Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of the text. read this excerpt from "a letter from birmingham jail" by martin luther king jr.: you may well ask: “why direct action? why sit-ins, marches and so forth? isn’t negotiation a better path? ” you are quite right in calling for negotiation. indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. how does king's use of rhetoric best advance his viewpoint? a. it provides a sense of confusion for the reader and makes his viewpoint obscure. b. it causes the reader to consider alternate viewpoints to king's. c. it forces the reader to think about why king is recommending action over negotiation. d. it creates an overwhelming tone for the reader to consider king's points.

C. It forces the reader to think about why King is recommending action over negotiation.

In the excerpt, King addresses the counterclaims in order to show why nonviolent direct action must be taken. He's trying to show that the people that must be part of the negotiations are refusing to negotiate, refusing to deal with the issue. Since they are not negotiating, King explains that another way to get them to pay attention and confront the issue is needed. He feels that nonviolent action is the best option.

c. "i do not consider non-cooperation to be unconstitutional."

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).