Booker T. Washington is known as one of the most influential African Americans of his time. He believed that all jobs and all races were important to the success of America. In his speech the Atlanta Compromise Booker T Washington uses figurative language as well as classic appeals to explain why all people must join together for the sake of progress. Of all the forms of figurative language which Booker T, Washington includes in his speech, the most prominent are symbolism, and similes. The most obvious and prevalent symbol in his speech is the symbol of the bucket. He spins the tale of a ship lost and desperate when they finally come across another boat. After asking them for water only to be told to cast down their buckets they started
