In “Letters to Birmingham,” Martin Luther King uses figurative language and literary devices to show his distress and disappointment with a group of clergyman who do not support the peaceful protests for equality. For example, “History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and give up their unjust posture..” This example shows that using phrases such as “moral light” creates a type of image in your head. It allows the reader to almost visualize that moral light he speaks of and create a right and wrong in the readers head. This helps prove his point by showing that maybe some people will see that so called “moral light”, and change their