What does culture consist of?

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? 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 hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.

Am nevoie de rezumatul cartii auslander de paul dowswell ! va rog . cel mai scurt rezumat posibil! dau coronita!