Why do you think King begins the paragraph with a question?

I'm sorry, you have not provided the paragraph in question. King, however, used questions to both provoke thought and persuade his audience to see the value in civil disobedience.

He begins the paragraph with a question because he wants to ease his readers into his personal experience. His writing style is sarcastic, but this won't come across as strange if he lures the readers in with a question that they will want to be answered.