My uncle hugged me and said "don't worry too much about us things are bound to turn around"

Which techniques best describe the tone the author is using in this passage?

“there are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal.” - michel foucault meaning?

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