“I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us…” I once read this from a poem written by Emily Dickinson, the American poet. Frankly speaking, at that moment, I couldn’t understand how come a person would be willing to become a nobody——a nobody with little importance and sense of existence! I have a cute name, a warm family and a lot of amicable friends. However, what if I am a boat sailing in an unknown sea. Regardless of my name…no family, no friends, then who am I? Who are we? A micro-fiction ”The Nobody” written by William Trub answers these question. A small subway stop in this micro-fiction is a fantastic metaphor for our whole society. By means of that, William Trub reveals that compared to this objective material …show more content…
My favorite journalist, Chai Jing, once wrote a book called Insight. In this book, Chai mentions that people are often be ignored consciously or unconsciously by others because of their ignorance and prejudice. Actually, our unconscious is so deeply ingrained that we cannot see others. Moreover, we even turn a blind eye to our own. Maybe that’s why the protagonist realized that he “waited for the J train with the usual salad of straphangers: four Bloods, an Orthodox Jew, a gaggle of boricuas, a drag king” but not those “humdrum of folks with featureless faces”. “They were there, but who cares”? That’s exactly a typical perception of unconscious. “The way to see is to open your eyes from ignorance.” Chai says. When being asked what she would be most concerned about when doing news investigation, her answer was the people in the news. This is a simple principle for journalists, but not quite easy in their practice. Chai cares about those “nobodies” in her daily life. She doesn’t choose some landmark events studiously to describe in her book, instead, she chooses some people with their stories that really impress her. She meets them by chance and they are flowing in her deep
There are no men but only the great WE, one, indivisible and forever” (Rand, 19). This illustrates that in Anthem’s society collectivism is enforced. With no individualism means no I, no ego, no opinions which allows the dystopian society to flourish. Finally, it is time to wrap this essay
The feeling most people get when walking down a dark road or running into a complete stranger is uneasy. Sharon Olds encountered a situation on the subway that gave her the same type of feeling. Therefore, inspiring her to write a short poem, On the Subway, using implied violence makes readers think differently about racial profiling. Old writes about the time she felt anxious sitting across from a colored man alone on a subway and her own realization about racial profiling.
The text states "I'm Nobody..." to show readers that they don't want to be known and have everyone's attention. The speaker feels like if they were to be somebody, they would not get to be themselves. So instead of trying to fit in and change their identity, they chose to be themselves. Unlike the text "A Road Not Taken", "I'm Nobody Who Are You," the author used a metaphor to show their
While the research found that White individuals did rate White targets as more similar to themselves, participants who exhibited a lower prejudice score rated Mexican-American targets as friendlier than White targets, therefore supporting the interaction in our second analysis (Goebel & Cole, 1975). This research is consistent with our study as White participants rated Black targets as significantly more likeable compared to when Black participants rated White targets. While we did not test for prejudice in our study, students in Liberal Arts institutions may be more socially aware and possibly lack prejudice especially at Mount Holyoke, which has a diverse campus. Moreover, other research examining facial exposure White individuals showed higher likeability of other-race faces more than their own-race faces, if previously exposed to those other-race faces. In this study, the other-race faces were images of Black and Korean targets (Zebrowitz, White & Wieneke, 2008).
A recurring theme in the book Citizen by Claudia Rankine is the erasure of African Americans in society and their own identities. On page 77 of the book, Rankine tells a story of someone who is presumably African American at a grocery store. A man cuts in front of them and then the cashier points out that they were in front of him. The man apologizes and says “Oh my God, I didn’t see you…I really didn’t see you”. This may suggest that since black people tend to be erased in society, other people cannot see them.
In February four New York City police officers were on patrol in the Bronx when they saw a young black man standing on a stoop. They thought he looked suspicious. When they pulled over he retreated into the doorway and began digging in his pocket. He kept digging as the police shouted at him to show his hands; a few seconds later the man Amado Diallo a -year-old immigrant from Guinea was dead hit by of the bullets that the police fired at him. What Diallo was reaching for was his wallet.
Nonetheless, the boy hoped that his dad can leave at least the clothes to the thief. The son’s God image gave the man and the readers to find a bit of torch in the darkness endless world. Me, as the audience, seeks for something that I cannot experience in daily life. Through this book, readers can visualize the city and people who tries to create some governing gang that dominates the world such as the roadagents. These people are the “bad guys” who humiliates people by raping, killing, and eating them.
Most of the time people use race as a big role when viewing other people, either if were walking down the street or walking into the store. Individuals have a specific view of people from other races and even their own. For example, a black businesswoman might stereotype another woman from her own race because she may not have the same attire as her or grew up in a different area. A white businesswoman might look down on another white woman who makes less money than her like she is a no one, which is not true as all humans are equal and money does not make anybody greater.
Emily Dickinson is famous for writing about death time and time again. Her poem, 479 or “Because I could not stop for Death”, is no exception. The speaker within this poem is communicating with us from beyond the grave. They begin to describe their journey with death, who is personified or given human characteristics, in the first stanza by saying “Because I could not stop for Death-/He kindly stopped for me.” Dickinson starts this poem with the word “because”.
“We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced,” said Herbert Spencer, a famous philosopher. Prejudice is frequent everywhere and difficult to stop. It is very difficult to destroy something in someone’s mind, and it will inevitably be expressed through various methods with different degrees of subtlety. Any expression of this can hurt. Subsequently, in Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, the main theme is that prejudice is everywhere, and can be of varying degrees.
“When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” James A. Forbes said. People have often stereotyped races and ethnicities because based less on fact than rumor and exaggeration. But, many never think through why they did it; they just did it because the society did it. In the novel Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, in general, most of the characters prejudged others because of their race.
This is why she shows such a fascination towards it. “There is no frigate like a book”, this shows that she found literature as a great escape from life (Dickinson 1). Dickinson’s isolation to the world is further exemplified in, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” I believe that this poem shows that she believes that she is nobody, and finds no reason to become a “somebody” because it is useless to her (Dickinson).
Dickinson writes, “Presuming Me to be a Mouse -/Aground – opon the Sands -/ But no Man moved Me – till the Tide / Went past my simple Shoe” (II-III. 9-10). The audience can infer that Dickinson believes and feels that she only amounts to a small and insignificant portion of the world. That Dickinson only sees herself as a sand speck among the many beaches of the world. As audience members one can truly relate to this as most of us feel that we get lost amongst the crowds, and that we don’t stand out as individuals.
In the poem “I’m Nobody! Who are you?, ” Emily Dickinson uses slant rhyme to magnify the message being
Certain appearances of weight, tallness, skin tone, scars, or marks can make a person judge another person without even thinking twice. This kind of discrimination is out of line, yet it is one that is practically difficult to dispose of. Unessential physical qualities strengthen harmful generalizations and undermine opportunities in view of legitimacy. Furthermore, when prepping decisions become possibly the most important factor, such inclination, can likewise limit individual opportunity. People regularly legitimize their discrimination through false stereotypes, favored treatment, and unintelligent logic.