The Self-Consciousness
Vincent DAo
Prof. david
ENC 1102
31 July 2014
The Self-Consciousness
In the three poems “Dreams,” “Latin Women Pray,” and Mother to Son,” the authors show that all people in the world have their own struggles, and the struggles symbolize the different culture and setting.
Firstly, in the poem “Latin Women Pray,” Judith Ortiz Cofer shows the different cultures can interpret religious customs and difficult for searching the religious of Latin people in the United States. In the poem, Cofer shows the relationship between the women’s religion and religious. Cofer uses the women who pray to Anglo God, but they have not believed in all God 's power. Moreover, the Latin women live in the different culture and language, but they still hope that God at least understands what they are praying for. Judith Ortiz Cofer also shows the different social and religious which the Latin’s women to confront in the American’s culture. Because the Latin women want to pray for their “An God” not the “Great White Father”, they want all their honors and prays to be understood (line 3). Furthermore, Cofer describes the Latin women like they are unsure the God they are praying for and not like the God they pray in their fatherland. For example, Judith Ortiz Cofer writes:
Looks down upon his brown daughters
Votive candles shining like lust
In his all seeing eyes
Unmoved by their persistent prayers. (line 7-10) The Latin women are looking for the religious equality, and they are going to the churches which are not native to them. Thus, these four lines are proving the Latin women’s struggles and helplessness when they keep praying persistently; for example, when Cofer highlights the differences between the “brown daughters” (line7) and the “White Father” (line 5), she shows the comparison between the Latin’s God and American’ God are differences. Furthermore, Judith Ortiz Cofer shows the Latin women’s struggles when they live in a different culture (American culture) and believes
Prof. david
ENC 1102
31 July 2014
The Self-Consciousness
In the three poems “Dreams,” “Latin Women Pray,” and Mother to Son,” the authors show that all people in the world have their own struggles, and the struggles symbolize the different culture and setting.
Firstly, in the poem “Latin Women Pray,” Judith Ortiz Cofer shows the different cultures can interpret religious customs and difficult for searching the religious of Latin people in the United States. In the poem, Cofer shows the relationship between the women’s religion and religious. Cofer uses the women who pray to Anglo God, but they have not believed in all God 's power. Moreover, the Latin women live in the different culture and language, but they still hope that God at least understands what they are praying for. Judith Ortiz Cofer also shows the different social and religious which the Latin’s women to confront in the American’s culture. Because the Latin women want to pray for their “An God” not the “Great White Father”, they want all their honors and prays to be understood (line 3). Furthermore, Cofer describes the Latin women like they are unsure the God they are praying for and not like the God they pray in their fatherland. For example, Judith Ortiz Cofer writes:
Looks down upon his brown daughters
Votive candles shining like lust
In his all seeing eyes
Unmoved by their persistent prayers. (line 7-10) The Latin women are looking for the religious equality, and they are going to the churches which are not native to them. Thus, these four lines are proving the Latin women’s struggles and helplessness when they keep praying persistently; for example, when Cofer highlights the differences between the “brown daughters” (line7) and the “White Father” (line 5), she shows the comparison between the Latin’s God and American’ God are differences. Furthermore, Judith Ortiz Cofer shows the Latin women’s struggles when they live in a different culture (American culture) and believes
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