Literature > How does the chapter from Ellison’s Invisible Man relate to the thesis presented by King?

King gets to work answering his critics and giving his implied thesis at the beginning of his “Letter”: "My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities 'unwise and untimely.' Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms"

King uses emotion, appeals to authority, and a sense of goodwill to establish a certain atmosphere within the first three paragraphs of his letter to help him win over his audience. In the first paragraph with "My dear fellow clergymen", King appeals to the authority or reputation of his audience because the use of the word "dear" first allows his audience to be clear that his intentions are not negative. King uses terms such as "dear", "good will", "genuine", "sincere", "patient", and "reasonable" to convey a sense of goodwill and friendliness.

In the Battle Royale black society was struggling to find an identity for itself separate from the oppressive stereotypes forced upon it by a white culture. The grandfather says to “keep up the good fight” and “live with your head in the lion’s mouth” “overcome ‘em with yeses.” His grandfather’s words were like a curse because he always acted the way he told him to act, he was afraid to act different. Throughout the “Battle Royale” he was waiting for the opportunity to present his speech that he delivered after all the torture he had to go through.