American political writers

bells when African American poets are mentioned? The legends who have influenced the path in which our ancestors fought hard to obtain in past generations. Booker T. Washington, Rita Dove, Richard Wright, Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes were a few among various highly influential poets during the 1900s. One of the biggest accomplishments of blacks today is that literature has developed from these African American poets. These individuals have set a tone and path to allow writers of any ethnicity to

in different ways due to human evolution. This was true for both Maya Angelou and Emily Dickinson. Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928. This means she was born right in the middle of segregation. This influenced Angelou because she was an African American woman who wrote about freedom for her people. The best example would be her famous novel and poem “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” The book is about her life struggles and the poem is a metaphor about a bird that seeks freedom. The final stanza

ALTERNATE HOMES AND BEYOND: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES IN CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI’S SISTER OF MY HEART INTRODUCTION Diaspora is the deracination of society from one earthly region to another earthly region. It deals with the issues and problems of homelessness and integrity crisis. The term ‘’Diaspora” was mainly used for exile of JEWS from their homeland. The Diaspora gained values in peopel;s mind with the result of globalization. In our literature diaspora has no of meanings which actually

Alice Walker and Maya Angelou are two contemporary African-American writers. Although almost a generation apart in age, both women display a remarkable similarity in their lives. Each has written about her experiences growing up in the rural South, Ms. Walker through her essays and Ms. Angelou in her autobiographies. Though they share similar backgrounds, each has a unique style that gives the readers, the gift of their exquisite humanity, with all of its frailties and strengths, joys and sorrows

The poems “New Orleans” by Joy Harjo and “Indian Boy Love Song (#2) by Sherman Alexie have two very similar themes. Themes are underlying message, or main ideas, basically the theme is the lesson you learned after you read a story, or in this instance a poem. The theme in “New Orleans” is that you should put forth the effort to find out about your culture's history. While the theme of “Indian Boy Love Song(#2) is that you should, try your hardest to become close to your elders, don’t be distant

Jamaica Kincaid's short story Girl and Ralph Ellison's King of the Bingo Game display prejudices, insecurities, and African Americans' struggle to find their own identity in the mid to late 1900s. In Girl, an unnamed daughter receives critical instructions and harsh advice from her mother about how to take care of a home, behave like a respectful woman, and have a proper, loving relationship. In the King of the Bingo Game, an unnamed middle-aged man plays a bingo game that will determine his well-being

Throughout the stories, “Battle Royal,” written by Ralph Ellison, “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington,” written by W.E.B. Du Bois, and “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambina, readers are introduced to two different protagonists who both happen to share a common feeling which includes a sense of invisibility. There are many factors which allow the characters within these stories to feel this way. The first factor is due to the profanity, along with the rude and cruel actions displayed throughout the stories which

Together with four classmates in my English class, I created an anthology of five poems on the theme of Death. The authors of these poems are Alan Seeger, Emily Dickinson, Henry Scott Holland, Pablo Neruda, and Sylvia Plath. My favorite poem is Death is nothing at all and my favorite authors are Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath. While going over the poems and learning about the poets, my favorite poem is “Death is not all” by Henry Scott Holland. This poem caught my attention because it evokes my

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings       Alice Walker and Maya Angelou are two contemporary African-American writers.  Although almost a generation apart in age, both women display a remarkable similarity in their lives.  Each has written about her experiences growing up in the rural South, Ms. Walker through her essays and Ms. Angelou in her autobiographies.  Though they share similar backgrounds, each has a unique style which gives to us, the readers

Anne Bradstreet once wrote, “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” This quote summarizes much of what her and fellow female writer Phillis Wheatley’s lives were like during their fights for social change. Throughout their lives, these women were forced to live through challenges and injustices on levels that are unimaginable to many of members of today’s society. With the Bradstreet and Wheatley did