Both “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Ballad of Birmingham” give readers a picture of the civil rights movement and its cause,
but they do it in very different ways. Use the following table to compare and contrast some elements of the two pieces. Audience- Purpose- Tone- Theme- Genre-
<span>On the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” side I have: Audience-Wanting to have a better future for the people. Purpose-To show that he cared about what was going on. Tone-Calm and hopeful Theme-At a funeral I couldn't figure out the Genre for it though </span>