The Men We Carry In Our Minds Analysis

Scott Sanders’ The Men We Carry in Our Minds is an assessment of the oppression and common themes experienced by individuals as a result of encultured social constructs. Scott uses a series of imagery heavy narratives to isolate a repeating pattern of “destiny” observed throughout the narrator’s life. While the first series of reflections introduce the subjection of men based on the social implications of one’s skin color, the second series of reflections reflect on the ideas on gender equality by considering the destinies assigned through societal expectations.
The narrator reduces each example in the first series of reflections with brief expressions such as “the brute toiling animal and the boss,” and “Warriors and Toilers.” The narrator