putting you‚ the reader‚ in the essay. He does so in stating‚ “You are Just looking forward dreamily to the weekend when the English instructor says: “For Monday you will turn in a five-hundred-word composition on college football” (224; par1). Brent Staples in his essay “Just Walk on By” taken from The Longman Reader‚ starts off his essay with a different approach(139). He tries to hook his reader in by sparking their imagination‚ using this sentence‚ “My first victim was a woman—white‚ well dressed
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Summary of Black Men and Public Space Staples Brent in “Black Men and Public Space” described the difficulties that a young black male may encounter during his ordinary life. It is explained that‚ even if you are a well-educated citizen‚ but you are a black man—more than six feet height with a not shaved face—you could face unfair prejudice and judgment all the time in street. At the very beginning of the article Brent start with “My first victim was a woman—white‚ well-dressed‚ probably in her
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Amanda DeLong Professor Badenhopp ENG091-015 9/17/2012 Summary In “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space‚” Brent Staples explains how a black man’s appearance after dark can change a person’s actions. Staples’ comes to realize due to his race‚ clothes‚ and hair some people become frightened by him. Since others perceive him as dangerous he realized this could easily place himself in danger also. Eventually‚ he became accustomed to the precautions a lot of onlookers
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The article took three pieces of work‚ all from different authors‚ and asked the reader to take a stance on whether they believe the authors personal experiences solidify or nullify their cases with civil rights. Authors; Martin Luther King‚ Brent Staples‚ and Gloria Naylor all use personal experience in their writing. After thoroughly reading the three articles found in your newspaper‚ the writers’ dependence on their personal experience does indeed solidify their work especially dealing with racial
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In the story “Black Men and Public Space” Brent Staples describes the racial discrimination‚ the treatment of black men in the United States. He includes some personal experience and stories of other black people. In his case‚ one particular occasion makes him realize that he‚ like many black men‚ is treated as a potential troublemaker even though he has always been a quiet and smart person. Staples states that black men came to this world with the inheritance-with the ability to alter public space
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Luther King Jr. In Brent Staples “Just Walk on By‚” and Zora Neale Hurston’s “How it Feels to be Colored Me‚” both show‚ through the use of rhetorical devices‚ how race has affected them personally and how they dealt with it in their own way‚ revealing the unnecessary hate and discrimination in our society. Many
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Brent Staples: “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” In Brent Staple’s essay‚ “Just walk on by: A Black Man Ponders his Ability to Alter Public Space. He describes how he is predisposed to purposeless discrimination because he is black. Staple’s shares a series of encounters he had with people who view him a threat. He was a graduate student at the University of Chicago when he began to notice that is presence made people uneasy‚ because he is a tall black man
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Summary In the story Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin‚ he explains his experiences in a remote mountain village and how he was viewed by the people in that village‚ being a Black man. He quotes‚ “it did not occur to me-possibly because I am an American- that there could be people anywhere who had never seen a Negro.” So‚ in this village‚ James Baldwin was considered odd‚ but he also stresses how the unkindness of the people in the village was not out of bad intent; however‚ he was seen not
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Christian McCracken English 112 Deborah Heatwole September 15‚ 2016 Brent Staples’s Essay Analysis Your degree may not be worth what you think it is. Throughout the country‚ grade inflation is spreading rampant like an unforgiving plague‚ effecting students of community institutions as well as the big dogs of elite‚ IVY league schools. Writer Brent Staples‚ a member of the New York Times editorial board‚ explains in his essay‚ Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s‚ why so many colleges are
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A Brothers Murder” by Brent Staples is a narrative essay about the violent death of his younger brother‚ Blake. Growing up in a angry‚ poor‚ industrial city introduced the brothers to the violence and dangers of the streets. The death of his brother didn’t surprise him. The way they were living death could have come from anywhere. Growing up in a violent community led the brothers to take separate paths; as Brent fled the past‚ Blake embraced it. On Christmas of 1983‚ Brent traveled to visit his
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