How Does Adelina Anthony Use Animals In The Beast Of Times

Over the course of this class, we learned that the characteristics that define a person are constructed by society. However, the people that do not abide by these standards are discriminated and oppressed. In America, these certain people are oblivious to their privilege and treat people whom are different from them poorly. In the critically acclaimed play, “The Beast of Times”, Adelina Anthony uses animals to reflect the beast like characters in society to represent how patriarchy, homophobia, nativism, and classism are effecting communities. Anthony uses these topics that make people of privilege uncomfortable by utilizing comic reliefs to show significance of the issue and how to change it. From the play I learned how I could use my
Yet, since they’re migrating illegally without the proper certifications, these immigrants have to go into hiding in order to stay in the country. In America, people of privilege or U.S. Citizens only constructed immigrants as Hispanics crossing the border from Mexico to America to steal American jobs. The experiences that immigrants face are insufferable and dehumanizing because they have to act invisible in order not to get in trouble. Also, they have to work twice as hard for everything they need because things are not provided for non-citizens. In the play, Anthony address immigration with the Cuban pig. Although the pig never stated that he was an immigrant, he shared that he would always get mistaken for a Hispanic and was treated poorly.() Anthony did this to signify that Americans stereotype a specific group of people in a negative connotation, then label anything that is remotely similar in that category stereotype. Anthony is trying to bring awareness that people need to be more sensitive and be aware how are actions can affect other