Lit.+Devices+A+Meaningless+Reign+of+Chaos

"Future Generations will be the future recipients of a desolate night of bitterness, and our chief legacy, to them will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos."

__**Evan Sachs:**__


 * A.** Martin Luther King's use of imagery and metaphors help support his idea that violence is not the answer to ending oppression and racial inequality during the Civil Rights Movement. He tells how violence is not the answer by giving examples of what acts of violence will do to our future.


 * B.** Martin Luther King uses the metaphor legacy = meaningless reign of chaos. This metaphor says that if we use violence as a means to an end now, we will be almost guaranteeing our future generations a world of violence.

__**Darcy O'Hara:**__


 * A.** This quote is used to show how violence will affect how the world will be in the future. Martin Luther King use the metaphor "our chief legacy will be an endless rain of meaningless chaos" to portray the message that with violence we are bringing more violence and suffering.


 * B.** He chooses the words "meaningless chaos" to show that is is a useless fight that should be just ended in the name of justice.

Jessica Adams

A. King includes a metaphor and imagery to get the point across about how violence gives future generations a terrible example of how to deal with oppression and will only cause destruction and endless hatred.

B. He compares legacy to meaningless chaos, which is very powerful in expressing how violence will lead to anarchy for generations to come because all they will feed on is hatred. King uses imagery when he says "desolate night of bitterness" and makes people visualize a dark night filled with resentment and anger.