Martin Luther King Jr. uses figurative language strategically throughout his letter to promote equality. How does the following
instance help accomplish his purpose of challenging the church leaders to take action against racial injustice? In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer (strictly tells the temperature) that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat (changes the temperature) that transformed the mores of society.
He put them on the spot bringing awareness to their hypocrisy, double standards and also their complicity around racial discrimination and segregation, responsible in great part for the social inequality, being this a pivot point causing a domino effect throughout the rest of social institutions, drawing specific attention to his arguments and making them easier to understand.
For the answer to the question above, <span>Martin Luther is using a metaphor to describe the struggle of segregation for himself and others. He accused the church leaders of not taking action, as they didn't experience the pain he is experiencing. He is trying to tell the church leaders that they have not experienced his hardships and struggles , so why are they making decisions to the things they didn't even experienced or understand?</span>
The answer should be C. Compromises on many issues. For instance to get the Anti-Federalists to ratify the constitution George Washington promised them a Bill of Rights
