Smith also provides example, charts, graphs, and other supplementary materials that aid in explanation of points and messages. ... I also had difficulty with the large number of citations throughout the text. ... He discusses the same topics that have been presented in PS 484-01 but gives more examples than the current text. ...
He incorporates the use of footage, text, crops, images, dialogue, musical montages and movement to properly display the hardships of black individuals throughout history in two acts. ... The dancing is very romantic and fluid, but the movement contradicts with the message that is being represented on the projections. ...
Often the message is one that is directly reflective upon the life of the writer. ... (p.254) Though the text itself is an intricate combination of gender conflicts and racial tension, digging below the surface opens the reader's eyes to a completely new realm of literary analysis. ... The style of the work, which is incredibly similar to Zora's native tongue in Eatonville, as well as its historically significant message is directly reflective upon the life and times of the writer. ...
This message is resonated in the ending lines of the final stanza. ... The texts of the records were very negligent (they used lax phrases such as "friendless boys and girls"), and very few of the crimes (rape, sexual exploits, beatings) in where African-Americans were victims were ever reported or recorded (2-33, W&W). ... (This next paragraph strays away from your instructions, but it deals with the theme of this paragraph and it elaborates on Angelou's message in the first stanza.) ...
Being from Canada and coming down to the South, I honestly didn't know what to expect. You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. As soon as I got down here I could already tell that it was going to be a lot different. Racism is everywhere I go down here and I can't...
