In his letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. used hyperbole in many passages to made understand the addressee of the letter how unfair the lives of blacks in the United States are.
Further explanation
In this letter, the famous leader of the US-African civil rights movement addresses Alabama religious leaders who criticize his actions, including his participation in events that cause disorder in the country. He used many hyperboles to try to show them that his fight was justified and that racism was a serious matter.
Hyperbole was a way of exaggerating using strong words to give power to something, here are two examples taken from the letter from Birmingham jail:
« But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their 'thus saith the Lord' far beyond the boundaries of their home towns. »
« As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us. »
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Answer details
Subject: History
Chapter: Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and the Power of Non-violence
Keywords: literature, hyperboles, civil rights, letter of Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham jail, story of Luther King, segregation
