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

Letter from a Birmingham imprison and The Declaration of Individualism         Although the condemnation periods and goals may be different the order forbringing about change is usually the same, this method is refuse.   This methodis support by two different people, in two different time periods, with twodifferent goals these two people are Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther exponentJunior.        Martin Luther mightiness Juniors earn from a Birmingham Jail was anexpression of his encouragement for jib against tradition and completelaws and a justification for his motions.   King, a leader of a civil-rightsgroup that supported protest against handed-down views, further protestingagainst tradition and established laws that are raw.  In his earn fromBirmingham Jail King states It was illegal to tutelage and comfort a Jew in Hitlers Germany.  Even so, I am accredited that, had I live d in Germany at that time, I would have aided and comfortmy Jewish brothers.  If today I lived in a Communist uncouth where certainprinciples dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocatedisobeying that countrys anti-religious laws. This excerpt shows that King encourages protest because in some moorages hedeems it prerequisite, be it in Hitlers Germany, a Communist country, or anysituation in which injustices are occurring.  In the last 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 felt 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 ajustification of his actions .  The letter was written to his fellow clergymen to formulate his prior actions and to attempt to justify them.  In the letter he try to explain to the clergy that his actions although illegal were justifiedand appropriate for the situation.  He expressed that he exhausted every otheroption possible and direct action was the only available option left, whichcould make 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.  But unlike King, Jefferson alsoencouraged individualism in his declaration.  His views are distinctly stated inthe showtime sentence of The Declaration of Independence When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people todissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to