Martin Luther King masterfully incorporates various metaphors into his speech. He refers and compares many things to the struggle of the African Americans such as bank vaults, idealogies and even God. These are all used to make the speech both memorable and relatable to any person, rather than just appeal to African Americans. Martin Luther King expresses his point of civil rights based social and ethical problems that could be solved by giving African Americans the same rights and opportunities of whites, expressing this in my writing by using various rhetorical devices, one of the most prominent being metaphor. The overall effect of the metaphors, the points they make, and the audience it is made for all serve a purpose in making Martin Luther King’s speech memorable.
The metaphors used in the speech contributes significantly to the quality of the speech. The points they make such as how Martin refers to America’s economy by saying “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked
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His quote “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice… Now is the time for justice to be a reality to all of children” emphasize the message, of his speech, unification. People should not judge or control someone based on their background as if they are human, they should be treated equally and be encouraged to work for the betterment of humanity. As people, we should all accept that no one is greater than another person standing beside him based on his background but rather based on his character. His speech is a rallying for unity, freedom, and equality across the world; the nation that everyone is equal in the eyes of God and should be treated as