Explain how the letter of Birmingham jail is also applicable in today's world. What about right now can be considered exigent (an urgent, pressing need for this conversation to happen) and kairotic (an appropriate time and place) for such a discussion to be held today.

Answer and Explanation:

The letter written by Martin Luther King, when he was imprisoned in Birmingham, applies to today's world, as blacks still did not achieve full freedom and social equality, which is why King fought and was arrested.

In his letter, King reinforces the need to seek the rights of blacks and criticizes the position of religious and political leaders in not supporting this cause. We can see it repeating itself today, mainly in the USA that preaches equality and freedom, but we can see day after day, black people being humiliated, limited and even killed for racist and inhuman reasons. Religious and political leaders have, as in the days of King, closed their eyes to this cause, or disapproved of the position of blacks in fighting and demanding changes.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

absolutely it most certainly can.