Analyzing Rankine's Poem Comparison

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phrase could be compared with that of the dark tunnel that has a bright light at the end, that light
is the light of hope and that means everyone must head down there.
The poem also intends the reader know how society can be affected by people acting
irrationally. In the last stanza of the poem, Rankine compares therapist that she goes to see to
treat her illness with a Doberman pinscher. She states “It’s as if a wounded Doberman pinscher
or a German shepherd has gained the power of speech”. Rankine makes this comparison to show
how society can act irrationally toward others. Animals are irrational, therefore, the writer
suggests as the therapist acts like an animal when she opens the door. Acting irrationally by
stereotyping her own patient

only because she is black. Animals react hostilely when they see a
person they do not know coming into their home, for them is valid because they do not have that
sense of reasoning. however, humans often tend to act without reasoning and that makes people
create stereotypes toward others.