say what you really mean instead of hiding behind flowery words that often on a surface level mean something entirely different? In “What It's Like to Be a Black Girl (for Those of You Who Aren’t)” by Patricia Smith uses metaphorical language to show how she struggles, particularly with self-acceptance, specifically due to growing up as a black girl in America. The poem itself doesn’t use overly poetic language, but instead describes Smith’s experiences as black girl by using the word “it’s” and
What It’s Like to Go to War is Marlantes first-hand experiences of the Vietnam War. Marlantes attended Yale University, as well as Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Marlantes was also a National Merit Scholar. Marlantes left school to serve his country in Vietnam, where he was named a Lieutenant. Marlantes was awarded a Navy Cross, Bronze Star, and he also earned himself twelve Air Medals. Before publishing What It’s Like to Go to War, Marlantes published Matterhorn in 2010. What It’s Like to Go to War
playwright and teacher. Her verse “What It’s Like to Be A Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t)” is a painful piece of writing, which reveals the target audience the difficulties, which experience Blacks within the American Society. Her poem is deprived of embellishments and presents the truth the way it is, author straightforwardly depicts all the hurdles and discrimination, which she as a girl has encountered. Patricia Smith uses tone in her poem " What It’s Like to Be A Black Girl (For Those of
An explanation in its purest form of “What it’s like to be a Black Girl (for those of you who aren’t)” by Patricia Smith, is just that, an explanation. From the first three syllables “First of all,” the author gives a sense of a story being told. She uses jagged sentence structure and strong forceful language to also show the reader the seriousness of her topic. Smiths poem gives the audience an insider’s view into a young black girl’s transition into black woman-hood at a time where both being
was excited to gain an insight into how a person’s lifestyle could be different or similar to my own. What did he/she struggle with, what did he/she gain, how does the individual go about his or her everyday life being deaf? In the video ”What It’s Like to be Deaf” the speaker, D’Angelo Brown, explains his experiences growing up in his household. At the beginning of the video, he explained what I had already guessed, that communication between him and his family was a struggle, specifically, with
Following events like Ferguson, America’s police force has received heavy criticism recently regarding police brutality. The public is questioning whether police are using their position of power to better society or to benefit their own agendas of racism. Karl Vick’s article, “What It’s Like Being a Cop Now,” fails in his usage of anecdotes and statistics to argue that the public is wrongly retaliating against police. To begin, Karl Vicks makes use of many personal stories from police officers
In the story/poem, “Country Lovers” and “What it’s like to be a black girl” the writers Nadine Gordimer and Patricia Smith, focus on racism and reveal how the main characters cope with dealing with facing the conflict. The main characters in both stories are black women. The women in both pieces of literature face a lot of discrimination because of the color of their skin. Racism and ethnicity is an issue which has ruined societies and it seems like the people being affected most by it is the African
presents the 1946 movie "It's a Wonderful Life" as sexist. Isn't that taking things a bit too far? What Did Carol Costello Say? The following is a quote from Costello that explains her reasoning behind the
about this? Kiss me like it’s a lie. As if I’m your last love”. In “As If it’s Your Last”, Blackpink, the band, uses metaphor, repetition, mimesis, and simile to describe a story about a girl trying to win her crush’s heart and she keeps trying her best and not giving up. To being with, Blackpink sings the phrase “You’re like a fistful of sand. It’s like I can hold you but I can’t.” to show simile. This simile contains a meaning. It shows how hard it is to make her crush like her back. When you
want to it most. It's like when someone passes away knock knock who's there reality. It just sucks sometimes especially when you don't need it most. We all sadly know the feeling of reality because we live it everyday and a lot of times it just sucks overall. It's like when my grandma passed away yeah it is sad and stuff but at the end of the day it's reality and sometimes you wonder why it even exist. We all at one time or another wish it didn't exist but sometimes it can be good like going on roller
when people don’t feel what I feel, like, ‘How come they don’t feel what I feel after this?’ which is kinda of adolescent,” he laughs. “It’s true, I want to make things that convey an emotional landscape. So as an artist I try to do that. I like to make it personal so… To make my art unique, it has to be personal,” he continues. “You know, as much as somebody might try to sound like somebody else, when you add your own personal emotions to it, and your own experiences, that’s what makes it,” he explains
behavior and cloudy judgment is because of the plasticity of the brain. Adolescent brains have incredible plasticity because the brain is still forming and it’s not sure what to do. The brain doesn’t know how to respond; it’s developing new paths and experiences." (MindShift) Adolescent brain development should be blamed for the child’s own behavior, it’s still a part of their body. I believe your brain is a part of your body and you as a person can control it, but you just don’t know how to. We should
When I was first explaining what I wanted this blog to be like in 2008, I shared with some folks at NPR a theory I have had for some time about writing about popular culture. It goes like this: If you think monkeys are fascinating and you want to understand and be of value to them, it's not enough to be an expert on what monkeys should ideally eat. You have to understand what monkeys actually eat. And the same is true of culture. It's good to know and think about what people ought to watch and read
was because I don’t like seeing trash in the oceans, lakes or ponds just anything. It’s annoying how people don’t know how to take care for stuff. Especially that other people see it not just one or two people but thousands of people see it. When people see that there’s trash all around the area there not going to want to go back to that ocean or that part that they went to because they see that it’s all trashy there and it’s not healthy for humans and the ocean. I just don’t like seeing trash anywhere
actually her family, they were members of a club where women were not allowed to play. So the minute I was old enough to swing a club, it was like, “You're playing golf,” because she missed out on something in her childhood. Now, she’s crazy. She's like hole-in-ones. That's all she does. Interviewer: (07:34) She golfs a lot. Allison: Oh yes, she's retired. That's what retired people get to do. I'm looking forward to it. Interviewer: (07:38) So tell me about you as a golfer today. Allison: I wanted to be
FIGHTIN' WORDS: AN INTERVIEW WITH THOM JONES Thom Jones writes of war, boxing, sickness and sorrow with a blunt air of familiarity and a cyclone of words. His characters -- much like the author himself, who suffers from epilepsy and diabetes -- have been pummeled by the world, but they refuse to be knocked out. His three short story collection -- The Pugilist at Rest, a National Book Awards finalist; Cold Snap and now SONNY LISTON WAS A FRIEND OF MINE (Little, Brown, $23) -- showcases a supreme
written by Liam O’Flaherty that was released on January 12, 1923 in an issue of a weekly socialist publication, called The New Leader. It’s a very easy read with a surprise twist at the end that I felt complimented what the author was trying to convey about civil wars. I enjoyed reading this story because of its militaristic and subtle political theme. It shows what humans are when conflict stirs. A huge downside to civil war is brought to the surface with this story’s surprise ending. I would recommend
August 10, 2016 Dear Diary, It’s only been a couple weeks since we got back, but every time I close my eyes I can still hear the horns of the taxi’s blaring, smell the aroma of street bar-b-queue lingering in the air and see the barefoot children playing basketball until their Lola tells them it’s time to come eat. But when I open my eyes, I’m faced with silent roadways, endless chains of fast food restaurants, and three year olds with their eyes glued to their ipads. I haven’t been home in about
houses. That is mainly what the book is about (Scieszka). I think people should read this book because it’s easy for little kids to read, most parents recommend it for their kids because when they were kids they loved the book, and it’s good for kids to see both sides of the story. First reason you should read this book is that it’s an easy book for little kid to start reading. Since there is less words in the book, that makes the books easier to read. Most little kids like to read books with fewer
I slip my feet in a new pair of Nike sneakers, and try and get a feel for what they are like. My feet are supposedly a size ten and a half. “These are nice, but not what I’m looking for.” My mom chimes is, “Ok, let’s try these. These are cool right? You kids like these don’t you?” She hands me a pair of no-arch Adidas Sambas. Still a size ten and a half. I pop off the other shoes and grip the edges of the shoes as I try and shove them on. The shoes glide on with an odd sense of ease. “They are way