The two poems ‘’No problem’’ and ‘’Still I Rise’’ talks about how the racial abuse they get because of slavery. Both poets deliver a message about how proud of there image and the culture. I am going to start off talking about Angelou’s “Still I Rise”. ‘’Still I Rise’’ have a stronger view and more intensive as it is about the hardships that African Americans faced and how even thought they were abused and tossed aside, they rose from the ground they was thrown to. The language she used tells that she has a positive attitude and with using Standard English and not only for her but she tells on behalf of all black women’s.
In letter 1, the reader is made to feel sorry for the narrator, Celie, as she must express her thoughts and feelings to God. This shows her appeal for help and in some sense forgiveness “I am I have always been a good girl.” Many critics have stated the epistolary form is a good way to see growth of a character’s emotions throughout the novel. Peck and Coyle show this in the following quote. “It is a method that offers great insight into the character’s minds.” Alice Walker also uses the narrator to express her opinions and thoughts on slavery and how black women were treated. This is shown clearly by the opening of the first letter.
Maya Angelou illustrates a sense of inspiration for anyone who feels defiance by the unfairness of the world through her words in this poem. This poem gives hope to all people who have been put down and hurt and think they do not have a voice. It offers them encouragement to rise above any obstacles. She uses her voice, strong themes, powerful images and symbols, through influences of her own life, to get her point across of “rising” above all the hatred in life and to just live life and be proud of who you are. The poem “Still I Rise” clearly shows the emotion of the writer.
Noor Ghreiwati Alice Walker Alice Walker is truly one of the prominent female writers that always succeed at leaving the readers with a sense of awe. Her essays are rarely forgotten as they possess a strong image difficult to leave one's memory. Walker's overall purpose in her writing is to reveal how much suffering African American women endured and how they always overcame the obstacles; she reveals this purpose with narration. Some of her most known pieces of writing are "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens," "The Color Purple," "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self," and "Everyday use." Throughout every piece of writing, one could easily view Walker's perspective on ideas, her way with words, her stylistic tendencies, her intellectual stance, and her emotional temper.
Billie Holiday has lived a full life. She faced hardships and troubles but managed to captivate an audience by translating her memories of her life into music. “Look into my eyes” (Jackson, 91) requests the narrator to Billie. From this beginning line of the poem Billie begins to speak to the audience and sing. Billie, however, does not make eye contact.
Rather, this further testifies to the subconscious association the woman had made throughout her life between bravery or fearlessness and the color black. In general, I enjoyed the story and thought that it spoke to many true human emotions. Not only did it focus on subconscious understandings of race and color, it also made profound statements regarding perseverance, faith, love, and commitment. Furthermore, it accurately demonstrated the plight of some African Americans, who were (and in some cases still are) distinguished and discriminated against due to their race. It also speaks to the harsh reality of
Throughout her career, Nikki Giovanni's poetry has been valued, at least in part, as a benchmark to the latest political and artistic ideas in Black American writing. She explains her thought process when developing her poem. I am confident this is a great source to utilize in my paper because it gives direct insight straight from the poet herself. "Ego-Tripping." Poetry for Students.
The reader is encouraged to keep this definition in mind as they read the following pages of this essay. The purpose of this essay is for a comprehensive exploration of oppression that has held our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts, friends, teachers, and anyone known to be of the female sex in degradation throughout history. The essay brings to light a few women who have heard the call for equality and the phenomenology of their fight for the cause. If nothing else, it will educate
Black women have a different set of concerns than do many other women and their push for equality uses rap as a way to achieve this. Rose argues a predominate theme presented by these black female rappers is the importance of redefining heterosexual relationships and the way men and women interact. There is also the importance of the strength of the black female voice. In rap music women have always played an essential role. They are often the subjects of the material presented in the song.
The poem “I know why the cage bird sings” by Maya Angelou is a powerful and inspirational poem that everyone is can relate to. It reflects the lives of people who have been held back because they are part of a certain group. This poem carries a certain air of resonance relating to sorrow, captivity and racism; however it uses very simple diction and many figurative language devices. For many years, African Americans have endured many injustices, discrimination, and have been treated as though they are inferior. In this poem Maya Angelou establishes a clear difference between a free bird and a caged bird, which symbolizes an African American man or woman and a white man or woman.