Lit.+Devices+Nonviolence+Can+Touch

"Nonviolence can touch men where the law cannot reach them." 1. a. Martin Luther King is making a comparison between the capabilities of laws and the capabilities of nonviolent resistance. Laws can control what people do; but nonviolent resistance can influence how people think, which does a more complete job in changing their actions. b. This quote uses personification. It gives nonviolence and law the ability to "touch" people, when that is in fact a more literal interpretation of the way things work. 2. a. This quote successfully delivers MLK's view on nonviolent resistance by making "nonviolence" sound greater and more influential than the "law." b. This quote displays personification. The usage of personification compels the meaning and the motive of this quote by giving "nonviolence" the capability to "touch men."