Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Book vs. Poem
The essay and the book compare to each other in a number of ways, mostly in the fact that both writers have looked at the plight of African- Americans during their times and commented on it. Both were not happy with the current status of their peers and urged that they should work towards equal rights, though the poem seemed slightly more hopeful. The author of the poem seemed to think that the revolution would come soon as marked by his use of the term “tomorrow.” Wright, however, was a little more realistic and realized that the majority of African-Americans were not ready to force the issue of equal rights, though he still hoped that they would get their rights and believed that they would at some time. Though there were many parallels, the poem was definitely a more hopeful passage marking the arrival of equal rights as a definite soon occurrence.
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This is a good blog in that it highlights the main way in which the essay and the book are similar, but I think what takes this blog to the next level is that you also discuss how they were different. It was really observant to note how Hughes's poem was more hopeful, and Wright more realistic in their opinions of how to resolve the plight of African-Americans. Good catch!
I really liked how you compared the poem in the passage. I didn't really think about the difference between how the poem seemed more hopeful, while the other one seemed more realistic. It was interesting to see how the author used certain words to express a message. Good Blog.
Seth,
I definitely agree with what Breanna said in that it was interesting that you not just compared the two pieces of writing, but you also contrasted them. I never thought of Wright's writing being more realistic, and you are right he did realize that the majority of African Americans were not ready to force the issue of equal rights. One thing that I found to be different between both authors was that one was almost more an individualistic goal in Langston Hughes' poem, and a more united goal of Wright's assertion. It was a subtle difference, but something that I think was also another difference between the two pieces of writing. Good blog!
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