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What metaphors does King use to describe segregation and living in poverty?

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Segregation is compared to manacles; discrimination is compared to chains. The economic condition of the Negro in relation to the rest of America is compared to “a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.” The Negro is compared to a man in exile.

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He compares injustice and oppression to heat and invigorating autumn of justice and equality.

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