Question

Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. How does the repeated phrase support King’s message? by emphasizing that time has passed without social progress by suggesting that freedom will come eventually without effort by insisting that people cooperate to achieve a common goal by hinting that all Americans should strive for material wealth

Answer 1

The correct answer is option A.

The repeated phrase supports King’s message by emphasizing that time has passed without social progress.

Martin Luther King wants to highlight the fact that even after a long span of one hundred years, the economic and social condition of Negroes hasn't changed.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Junior in his speech has repeatedly used the phrase “100 years...” in the context of the then disposition of Negros in the USA. King emphasized that time has progressed and yet the Negros in the USA are a neglected lot, very little progress happened as far as social progress is concerned.