Read the excerpt from dr. martin luther king’s “letter from birmingham jail.” just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice. why does king use this allusion? to appeal to his critics’ intellect to define democratic principles to commemorate a famous leader to decry the bondage of ancient greece

"Letter´s from Birmigham Jail", also known as "The Letter from Birmingham City Jail and The Negro is your Brother", is an open letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 while he was being held in prison in Birmigham and its purpose is to defend the use of nonviolent methods and techniques to fight against racism and the persistence of segregation against African Americans in the United States, but particularly in the South. In this particular excerpt from the whole speech, Luther King Jr. is making an allusion to the words expressed by Socrates in ancient Greece in order to establish a connection with his critics on an academic level, to show them that his groundings for defending nonviolent action, but specifically to use all means to fight against an evil by generating good tension in people, come from more than mere desire and observation. This is why the correct answer here is A: To appeal to his critic´s intellect.