intelligent words to gain attention of listeners. “... and force everybody to see that there are thirteen hundred of God's children here suffering.” The amount imagery this quote gives to listeners is incredibly amazing. MLK uses God in I’ve Been to the Mountaintop to show that everyone was God’s child, regardless of their race. This shows imagery because MLK is talking about how so many people are not literally suffering, but instead hurting from the words of the whites. The core meaning of both speeches comes from MLK’s dream, being treated like human beings, in each speech he talks about how much to blacks are suffering which causes a great amount of imagery in everyone's minds. In many of his speeches MLK uses repetition to make sure that
