choose to compare the poem “What it’s like to be black girl.” And the short story The Welcome Table. These to stories are told from different point of views‚ although they both made me feel sorry for the person the story was about. In the story the welcome table very few people felt sorry for the old black lady. Mostly they felt like she had step on their toes for having the audacity to come in there all white church. She didn’t fit their color code‚ or dress code. All they saw was a black lady with
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Paper of Child of the Americas and what it’s like to be a black girl. Comparison Paper of Child of the Americas and what it’s like to be a black girl. Patrice Moody ENG 125 Introductions to Literature Instructor: Duvan Arsola 08/09/2011 Comparison Paper of Child of the Americas by Aurora Levin Morales and what’s it like to be a Black Girl by Patricia Smith The literary works I will compare are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora
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Do you like the America you live in? America is amazing you can do a lot more things than most people can. We’re free‚ we get to dress like we want‚ ect. America has a lot of life. America is different in many ways. We have public schools‚ and we are free. We don’t judge people by what they believe in. You can do whatever you want nobody will and won’t judge because it’s a free country otherwise some people might not like them. Why I love living in America is because we can do what we want no what
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works that I decided to compare are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levin Morales and “What’s It like to be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith. These two works focus on the psyche of two women that are of African descent‚ the plagued by the historical American public perceptions of their culture. In these negative perceptions that played an important part of the individual’s psyche due to prejudice. It was misconstrued and distorted the minds of these young African American girls. The poems show how two
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ESSAY: COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO LITERARY WORKS FROM THIS COURSE THAT SHARE THE SAME THEME By: Name: Course: Tutor: Institution: Date Introduction Racism and discrimination is the biggest challenge and plight that faces the black women in the minority society as they are treated and regarded as inferior by the white people as well as black men. The story “The Welcome Table” written by Walker and the poem “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith are two literary works that
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Race & Ethnicity Introduction to Literature Professor Sarah MacDonald As a black woman I can relate to the stories and struggles that were depicted in both read material. African American literature started in the early eighteenth century. The writings of the African American literature have focused on racism‚ ethnicity‚ and struggles of life for the African American people and the chase of freedom along with the search of equality in the society. Nadine Gordimer and Patricia Smith are
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play ball like a girl!” [entire group stands in shocked silence] Phillips: “What did you say?” Ham Porter: “You heard me.” Phillips: “Tomorrow. Noon‚ at our field. Be there‚ buffalo-butt breath.” This is an excerpt from the film‚ “The Sandlot” that was released in 1993‚ but was set in the 1960’s. What you see here is an example of the phrase “like a girl‚” actually having reference and meaning from one young man to another. It’s stating that Phillips plays baseball like a young girl‚ which was
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Compare & Contrast: Guys vs. Girls (a.k.a The Ultimate Gender War) Through the journey of high school‚ it is very often common for one to acquire two different types of friendships‚ or in other words‚ a guy friend and a girl friend. One can argue that these two relationships have just as many similarities as they do differences‚ but in many cases‚ it’s the differences of these two polar friendships that make them an ideal mix for any person in need of some good lovin’ pals. Whether it be
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The Girl Child The very fact that the girl child has become a topic of discussion and debate‚ points to the fact that‚ this is something different to the other of the human species. The girls have always and everywhere been considered to be lesser of the two beings of the human species. Why this has come to be‚ is beyond our comprehension‚ but‚ the fact remains that‚ the girl has not only been considered as the lesser‚ but has always been really neglected also. It can not be imagined how this situation
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Ladies and Gentlemen the opposing side has stated how going to America is better than staying in England‚ Well my party and I disagree with this statement. In fact‚ we think staying in England is safer and better than going to America. Land: The opposing side has stated that moving to America will provide much land to the people who go to America. This is not true because Native Americans inhabited most of the Americas. For example‚ according to The Dangers Settlers Had to Face in the
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