Lit.+Devices+Eye+for+Eye

Samantha Juliano a. This quote works affectively to communicate MLK's point about violence because it proves that violence only leads to more violence and in the end it just hurts everyone. So, violence wouldn't progress the cause only hurt it. b. As an allusion, it involves everyone's thoughts because this adage is very common and well known, so it helps to get everyone's opinion involved. As imagery it helps the audience to visualize the horror that could result as using violence and how it could potentially harmful.

Clay Ewell a. Practicing hatred and abhorrence for the white man will retrogress the African American's pursuit of liberty. Repaying the white man for their injustices will reflect poorly on the African Americans resistance movement. If it was immoral when the white man did it then it is immoral when the black man does it. b. This quote alludes to King's views that repaying the white man for their injustices is not productive and repaying violence with violence will leave both parties injured. Also this quote illustrates imagery because the audience can envision the destruction that will result from repaying violence with violence.

Will Schaeffer a. This quote works efficiently to get MLK's point across that violence does not solve anything be casue it shows that nomatter how much people fight, nobody is ever going to win because everybody will always be hurt and hurting eachother. Also, it helps to get his point across because it shows how one will not gain respect from always fighting and fighting will always be a spiraling hole of people getting hurt and hurting others. b. When it comes to allusion, this quote contains everyones thoughts and ideas and it also alludes to the fact that fighting will never lead to anyting productive, but instead will just hurt people. For imagery, it inables the reader to visualize what it would be like to be blind, in a sense that a person would be very hurt from this happening to them.