Analyzing The Poem 'Immigrant In Our Own Land'

“Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race, or creed.

W.E.B. Du Bois has contributed greatly to contemporary sociological thinking because he began a conversation of what it means to be “other” in this American Society. In his conversation of what it means to be other he constructed and included three major concepts that continue to resonate till this day. His concepts include “the color-line”, “the veil”, and the “double consciousness” (Appelrouth and Edles, 269). Together, these concepts not only described past experiences of blacks in American society (e.g., slavery) but also continue to remind us that the relation of whites and people of color remains complex. In Du Bois’s own words, “the Nation has not yet found peace from its sins” (273).

Starts with 'I love a sunburnt country ', which is the exact wording of the second stanza in the original poem by Dorothea Mackellar. This particular stanza (from the original) is the most oem by Oscar Krahnvohl like environmental issues, humanity issues, cultural issues and politicwell-known, and by Oscar starting with this particular line, he exposes the brilliance of the previous poem, but the next few lines start as a parody from the influence of the previous poem.

In “America the beautiful” the author’s use of diction creates an uplifting spiritual tone in the poem.The author uses the same words “oh beautiful for…”focusing not on America's flaws but on the beauty. For instance the start of stanza 4 she writes “o beautiful 4 heroes proved in liberty strife who more than self her country loved and marymor than life”.She apads for the people who believe in freedom of america by sacrificing their lives for their

2) The conflict in this story is person versus environment (society) And to a lesser extent, person versus person.

It is difficult to isolate the play’s conflict to anything other than on a thematic level. Every time a conflict has a potential of presenting itself, the fantasy element

The understandings and diversities of each immigrant and their experiences underlies in a range of issues they encounter such as rights, freedoms, beliefs, power, entrapment etc… All of which are a common understanding when used in comparison towards the migrants lives using the poignant aspect of imagery and journey’s within the poem “Immigrants at Central Station, 1951”. The experiences and perceptive in this poem help perceive an understanding of the immigrants experiences towards the new world of which displays the integrity, emotion and suffering towards the new world and we as the readers are engaged into these aspects of life through trains, time, control and journeys.

Although our class has not covered this chapter yet, I felt it necessary to address this song as my journal topic taking into consideration everything that is going on with latest transition of power. Like the song stated at first, many human beings have to take the decision to leave their homes and cross the border into another country. Many times, they do not want to make this transition. Who in the right mind would want to leave their family not knowing the next time one would see them? The lyrics about the tears and the load an immigrant carries also are very significant in Racial & Ethnic Relations. Due to the media and the social influence, immigrants are looked upon as criminals and evil-doers. Every has this prejudice towards immigrants but they never take into account the tears. Legal citizens never see the tears or hardships that immigrants face and judge them solely on their action of crossing the border illegally. Arjona speaks a very fundamental truth in saying that the wetback carries the weight that the legal would not load. It saddens me to say this, but our society overlooks the heavy weight that these human beings, just like the rest of us, carries on their shoulders. If anything, fueled by prejudice and discrimination, they add onto their weight. Finally, in Arjona’s last verse, he is making a sincere appeal at the unjust- immigration system. One of the goals for humanity is achieving a world liberated of prejudice and discrimination. Although this hope may seem far fetched, some change can occur in diminishing the presence of prejudice within our hearts. I identified with this song not because I am an immigrant but because one of my closest friend’s parents are illegal. She tells me of the fear that she goes through knowing that they can be taken at any moment. However, my friend and I strongly believe that the greater good will

The treatment for the equality of religion is even the first amendment. This is one major reason we should still follow the poem. It might represent the welcoming to immigrants, but that also means to respect and welcome their religion, no matter how ridiculous the religion seems to us. We shouldn’t judge or question the religion, we should show kindness and respect for the others. The immigrants, for example, have been through so much lately. The last thing they need is for someone to judge their beliefs.

Native Guard is a poem that is built on a lot of passion and precision that makes this entire book of poetry stand out. From the beginning with the elusive imagery and foreshadowing of her childhood and her mother’s life we are easily engulfed in the lifestyle of being born in the south. The imagery continues on in the new memory of the pinnacle time of slavery and the Civil War, which shows the true nature of the south through repetition and metaphoric sentences of many gruesome and remorseful scenes.

This poem shows that all immigrants move to the United States to look for the “American Dream”. They risk their lives to obtain a better life for themselves and their families. When the author says:

The poem is filled not with resentment but with optimism, the cheerfulness of that “great, silly grin" (21) that he believes will take him to a future where they will be as American as anyone else. But he also understands that people like him, mainly Mexicans who come to the United States to strive for something better in life.

As living and breathing human beings people are bound to experience some type of conflict. Conflict can be present within a person, between two people, between a person and forces of nature, and even between a person and their society. Conflict is defined as the struggle that shapes the plot in a story (Clugston, 2014, ch.4sect.1 para.4). When reading a piece of literature, especially a short story, one should pay special attention to the central conflict because it is the key element of the story (Clugston, 2014). This essay will analyze “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin and “Sweat” by

Another perspective cited in the literature with increasing frequency suggests that literacy is more than the acquisition of reading and writing skills; it is also a social practice or social currency, and, as such, a key to social mobility (Gee 1991). Learning the hidden rules and cultural codes of the dominant culture, according to this perspective, facilitates upward mobility. To be successful in accessing educational and employment opportunities, members of minority groups must become bicultural, i.e., they must be able to function both in the culture of their identity group and in the dominant culture.

Main Idea: The poet, born in Jamaica and moved to America, has to go through the day to day struggles in order to tolerate the hate he receives only because of his race. The people do not see him for who he really is, however, he can see them for who they really are. Ultimately, he sees himself as better than his haters because he never gives into his rage like the people do.