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Analysis Of Black Cuban Black American By Evelio Grillo

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Response Paper Name Institution Date Black Cuban, Black American Black Cuban, Black American by Evelio Grillo is very informative and pleasing memoir of a man by name of Evelio Grillo growing up in Tampa Florida. The memoir depicts the struggle of Evelio Grillo growing up in Ybor city which is now a part of Tampa Florida. In the memoir, Evelio captures the different aspects of a black Cuban life in Ybor City but mainly addresses the issue of racial separation of the white Cubans vs the black Cubans. He portrays how the issue was more prevalent in the United States as compared to Cuba a country which he had earlier visited then went back to Ybor City. In the book, Evelio Grillo mentions that “The American pattern of rigid segregation …show more content…

One of the greatest things I learned in this chapter is the skill to think critically in identifying the right ideas to write about in any given paper (Barnet & Cain, 2012). Finding the right ideas to write a creative paper then finally settling on one topic and planning on what to write about is was a valuable brainstorming tool throughout this chapter. Brainstorming and prewriting ideas lead to the drafting process, this area of drafting is a crucial piece in achieving a great paper, it shows us what we have in hand and what we can do to make it great. Use of quality scholarly sources was also an area that the chapter. Use of peer reviewed sources gives more credibility to the paper (Barnet & Cain, 2012). Focusing on this chapter step by step will surely enable one to achieve a great literature …show more content…

Explication is a method used mainly in the study of brief extracts or short poems from plays, novels, stories, and essays (Barnet & Cain, 2012). Through the text, I learned on how to be able to analyze a work and reveal my sense of the meaning of a particular work., thus developing a deeper understanding of the text and the author’s point of view. Explication calls for the attention to the meaning or implications of words, the shifts in viewpoints, the function of rhymes, as well as the development of contrasts (Barnet & Cain, 2012). The second form of criticism, as outlined by Barnet and Cain, is analysis, which is utilized in writing about works that are longer than one or two pages through separation of works into parts in order to develop an enhanced understanding of the

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