Major Jackson is the 48-year-old award-winning, American poet of “Mighty Pawns”. Jackson who was born and raised in Philadelphia joined the Dark Room Collective in the early 1990’s to help give exposure to writers of colour and their struggles (“Major Jackson”). His poem “Mighty Pawns” was published in 2015, and can be found in the award-winning book “Roll Deep” (“Major Jackson”). “Mighty Pawn” is an informal poem, shown through the lack of punctuation, and stanzas; questioning the contemporary literary theme of traditional beliefs in crisis. With the use of symbols and imagery poet Major Jackson, shows that intelligence can be found anywhere, regardless of…
In the "Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore" this story is about two kids with the same name who live in decaying homes.It took place in Baltimore around the 70's and 80's.Both Wes's grew up at the same time near each other.One had a life of of doing drugs and crime while the other had a life in military school.In this book the Other Wes Moore,both of the Wes's lived in a bad part of their neighborhoods where they both lived with their single mothers, because both of their fathers were not there.The Others Wes Moore's father was alive but when he had went to go see him he didn't recognize him and the Other Wes Moore had not talked to him since.Wes Moore's father died from a virus where he was suffocated and died.In this book, the Other Wes Moore…
Often times, we endure problems within ourselves that can either be solved or left alone to embrace. Whether it is mental or physical, many of us find it natural to undergo inner-conflict. In the two passages, “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” and “Quicksand,” the authors provide the audience with a theme that connects them both. After uncovering their internal conflict, they eventually decided to unknowingly distract themselves from the issue. This includes the way the authors utilized the setting and characters to convey their theme. When dealing with inner-conflict, the theme is developed by expressing personal past issues, discovering new people, and ultimately uncovering a sudden romance.…
In the novel ‘Jasper Jones’ written by Craig Silvey, the main character Charlie Bucktin experiences many life changing events that occur throughout the novel, which makes Charlie dramatically change his outlook on life. During the novel Charlie slowly uncovers that life in Corrigan is made up of rumours and lies. Charlie learns a great deal about himself, others, Corrigan and important decisions that teaches him some of life’s great lessons.…
The main argument in this book is when Harriett Muse’s two sons get kidnapped in the Jim Crow South. Brothers George and Willie Muse two pale skinned person African American siblings have been kidnapped by a white man Candy Shelton, who is a bounty hunter. They were seized and shown as carnival monstrosities, and whose mother persevered through a 28-year battle to get them back.…
There are many issues that have led to the outcome in your life, from an absent father, instability in your living situations, your brother being influential, yet participating in negative activity, and your mother’s lack of involvement. When you sum all of these issues up the main issue that stands out is the lack of support and mentoring that is needed to foster a child’s development positively in a social environment.…
Throughout life, inspirational lessons dwell at every corner with that golden opportunity to take those lessons and inspire others. Speeches are excellent ways to teach lessons and motivate listeners since the speaker has the freedom to add emotion to their voices and also add dramatic pauses that create suspense within the crowd of onlookers. However, stories can lack that emotion the voice of a speaker gives it. So, author’s use different styles of writing such as varied sentence length for the reader to know the right pauses and imagery to create an impact on the reader’s mind. Wes Moore, the author of The Other Wes Moore, uses theses crafts of writing to make a claim in the beginning portion of chapter seven that the impermanence of life makes every moment too precious to waste.…
How do two boys with the same name who live within the same community end up with lives on two completely different paths? The author, Wes Moore, begins life in a tough Baltimore neighborhood and ends up a Rhodes Scholar, Wall Streeter, White House Fellow, etc. The other Wes Moore starts in the same place in Baltimore but ends up in prison FOR LIFE.…
Although not spoken between one another, each character has been influenced by society to hold certain views. Negative connotations from Dark cat expressed in “At another time and place, he wouldn’t have wanted to linger in a room alone with a white woman.” Contrasting with “But here and now there was only friendliness between them.” Conveys Dark cats prejudice towards whites. Meanwhile, high modality present in “never felt” shows that Dark cat may be turning a new leaf with the whites. This example demonstrates that moral dilemmas can make one rethink their…
Both Wes Moore 's grew up without their fathers in their lives. Wes Moore 's father was taken away from him at an early age due to illness. His father had acute epiglottitis. Until the death of Wes Moore he had a close relationship. While The Other Wes Moore 's father choice to be absent from his child 's life. In the book we read that he tried to see The Other Wes Moore one night, drunk and pound on his mother 's door demanding to see Wes, but after not given access inside he vanished from Wes 's life. Studies show that "children with fathers at home tend to do better in school, are less prone to depression and are more successful in relationships. Children from one-parent families achieve…
When faced with adversity, some people prevail while others fold. This is evident in the novel The Other Wes Moore with the contrast of the two Wes’s. The author Wes deals with adversity far better than the other Wes. Factors like the people around the person and a person’s support system can be the largest factor of how a person deals with adversity.…
During their life Wes and other Wes Moore had different kind of problems like, financial difficulties, crisis of identity and…
Harris went to the world as the trickster Brer Rabbit, and in the trickster Uncle Remus he projected both his sharpest critique of things as they were and deepest image of his heart’s desire. (Harris, p. 29). Joel Chandler Harris was extremely shy, but deeply a private man. On his second birthday, December 9, 1870, Harris offered a bleak summary about his life. His indirections and obliquities no doubt served psychological as well as pragmatic ends. At the heart of his cherished family, insistently if covertly affirmed, the little white boy’s mother was a young white woman, who loved her son. His chosen father was an old black man, strong and knowing and generous with his wisdom. (Harris, p. 33).…
John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” is a fascinating story of his younger brother Robby and the troubles and difficulties he had growing up in the neighborhood of Homewood. Wideman puts a different aspect on this story when writing; he tells us the story from three different points of views. He does this to give us a better understanding of the characters in “Our Time.” This story is not just about his brother Robby, and the troubles he goes through in life. John Wideman puts so much of his own personal thoughts into the story making it a very affectionate and emotional piece of work. He shows us the struggles he faces and the adjustments he has to make when writing this essay.…
However, because Tom Watts is ‘the only white for miles around’ the village children are interested in him, staring at him ‘until their blocks of ice melted in their black hands’ and ask to do school ‘projects’ on him. He is ‘a source of mystery’ to the village children, as well as the reader.…