Question

please help me!!!



Read the excerpts from Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and answer the question.

[4] I was arrested Friday on a charge of parading without a permit. Now there is nothing wrong with an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade, but when the ordinance is used to preserve segregation and to deny citizens the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and peaceful protest, then it becomes unjust.

[5] I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.

[6] We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. But I am sure that, if I had lived in Germany during that time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal. If I lived in a communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.

In 3–5 complete sentences, thoroughly explain Dr. King's main idea in this section and what specific details develop it. Provide at least two specific examples from the text to support your analysis of the main idea and how it's developed.

Answer 1

I apologize, we may not write for you. Is there something specific you need assistance with?

Answer 2

i dont understand the what the main idea is?

Answer 3

Well the main idea is what the story is about mainly, if you read the story you should be able to figure that out

Answer 4

i did read it but i cant figure out what it is

Answer 5

well what is it talking about?

Answer 6

in the story

Answer 7

first the injustice he is facing for parading then it talks ab hitler and the jews

Answer 8

Yes, but as you can see, the talk about hitler and the jews isnt what the whole story is talking about, that part of the story is just a comparison

Answer 9

the more people join this question the more i feel as if im doing something wrong and getting judged for it-

Answer 10

do you see the comparison the story is trying to make between the main idea and hitler and the jews?

Answer 11

im low key confused so is the main idea how he is facing injustice for parading

Answer 12

I believe the main idea is kinda what you are saying, but i think it is something else. They didnt just put hitler in the story just for no reason, they did it to support the main idea. as you see, the person is talking about how unfair is arrest was. another thing that would support that main idea is what he says at the end, on what he would have done.

Answer 13

oh ok so is the main idea that Dr. King will stand for justice no matter if the actions are illegal???

Answer 14

because in the text he says that ''But I am sure that, if I had lived in Germany during that time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal.'' and in the beginning he is talking ab hoe he was parading without a permit but he took the consciences of the arrest because he knew it was illegal but he wanted to fight for justice

Answer 15

you have just quoted something that supports the main idea. He says ''But I am sure that, if I had lived in Germany during that time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal." because of how unfair he thought his arrest was. Sure you could say he was going to fight for justice maybe later in that story, but thats not what i see it talking about right now.

Answer 16

He also put the definition of what breaking the law means, supporting the main idea he has about how he thinks he was wrongly arrested and how unfair it was about his arrest.

Answer 17

he is talking ab how the him and the jews are denied there right, right??

Answer 18

denied? no, thats not what they were talking about. if i said that hitler was a supporting detail for what the main idea was, that would mean that there would be something in there that talks about how he thinks his arrest was unfair and he was wrongly arrested. look at this part of the story- "We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. But I am sure that, if I had lived in Germany during that time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers even though it was illegal". what does this part of the story support what the main idea is?

Answer 19

I give up im too dumb thank you for trying to help

Answer 20

nonono, you cant give up now! we are nearly there for you to figure out what the main idea is.

Answer 21

I have already told you so much about what supports the main idea

Answer 22

(which was apart of what your question is asking)

Answer 23

now you just have to figure out how all those supporting details go in with what the main idea is.