Speech To The Young Analysis

Have you ever faced a challenge? In the passage “My People” and “Speech to the Young” discusses importance of opportunity for young people who are growing up and searching for their identity. In both passages young people are searching for their identity through different situations. In the two texts both characters have problems with following their dreams. In the text “My People” a young girl named Lindsey got accepted to a fancy college and she can’t attend it due to payment issues. “My hopes went shooting up like a firecracker on the Fourth of July” (Haddix 40). This explains that she had high hopes for going to college. In the text “Speech to the Young” the character can’t seem to do anything without negative people around her judging her. “Say to them, say to the down-keepers… even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night”. (Brooks 42). This shows that she should tell those negative people to stop assuming things
“Always knew you were smart… But how am I going to get there. But how am I going to pay for it. You’ve got nine months to raise that money. As for getting there why, I’ll take you.”(Haddix 41) This reveals that that granny has confidence in her and every time Lindsey is trying to state the negatives about her going to college, granny always finds the positives and helps her out. Whereas in “Speech to the Young” the character doesn’t have anyone giving them confidence or solutions to problems, the character just has negative minded people around her. “Live not for the battles won, Live not for the end-of-the-song, Live in the along.” (Brooks 42). This text evidence perceives that the character shouldn’t care about what other people have to say and that, the person should just go along with life and keep the past in the past. These two texts differentiate with how the characters deal with the