(Uncool).” This line of the poem means be confident enough to stand out. Be happy to be different. In the poem Alice Walker uses the phrases “impetuous fools” to describe those who looked down upon outcasts. Do not let society change you. The line at the end of the poem “Qualified to live” means to live your life for you‚ because it is your life. I really like this poem by Alice Walker‚ and the inexplicit meaning behind it. To me this poem told me to love who I am‚ and all my flaws. To not dwell on
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Analysis of “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker Pamela Crawford Eng 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Andrea Pfaff September 24‚ 2012 Alice Walker who wrote “The Welcome Table” had issues of race and gender that was the center of her literary work and her social activism. She participated in civil rights demonstrations. (Clugston 2010). This short story has a theme of life and death. It shows the plot of the story‚ the point of view and has symbolism used to show the death
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college in order to be successful or make money. School wasn’t meant for everyone. Some people struggle with school and everyone pushes him to go to college and he doesn’t have to money for that‚ so he has to get loans in order to pay for school and after he gets out he might not get a job in his major and now he has no job no money and has to pay a lot of loans out just because everyone around him told him to stay in school to get a better life. Some people like to work in manual labor; they can’t
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homosexual‚ gay‚ or genderfluid. Whether or not someone wants society to view them as a man‚ woman‚ boy‚ or girl really shouldn’t matter. As individuals people should not be limited to the choices others. They should be allowed to make their own choices. People’s own identity should be protected by the government and be treated equally like any other person. According to Gender Spectrum “Gender is a spectrum and not limited to just two possibilities.” When people get older in life they feel like they
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“The Devil and Tom Walker”: A Fantastic Folktale In 1824‚ a folktale by the name of “The Devil and Tom Walker” was published by Washington Irving‚ author of legendary tales such as “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. “The Devil and Tom Walker” is about a man named Tom Walker that sells his immortal soul to the devil in exchange for worldly goods. This particular story is considered a prime example of what folktales should be. Thus‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker” embodies a folktale based
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Boundaries Our identity is highly important to us and is central to how we see and define ourselves. In “Everyday Use” Alice Walker tells a story of young woman who does not understand her heritage and her mother and shy younger sister. In the story‚ the author creates a cultural boundary between Dee and her mother and sister Maggie‚ with the use symbols to point out emotions‚ values‚ and differences in education. The author sets up an emotional boundary that separates Dee from her sister
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Myne Own Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia’s Eastern Shore‚ 1640-1676 T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes‚ Oxford Press‚ 1980 T.H. Breen’s book "Myne Owne Ground" brings about a different perspective of what living in the south and being black was like. It shows how a black was capable of great things and able to amass wealth equal to that of wealthy white gentlemen but is never recognized for it. Unlike other history books this one doesn’t go on about slavery and it cruelty but instead offers
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To a certain extent‚ our different cultures informs the way we view others and the world. Most of us compared to the characters in the short story Everyday Use. All of our different cultures make us view things differently. In the short story‚ we see mom is one of the main characters‚ we also see she can be independent. She doesn’t need a man because she does everything by herself. But‚ she can be unfair with her daughters without her notice she is making a huge damage to them. She was so focus
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After reading the four essays assigned to this sequence‚ it becomes interesting to contrast two author’s points of view on the same subject. Reading one professional writer’s rewriting of a portion of another professional writer’s essay brings out many of each of their characteristics and views. Also‚ the difference in writing styles could be drastic‚ or slight. Nevertheless‚ the writers display how versatile the English language can be. Alice Walker was born in 1944 as a farm girl in Georgia
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David Walker and The Appeal “Having travelled over a considerable portion of these Unites States‚ and having‚ in the course of my travels‚ taken the most accurate observations of things as they exist-the result of my observations has warranted the full and unshaken conviction‚ that we‚ (coloured people of these Unites States‚) are the most degraded‚ wretched‚ and abject set of beings that ever lived since the world began; and I pray God that none like us ever may live again until time shall be no
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