Am I Blue: Alice Walker

In her essay, “Am I Blue,” Alice Walker argues how humans disregard the emotional similarities they share with animals. Walker incorporates in her argument the similarities between her emotions as a human, and the emotions of animals. Additionally, she presents her argument through the structure of the essay, and through her use of language. Furthermore, the overall argument of this essay is not only eye-opening, but also persuasive considering that it leaves the reader with a life question; what

In Alice Walker’s story “Am I Blue”, the author illustrates the suffering animals go through, and compares it to how similar their suffering is to the suffering people are facing and have faced in the past. Walker begins by describing where she and her husband had been staying in the countryside. It was when she first moved in that she saw Blue, the horse of a neighbor, and uses vivid imagery to describe such. Not only of Blue, but to show the countless Walker has spent with Blue. The author then

You can just be, and that’s plenty” (Alice Walker). As simple as this sentence sounds, Alice Walker’s writing is far more complex. Alice is an African-American woman who grew up during a difficult time piece of history--the Civil War. It helped Walker understand the people around her should not be treated the way they were being treated so she decided to do something about it. Rather than taking the violent approach, she decided to use her words. Alice Walker writes conversationally; however, she

Walker’s story; “Am I Blue” takes place in a farm in the United States. Alice was an African American woman who becomes friends with a horse, but had to face seeing him go from being happy and full of freedom to lonely and beast looking. George Orwell’s story, “Shooting an Elephant” takes place in Burma, a small place near India. George was a British man, who worked as a police officer and was seen as the only one able to shoot an elephant that was full of anger. In Am I Blue by Alice Walker and Shooting

essays one is written by George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” and “Am I Blue?” by Alice Walker. The settings of both places are different “Shooting an Elephant” takes place in a country in Asia called Burma. In “Am I Blue?” the setting takes place in a house in the country side that stood over the edge of the meadow near the mountains. The characters in “Am I Blue?” are the white horse whose name is blue and Walker, who spotted Blue from the window of her home. Orwell is the main character in “Shooting

Shooting an Elephant and Am I Blue The stories of Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell and Am I Blue by Alice Walker, present to readers on how each story can compare the significance of human interaction with animals. Short stories have their ways into composing many complex storylines and implicating different meanings into them. This gives readers the idea that short stories are just not what they read, but is much more complicated than that. In Shooting an Elephant and Am I Blue present different

So who is Alice Walker, you may ask? Alice Walker; born in Eatonton, Georgia in year of 1944 is a novelist, poet and feminist who is one of the most admired African-American writers working today. As a major American novelist, Alice Walker’s work displays a ray of universal truths while speaking about the issues concerning women and women of color. At a young age, Walker was grown to the idea of racial separation. Living in the racially divided South, she attended segregated schools; however that

informs the way one views the world and others around them because tradition, family, and beliefs. I think culture plays a big role in how we view others and the world around us. Your culture influences your beliefs. In the story Two ways to belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee, it shows the different beliefs between 2 sisters named Bharati and Mira. (Bharati) “ I am an American citizen and she is not. I am moved that thousands of long-term residents are finally taking the oath of citizenship.Mira is

In this short story, Alice Walker recounts a youthful, African American young lady who, while gathering blooms, lurches actually upon the body of a dead man. The air, dialect and topic of the story propose the southern United States as a setting‐sometime in the mid‐to late‐20th century appears a proper day and age, however this is far less clear. The difference between the story's start and end is striking. We start with a light‐hearted portrayal of the life of Myop, a youthful girl‐she skips along

introduced the class to the concept of people as animals. There were many great readings over the last month but the literary genius Wells exhibits with his work The Island of Dr. Moreau, stood out amongst them. I was I am sure in the minority of students who had never previously read the work, I think that helped me enjoy but more importantly analyze, with a fresh perspective untarnished by preconceived ideas about what the book was about and themes within that framework. Genetic modification of animals