Go Down Moses: The Fear Of Losing A Culture

The main theme I found to be constant in “The fear of losing a culture” is the idea that the Latin culture will not disappear as Latin people immigrate to the United States. Essentially, Latin culture will form a synthesis with North American culture. I had an interesting experience trying to figure out what other poem or story would share a similar theme with this one. My choice is the poem titled “Go Down Moses”.

The reason why I chose the poem “Go Down Moses” is because of the symbolism I found to share common ground in both “The fear of losing a culture” and “Go Down Moses”. Both works seem to symbolize groups of people going through situations that deal with culture and society. Although the circumstances are different in nature, they