Ishmael Reed, through parody, allusion, and satire, manages to convey the meaning of Jes Grew without once explicitly defining it. There is a good reason why he never defines it; Jes Grew has no true definition. Even those infected by this ?anti-plague? that evokes the jump, jive, and wail, do what you feel like spirit inside of them, can?t put their finger on exactly what is ?this Jes Grew thing? (33).
One cannot explain Jes Grew without destroying its carefree feeling. Yet without
?finding its text,?
Jes Grew ?will peter out as in the 1890?s, when it wasn?t ready and had no where to search? (34). Ironically, this set both pro and anti-Jes Grew advocates on an identical path: to seek out its text. Apparently an inevitable outcome, this essay too will seek out the implications of the sought after text and the exact meaning of that infectious fiction which Reed so delicately tip-toed around.
Jes Grew at first glance reads as ?just grew.? Reed chose these words to give the phenomenon a sense of emergence. What was not there yesterday has suddenly appeared today because it just recently grew. What used to be the mundane, every day life of the
Negro is transformed into the enlivened carefree attitude of Jes Grew. The personal freedom which had been burning inside the people is suddenly expelled and lived out as if there was nothing to stand in their way. The ?irrepressible fancy? is to get up and express themselves through music, dance, and ?the speaks? (154). The epidemic spreads in a manner just as it exists, for as it pops up all over the country it evokes spontaneous activity in its victims. Jes Grew acts as a drug to those infected by it, which causes them to express themselves in otherwise unacceptable ways. ?The kids want to dance belly to belly and cheek to cheek.... The kids want to Funky Butt while their elders prefer the
Waltz...? (21). And just as the deleterious effects of drugs destroy one?s ability to contribute to the advancement of society, so does Jes Grew stagger the nation?s ability to advance as a whole.
Akin to the bootlegging of the 1920?s, Jes Grew persists despite being outlawed. Yet still the societal advocates attempt to stop the contagion. In one week
?16 people have been fired from their jobs for manifesting symptoms of Jes Grew? (21).
It is those in charge, the white bosses and politicians, who feel threatened by the spontaneous em...
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...entify with the hated ideals of Communism during the Cold War.
The
pre-programmed concepts of Communism were ones which Americans of Ishmael
Reed?s time understood well to be unwelcome. This was the motivation behind
Reed?s
satiristic comparison between the ideals of Communism and those of the
Wallflower
Order embodied in the talking android.
Jes Grew is a phenomenon that, even labeled and categorized neatly by one faction or another, remains identifiable only at the personal level. Those infected with the anti-plague embody the qualities of freedom, but not just freedom from oppression. They experience freedom from society and its constraints, freedom from previous monotone thought, freedom from themselves. Each case is embodied differently by its carrier depending on the form of expression he or she chooses to display.
But one trend remains common throughout the Jes Grew outbreak, and that is that it allows people to stand apart from the programmed mindset of the period. With enough free minds gathered together, unified by a common goal and opposed only by a power blind to that goal, Jes Grew is a phenomenon of revolutionary proportions that holds constant throughout the times.
Anyone can walk into a train station with a gun hidden and just fire at will. With the 2nd amendment in place, people can buy and own guns. Throughout the years, guns have caused more tragedies than miracles. SInce the constitution which was ratified in 1787, we live in a democracy. Many things which would not be allowed in other countries are seen in the U.S. Even back as far as the 1800s, these events can still occur. Based on this information, it’s a miracle that all but 4 of the presidents survived their terms. Before the president had protection in case of an attack, all it took was a man and a gun. Take Charles Guiteau for example, he got his hands on a gun even though he had a mental disorder. The process of the assassination of James Garfield wasn’t even a tough process, Anybody could’ve walked into that train station with a gun that had somewhat of a good aim and shot Garfield, the most powerful man in the
It seems that every sibling doesn’t always have a great relationship with their older or younger siblings. In the movie “Real Women Have Curves”, we have two sisters, Anna and Estella,who seem not to get along in the beginning because of their differences, but at the end they become the best of friends because they have similar dreams and learn to support each other. The advantage of Anna and Estella’s relationship is that they benefit from each other. The whole story is that you don’t always realize how much you have in common with your siblings until you realize that you have similar dreams and can be there for each other.
In this brief authors Epstein, Griffin and Botvin, (2008), Maintains that young sibling play an important role in shaping their environment. During an individual’s early childhood, attitudes and behavior is developed. However, the author believes that older sibling plays an important role in creating family standards and structure throughout the lifespan (Epstein, Griffin, & Botvin, 2008).
Jazz involves vast amount of different instruments, for example clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone and so on. While playing jazz, the percussion instruments are also an important part, like double bass, drums and piano. All of these instruments work together as a whole, and then the
globally spread. The symptoms of this illness are quite defined and are very recognizable. Cause
Now a days, many believe that jazz is not that important of music genre, but with our history, jazz plays a big role. “Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but it is a gift that America has given to the world.”, quoted by Ahmad Alaadeen. Jazz in the 1920’s opened the eyes of whites and invited them into African American culture; it evolved Americans to where we are today since it brought a change to the music scene, an acceptance of African Americans, and a change of lifestyles.
So tonight I will tell why you should not drink the dangerous and deathly energy drinks.
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In the present society, people’s schedules tend to be extremely hectic due to either strenuous work schedules or keeping up with school and families. Due to this, numerous individuals do not obtain the recommended eight hours of sleep. On top of not getting enough sleep, they do not eat the proper foods to nourish their bodies. In return, they have a substantial lack of energy. Usually people who do not take care of themselves tend to eventually get more tired by mid-day and as their day goes on. A simple solution would be to go to bed earlier and eat better foods. However, our society has become very lazy, obese, and have started to take the easy way out over the years. Instead of eating better and trying to get more sleep, people drink energy drinks as an easy and fast way to get a boost of energy. Energy drinks have been around since the nineteen-sixties and have become increasingly more popular. There are hundreds of different brands of energy drinks that are sold in grocery stores and gas stations today, and worse than that billions of them are consumed every year. Even though multiple energy drinks are consumed every year, many people are uninformed about; what an energy drink is, what the benefits and non-benefits are, what different types of energy drinks there are, and how mixing them with alcohol can be seriously dangerous.
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One of the reasons growing up with siblings can benefit children is because they can learn from their siblings in multiple ways. Children can indirectly learn from their siblings by recognising their mistakes and avoid making the same ones. This helps the other siblings because they will have a greater chance of not making the same mistake and save their time, so they can focus on other things. If one sibling handles a situation or event a certain way and things do not end well, another sibling can change the way that he or she approaches the situation in order to achieve a
weeks which led to threat for epidemic outbreak. From such experiences, I not only had
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