Question

Martin Luther King, Jr. uses many images in this speech as a way of expressing his ideas clearly and powerfully. Choose one image from the speech that you find particularly effective , and explain why it is effective.

Answer 1

The image that Martin Luther King Jr. portrays about the natural right to justice and how every human should be entitled to it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The one image that I find particularly effective is the image that Martin Luther King Jr. portrays about the natural right to justice and how every human should be entitled to it.

He brings this image and philosophy through the line "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream." We can understand through this line that justice should be endowed to every person naturally just as the water that flows down the stream.

It is really effective in making the readers and listeners understand the universality of justice. With simple yet beautiful words, Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us how justice is a natural entitlement to every human on this earth.