In this paragraph, the speaker employs urgent and evocative word choices, such as "tragic," "painful experience," and "ill-formed infant of frustration," to convey a tone of desperation and frustration regarding civil rights. The use of vivid metaphors, like comparing the plea to "wait" to a "tranquilizing Thalidomide," underscores the harmful effects of inaction, creating an emotional impact that resonates with the audience. Furthermore, the stark contrast between the swift progress of nations in Asia and Africa and the slow, almost stagnant progress toward basic rights for African Americans amplifies the sense of urgency and injustice, reinforcing the speaker's call for immediate action rather than complacency. Overall, the relationships among these word choices coalesce to express a tone that is both impassioned and critical, urging for change and recognition of systemic inequities.
in 3-5 sentences explain how the speakers word chouce and relationships among words in the paragraoh beginning with "my friends, i must say to you" and ending with "cup of coffee at a lunc counter." produces a specific tone.
I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without legal and nonviolent pressure. History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and give up their unjust posture; but as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was “well timed,” according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This “wait” has almost always meant “never.” It has been a tranquilizing Thalidomide, relieving the emotional stress for a moment, only to give birth to an ill-formed infant of frustration. We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that “justice too long delayed is justice denied.” We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
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