What metaphors are used in Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates?

Respect is an underlying metaphor in the narrative. Amos worked hard for his living, worked hard for and all he owned, and. He felt that he was due the respect that his station in life required. Amos never understood the ignorant views some white people had in regards to free black people. Amos felt that he had paid his service to the kind people who owned him in slavery, and that he had a right to be treated just like any person who had the freedoms afforded in this great country that he had Amos watched grow right before his eyes. However, Amos often suffered the prejudice and injustices many free black men suffered during his life time, not. He wasn't allowed to sit with the white people at church, . He wasn't not allowed membership in his church, until he had been a faithful servant of the church for many years, and not. He wasn't allowed an avenue to recuperate his losses, when a customer refused to pay for his services.