Read this excerpt from rev. martin luther king, jr.’s speech in detroit and answer the question.
i have a dream this evening that one day we will recognize the words of jefferson that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i have a dream this afternoon.
what literary device does king use to convey his point in this excerpt?
1)a simile comparing his dream to jefferson's
2)a metaphor for the liberties and rights that african americans are enjoying
3)an allusion to the declaration of independence to underscore how its principles have not yet been applied to african americans
4)hyperbole for the unattainability of jefferson's ideas in the african american community

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.