Poem Analysis: Nikky Finney's Poetry

Within her poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” Phillis Wheatley takes a rather unique stance regarding the concept of slavery, a topic that was controversial during her time. Wheatley begins by stating that it was “mercy” that had brought her from her native “Pagan” land to the world of God and Salvation. With her embedded passion within the poem, a reader can easily infer that Phillis truly appreciates that she was able to learn the notions of Redemption and Heaven from her gruesome travels. This is a rather ironic situation a former slave could be in, for her physical pain would drastically outweigh her spiritual revelation. Later on, Wheatley proceeds to address the racial issue that was prevalent in America.

She question if America was ignoring the truth about discrimination within America so she choose to write this poem to

June Jordan’s poem, “Poem about my rights” is about a woman who is describing her experiences and the unremittent concern for basic human rights for males and females. It is a personal and emotional poem about her view of the world and how change is needed. Although majority of the poem is written about how Jordan’s basic rights were not given, the poem also includes sections at which the reader sees the need for equal basic rights for both male and female is needed. This essay will comprise of my response to the poem, both as a poem and an oral performance. Throughout the poem Jordan uses repetition and in the oral performance uses her voice to enhance her message and feelings.

In her article “ Uncovering Subversion in Phillis Wheatley’s Signature Poem: “ On being brought from AFRICA to AMERICA”, MaryCatherine Loving states the reading strategies to reveal Wheatley’s rejection of Christianity, her acknowledgement of life before slavery, and her efforts to position her own body with those of other enslaved Africans. Wheatley’s choice of title provides an early frame of reference for the movement will be more fully described. The movement was not only to AMERICA it originated in AFRICA. Wheatley’s use of capitalization in the title of work can be proposed as a forerunner of the term African American to denote blacks of African heritage. She carefully mimicked the forms of language and stereotypes regarding enslaved African, which she inherited.

There are many challenges you may face when you are resolving the injustice done to you or the people around you. You may face laws that restrain you from accomplishing your dream. You may also have to convince people of your desire of making America a better place to live in. During the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans had to get around the Jim Crow laws, convince the federal government to help move the movement along, and they also had to defuse the tension of uniting African Americans and whites that supported the movement. Http://thedreamcatch.com says “If you witness any acts of cruelty or injustice around you, be willing to speak up and stand up for what you believe is right.

[You’re Name] [Course Name] [Professor Name] [Date] Theme of Culture and Heritage in Everyday Use Novel by Alice Walker The given novel named “Everyday Use” has been written by Alice Walker which gives the individual’s relationship to his or her culture that holds particular importance in one’s life.

One way she relates to the book is as a mother. In the book, Sethe tries to do anything she can to protect her children, and she tries to be a good role model towards them. Toni Morrison relates to this, because as a mother, she would do anything to save her two children, Harold and Slade. Another way Morrison relates is an African American woman. Morrison writes about the issues of post-Civil War and the issues Sethe and her family faces in the cruel times of slavery.

Certainly, there were key radical special cases individuals like Frances Wright and Robert Dale Owen who were attracted to the Democracy's reason. North and South, the democratic changes accomplished by plebeian whites particularly those regarding voting and representation took a swing at the direct cost of free blacks. Albeit educated by sacred standards and real paternalist concern, the Jacksonian basis for regional development expected that Indians (and, in a few ranges, Hispanics) were lesser people groups. Concerning slavery, the Jacksonians were dead set, on both down to earth and ideological grounds, to keep the issue out of national issues. Few standard Jacksonians had moral doubts about dark subjugation or any craving to intrude with it where it existed.

Alice Walker, the author of an essay “In Search of Our Mother’s Garden”, is a famous American writer and activist. She speaks for the rights of people and helps the offended while supporting revolutionists and leaders whom she considers to be bringing change to the world and seek for its transformation. Her essay, “In Search of Our Mother’s Garden”, dedicated to the struggle of African American women, is based on the feminist insights of the author. Based on her own experience, the experience of others, and the historical events, the author reveals the topic of the suppressed talent of African American women, of their lost artistic skills resulting from slavery and the imposed on them role. However, Walker point out that somehow the dark past has not completely damaged the creative power of the mothers and grandmothers since it has manifested itself in the small things they did for the people they loved.

Understanding how and why authors use certain quotes is key. Taking a look at Alice Walker’s use of Virginia Woolf’s writing in her, essay one can see what Walker is trying to do. Walker is using Woolf’s book to support her idea of legacy and deliberately providing an example of legacy. While not all of Woolf’s work goes unmolested, the core meaning is still present. Walker imposes terms for the suffering of slaves into the work of an upper class white British woman.

In the end, people have fought in court to stop discrimination and segregation, and the way the United States, and the way people viewed different races have changed. The Supreme Court may change the way they see things, and precedent changes. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson and Brown versus Board of Education changed the way we see other races

THEME ESSAY Lupe Medrano was a hardworking girl who was no good at sports, but worked hard and then won the marbles tournament. Michael Jordan once said “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

The acquisitive Spanish explorer of the New World wanted to get as much of the gold and silver from the New World as possible. Kate arrogated herself to take on the duties of the team captain of her swim even though it was Mara’s job. Although she has her Masters degree in English, her banal speech left me with the impression she hadn’t left elementary school.

He also believed that slavery was morally wrong, for blacks and for whites, but didn’t want it to be abolished in his life time. This is where Jefferson’s hypocritical features peak through. Jefferson believed whole heartedly that blacks were an inferior race that did not have the intellectual capacity to live as equals along side white men. He believed that blacks succumbed too easily to their physical desires, and had no self control. While he believed that Native Americans had the mental capacity to become equal to whites, they just had to conform to white man ways and they could live peacefully and become one race through interracial marriages.

Peggy McKintosh makes a sort of parallel between the power of privilege that men posses over women and how white people have a privilege over colored people. The parallel between these two examples is that they both have a side that is more privileged than the other but they seem to not notice that they have that privilege. Men grow up in a society where they are taught not to show that they have more power and privilege over women and it is the same way with white people. White people are not taught that they are oppressors against people of color. They just grew up and were taught to not recognize their privilege of just being born white.