Lit.+Devices+Desolate+Night+of+Bitterness

"If the American Negro and other victims of oppression succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle for freedom future generations will be the recipients of desolate night of bitterness, and our chief legacy to them will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos."

James: a. The quote exemplifies what will become of society if violence is used to solve oppression in the Civil Rights movement. It describes a desolate night of bitterness in which our future generations will have to live in along with the meaningless chaos that will surround them.

b. This serves as imagery exemplifying night and the future. Night time is a time of the unknown and of fear. This shows us what could become of the future, a place of chaos, fear, and the unknown.

Hannah: a. This works will for King, because it makes the reader feel as though they are taking part in the event, and makes them pity those who will be 'the recipients' of this 'desolate night.'

b. This causes the reader to picture the dark, tense night, and almost causes them to feel as though they are there experiencing bitterness. This represents the unknown of the future. This unknown is what King projects will happen in the future if violence is used to retaliate against oppression.

Jasmyn: a. The descriptive language helps him to stress the fact that violence is not the loical option by showing how depressing and hostile the future will be as a result of violence.

b. He aruges that "...future generations will be the recipients of a desolate night of bitterness..." and uses imagery to accentuate the horrific effects that violence would result in, in the future. "Desolate night of bitterness" is a strong way to describe these effects because of the use of dark language in the phrase.