What are some examples of similes that are in Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail'"?

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," he uses various literary devices, including similes. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things by using connecting words such as "like" or "as." Here are some examples of similes from the text:

1. "Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their 'thus saith the Lord' far beyond the boundaries of their home towns..." - Here, King is comparing the spread of the prophets’ messages beyond their villages to his own actions of carrying the message of justice beyond his hometown.

2. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - In this metaphorical simile, King likens the interconnectedness of people to being part of a "single garment of destiny," where each individual is like a thread that is part of a larger fabric.

3. "…when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television..." - King utilizes this simile to illustrate the difficulty and discomfort of explaining racial segregation to a young child, comparing the effort to a physical struggle with speech