The Bean Eaters By Gwendolyn Brooks
According to Alternatively “Being Wealthy in America Earns You 15 Extra Years of Life Span Over the Poor”. (Transition) Gwendolyn Brooks is the author of the poem The Bean Eaters. The author more than often identifies with poor blacks of Chicago, even though she was a middle-class African American. In The Bean Eaters Brooks’ dull tone illustrates symbolism of beans, stack of items and a rented back room to demonstrate poverty among the couple.
Therefore, when the author describes the characters eating beans, she uses it to help portray poverty. The characters are described that they eat beans almost everyday, “They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.”(Brooks) One of the least expensive food are beans. The author indicates that beans are
Therefore, when the author describes the characters eating beans, she uses it to help portray poverty. The characters are described that they eat beans almost everyday, “They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.”(Brooks) One of the least expensive food are beans. The author indicates that beans are