Analysis Of James Mcbride's Memoir: The Color Of Water

His viewpoint and attitude toward them helped shape his life in many ways but also theirs. They all showed him empowerment and leadership by a black woman. Betty, Ella, and his mother all had a specific impact in his life. Anyone’s mother usually has an important part in their child’s life; Malcolm Little’s mom was no exception.

A Raisin in the Sun: Strength of Family Racism, segregation, oppression, and poverty; these are some of the struggles that black people in 1950’s America had to deal with every single day. That’s what the book “A Raisin in the Sun” focused on. This book was written about a closely-knit black family who had to get through new and difficult challenges, especially when it came to the racism that ran rampant through America at the time and their own attempts to escape the seemingly bottomless pit of poverty. These struggles forced this black family to stay together, even in times when the family seemed to be coming apart at the seams.

For all the characters, Sonny was a son who helped his family and embraced his African heritage; these features were really considered and respected. Contrary to the narrator who melted or tried to melt in the American culture in order to survive, but the turning point occurred when he lost his daughter; so he recognize the pain of the others as well as his brother that he was forgotten during years ago. Besides, thanks to his brother’s music the narrator finds redemption. The evolution of the character’s trait moves from being a selfish person to a suffering man who finally finds peace deep inside himself.

It appears that Johnson is psychologically disturbed as she tries to escape from her lost past of heritage and identity. At this point Lebert Joseph becomesa fundamental part of Avey’s historical struggle to survive. Avey was raised by her great aunt Cuney, who would always tell her stories about their family heritage and ancestry. Aunt Cuney wants Avey to pass her cultural heritage to next generation and tells her the stories of Ibo slaves’ hardships traveling on ship. However, Avey's attention shifts as she forgets the identity and the struggles of African Americans.

Once his journey was over and he published his book which led to many questions raised about how negroes were really treated. This is because Griffin displayed all the unfairness and treatments in his journal and publicized it to the world on what really happened in the South. In the beginning of the book, Griffin first established the word “niggers” plastered on every sign. Yet the signs had different meanings, such as no blacks, while others meant negroes allowed, but separate from whites.

His father then moved to Mexico because of all the racism that was being directed towards the African Americans during that time. James was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen years old .She would often tell him stories that would make him feel proud to be an African American. It was during this time that James started to feel close to his heritage and it made him feel like he was a part of something. Then he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live with his mother and her new husband.

Social inequality in the United States is and always has been a dominant issue in our society due to the lack of dialogue between different classes. One author in particular who published their personal struggles with injustice from the perspective of a former slave was Frederick Douglass who wrote the autobiography Narrative of the LIfe of Frederick Douglass an American Slave. In his autobiography, Douglass speaks out about the practice of mental slavery that is used in society to degrade other classes. Later in his career, Douglass also began to speak publicly for the civil rights of all Americans as well as woman suffrage and soon became one of the most eloquent abolitionists and egalitarian speakers in America. In 1886, Douglass gave the

It took a long time for African-Americans to be accepted into society, but Mark Twain foreshadowed their acceptance with the behavior of Huckleberry Finn. In a popular young adult novel titled Divergent, the main character Tris lived in a society where everyone was categorized into different factions. Tris was the exception to the system and found out she fit into more than one category. Characters that fell into multiple categories were called Divergent and were killed. Tris hid her identity and helped to dissolve the faction system.

A Letter to My Son Coates' letter has strong feelings towards the injustices that blacks have encountered for generations. Coates uses deep words and historical events to explain to his son what his life will be when he grow up. The fact that he decides to write this letter to his son impacts my experiences as a reader because his son is just a kid. His son does not have any knowledge of what is going around him in regards of racism because he is just a little kid. He might not understood or took it personal when a white woman pushed him and said, "Come on!"

“I had nearly outgrown the shame and the guilt and the sense of unworthiness. This visit, this pilgrimage, made comprehensible, finally, the traces that remained and would always remain, like a needle.” The text Farewell To Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, embellishes Jeanne’s experience while being placed in an internment camp. Jeanne’s family faced with various obstacles through the process of being evacuated from their home to living in an internment camp. Throughout the text, Jeanne also explains how her life was full of hardships compared to how she perceived the lives of Caucasians.. Though the American Government was afraid that Japanese-Americans were potential saboteurs, there’s no justified for interning them because it was not equitable to blame a whole society on a small portion action’s, the families were not equipped with the proper care and attention, and the Japanese-American children were faced with racism that they could not withstand.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X written by Malcolm X and Silent Gesture by Tommie Smith both cover the same topics, racism, poverty, and injustice. However are these two books as alike as we think? While these books cover the same topics they experience and handle these problems in very different ways. First of all Malcolm X experiences racism and poverty at a very young age when his family and him were forced to move a countless amount of times and when his dad was inevitably shot. From that moment on his life was never the same.

The Color of Water, a memoir written by James McBride, describes the struggle James experienced growing up in a poor family with eleven other siblings while going through a racial identity crisis. Throughout the book, the chapters alternate from James’ point of view to his mother’s point of view, both individuals accounting their difficult childhoods. These different perspectives come together and make one lucid piece of writing. During the course of the book, the reader will learn that James encountered many obstacles in his life. However, these difficulties molded James and made him grow as an individual.

Business Coach and TV Host Melissa Hull Gallemore Publishes Memoir The adversities and pain the author encountered early in life gave her the lifelong mission to mentor others and help them overcome emotional trauma. Lessons from Neverland (Dog Ear Publishing, 2016) by Melissa Hull Gallemore is a memoir that will inspire even the most hardened cynics, among others who could identify with the author who overcame tremendous emotional hurt, but not without continuing struggle. This compelling memoir is a must-read for people whose families or personal lives have been torn apart by disease, emotional detachment, abuse, and other traumatic events.

Sonny’s letter written to the narrator in response to the news of the narrator’s daughter dying serves an important role in the story by reestablishing the relationship between the brothers and giving the reader insight into the misery that Sonny felt as a result of his actions. It is revealed to the reader that before the narrator had written his letter to Sonny, that the two had not been on speaking terms for a long time. After hearing of the news, Sonny wrote the letter back to the narrator which formally began their newfound connection to each other. It is revealed within the letter Sonny’s reasoning’s behind his imprisonment as well as the sadness he felt within. Sonny describes himself as “trying to climb up out of some deep, real deep

The nonfiction novel Levittown; by David Kushner puts the reader in the families shoes of the Myers and the supporters of what it was like to be a resident who was black or supporting them in Levittown during the1950s. Kushner depicts the struggles and complications each family, and overcomes throughout the story of what is like to live in a predominately white neighborhood in the suburban areas of Levittown, Pennsylvania. Living in this area came at a cost as they were targeted from all over the community with specific tactics and horrific name calling. With the negative aspects also came positive ones as families gained trustworthy friendships with one another and established noble friendships with families such as the Wechsler’s. Bill Levitt,