Why We Can T Wait Rhetorical Analysis

Throughout his preface of the book titled Why We Can’t Wait, which entails the unfair social conditions of faultless African Americans, Martin Luther King employs a sympathetic allegory, knowledge of the kids, and a change in tone to prevail the imposed injustice that is deeply rooted in the society—one founded on an “all men are created equal” basis—and to evoke America to take action. To depict the unfair daily lives of African Americans, Martin Luther King begins with an allegory, a boy and a girl representing faultless African Americans in the nation. The readers are able to visualize and smell the vermin-infested apartment houses and the “stench” of garbage in a place where African American kids live. The stench and vermin infested houses metaphorically portray our nation being infested with social injustice. Even the roofs of the houses are “patched-up” of bandages that were placed repeatedly in order to cover a damage. However, these roofs are not fixed completely since America has been pushing racial equality aside as seen in the Plessy v. Ferguson court case in which it ruled that African Americans were “separate but equal”. Ever since the introduction of African Americans into the nation for slavery purposes, the society

The joining of the boy’s and the girl’s hands both metaphorically and literally, indicate the need for a united effort that Martin Luther King demands from the whole nation. Despite the “stretching miles” ahead of them, symbolizing the adversities to come. By stressing their step by using alliteration, King emphasizes that one step, the one movement that could potentially save the society from falling apart by racial injustice; he essentially states that the society as a whole needs to and should join their hands as well and that their steps will also make a