Question

Why does Martin Luther King, Jr. use the simile in the passage above?

to show that injustice is unattractive and ugly
to show that injustice is based on the color of skin
to show that injustice has no cure in the future
to show that injustice does not exist in the U.S.

Answer 1

Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.
from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Is it A?