The Sin of Morality in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Virginia Woolf's "In Search of a Room of One's Own," and Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

It is customary to see people who are able to stand up and fight for their freedom and beliefs; however, seldom are they effectual at articulating their uprising statement with peaceful words instead of hysterical movements. The cases where the power of words can be effectual are illustrated in the essays written by Martin Luther King Jr. in "The Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963), Virginia Woolf in "In Search of a Room of One's Own" (1929), and …

…distressing issues of their time became more apparent. Works Cited King, Martin Luther Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." The Norton Reader. Ed. Arthur M. Eastman. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. 503 - 516. Woolf, Virginia. "In Search of a Room of One's Own." The Norton Reader. Ed. Arthur M. Eastman. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. 591 - 600. Thoreau, Henry David. "Civil Disobedience." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Reprint edition. Dover Publication, 1993. 1 - 18.