of “What it’s like to be a black girl” and Country Lovers African American Literature dates back to the 18th century. These writings tend to focus on issues of racism‚ inner struggles‚ slavery‚ prejudice‚ and the pursuit of freedom as well as equality. Two renowned contributors to this field of literature are Nadine Gordimer and Patricia Smith. Throughout this paper‚ details of the short story Country Lovers‚ by Nadine Gordimer and the poem‚ “What it’s Like to Be a Black Girl‚” by Patricia Smith
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RUNNING HEAD: Lovers and To be A Black Girl Literary Comparison: “Country Lovers” and “What It’s Like to Be A Black Girl ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Amber Carpenter 1 Lovers and To Be A Black Girl In literature‚ we find stories designed to portray human life and action through some characters who‚ by their words‚ action and reaction‚ convey certain messages for the purpose of education‚ information and entertainment
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Racial And Ethical Dilemma in “Country Lovers” and “What it’s like to be a Black Girl” In the short story about the “Country Lovers” and the Poem “What it’s like to be a Black Girl”‚ the actions of a racial background and ethical dilemmas are both represented and distinguished by the representation of a black female. Which is the main dynamic character seeded in both literary works. Both of these female static characters deal with to some suppressed amount of discrimination from society‚ because
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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 illustrate both racism and discrimination towards black women in the American society in the past‚ present and even the future. The “Welcome Table” story reveals how an old black woman is expelled from a church
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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 a not so
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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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“America’s Choice” Phasebook by Frank Sacco P4 9/6/16 In Patricia Smith’s article‚ “America’s Choice”‚ from Junior Scholastic‚ Smith explains the current state of the 2016 United States presidential election. The election had surprises for both sides. On the Republican side most people were surprised Donald Trump was elected Republican Nominee. On the Democratic side‚ everyone was surprised on how long it took for Hillary Clinton to beat the unknown senator Bernie Sanders. These
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The Gun Debate written by Patricia Smith illustrates the opinions on gun control and how it relates to the second amendment. Due to the amount of gun deaths and mass shootings in our country stronger gun laws are needed to be put in order. “In 2014‚ there were more than 33‚000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S.” (Smith) The United States has the most gun violence compared to any other developed country. Another reason is that people who are small scale gun sellers can claim to be hobbyists and
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word “Woman”‚ what do you think of ? When I hear the word “Woman”‚ my illustrious‚ yet short time in this spectacle we know as life‚ has compelled me to think of the color black. The color “black” in turn equals strength‚ power‚ and hard work due to unsaid experiences in my adolescence. When searching for a picture to properly vindicate how I feel about the African- American woman‚ I was hard struck not to choose this picture that was taken during “The Great Depression” of a black woman working in
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A Girl like Me The observation of the movie was clearly stated at first that the African American girls feel as if they are portrayed as something there not. Some similar general parts were when they speak of heritage and where they come from is not to vague for them so they feel people have only told them there only African American and the girls feel they might be from a different culture in Africa. They feel that since there black‚ no one notice’s them as easy as a white person is noticed
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