He expressed that he exhausted every other filling possible and direct action was the only available option left, whichcould prepare a difference.      Similarly to Kings letter from Birmingham Jail, The Declaration ofIndependence was written by Thomas Jefferson to encourage the protest ofestablished laws and justify possible actions.  only unlike King, Jefferson alsoencouraged individualism in his declaration.  His views are clearly stated inthe first sentence of The Declaration of Independence When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people todissolve the policy-making bands which have connected them with another, and to