Audre Lorde: Article Analysis

Say What? Is an article that Cathleen Terhune Alty wrote. In this article, Cathleen talks about patients opening up to their hygienists. She explains, that most patients share their personal details because we are good listeners. Some patients feel safe around us because they see us more often than their regular doctor. The key to all this, is to not offer any advice, but instead, listen to the patient. Cathleen goes on by explaining how as dental professionals we are required by law to report cases of abuse or neglect even if the patient told you not to say anything. Also, Cathleen talks about discussing politics with patients. She says that we should avoid that type of conversation because everyone has his or her own opinion about politics.

The irony in the challenges of life is that it helps us build character. But the irony in truth is that often times its right in front of us. Can we all subconsciously be capable of carrying ourselves within a barrier of “truths”? As a poet, writer, and political activist, Audre Lorde’s “The Fourth of July” describes an image of how much her mother rationalizes with certain truths: “As usual, whatever my mother did not like and could not change, she ignored” (222). Growing up in an era of segregation, and coming to terms with the realities of how cruel the world could be; as a result, sharing less than the truth was used as a barrier of protection. Nonetheless, in times of social injustice and racism, some truths come to light surrounded with

In the article "The Fourth of July" Audre Lorde conveys to us her experiences in childhood when she faced the racism and discrimination in a trip Washington, DC, and how she angr from. Lorde started the article with explain to us the reason why the family have that summer trip as a presents for her and her sister for there graduated. And how they used a train at night to transportation because it's less price. It's was the first trip to Washington for the family and the mother of Lorde’s family prepare many different kind of food as soon as they set in their seats they started to eat a until a long time. Then Lorde started tell us about the first discrimination that she known about it how her mother prepare the food for them and tell them that the food at dining car food experience but the truth was that black people were not allowed into railroad dining cars and her mother skip the situation because she can't do anything.

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde is a book that uses a lot of descriptive words in unconventional ways. These words stick out when read and allow for visualization of things in the way that Audre saw them. Her choices of nouns and adjectives evoke feelings and imagery that involves all of the senses. This is what made the book most encapsulating. An example of an unusual instance of imagery lies in this quote: “Her crispy hair twinkled in the summer sun as her big proud stomach moved her on down the block while I watched, not caring whether or not she was a poem” (Lorde 4). The way Lorde describes the woman’s hair as crispy and twinkling is very unconventional. Those are not words that one would typically use to describe hair,

Smith and Bradford use religion as a literary tool to persuade the reader towards their own interests. There are similarities and differences in the motivation to use religion by these two authors, yet the use is still prevalent in their writings. The reasons for these similarities and differences are found in the greater interest of each individual author.

Smith was talking about capitalism and the necessity of competition; however this also applies to society’s political agenda. Different groups need to be able to compete for power without limitations on their language, action, and literature because such restrictions resemble censorship laws that oppress people’s ability to inform themselves as well as others.

“They killed my son in cold blood,” lamented Eloise Armstead. Her husband, Add Armstead, was traveling to work with a companion on Saturday evening in the early 1970s. Thomas Shea and Walter Scott, responding to a call about a cabby that was robbed earlier that day, used this opportunity to rid the world of the wicked and gain a victory for the righteous. Walking along New York Blvd. in South Jamaica, Queens, Shea and his partner pulled alongside the two. Armstead says, as he recalls the incident, “We were walking, not saying anything to each other, and this car pulls up, and this white fella opens the door with a gun.” To him and his companion it looked like they were going to be robbed, so they ran. As the gunshots

The short essay by Audre Lorde,” the transformation of silence into language and action” serves as an inspiration to every women to keep aspiring to their dreams. Lorde argues that too many women hesitate to speak up for themselves in times of injustice much like the author admitted to encountering in the beginning of the passage. Lorde views silence as the enemy that prevails in all women, especially to African American women. Fear being one of the many consequences that may result from voiced opinions. Lorde explains that speaking up allows one to discover just how truly powerful an individual is.

There are some images and events that stick with a person forever and can change their entire outlook on life. Sometimes these events are experienced indirectly, through the media, but that does not mean that it impacts the person any less. Audre Lorde is one of those people who is indirectly affected by a tragedy that she witnesses through the eyes of the media and her society. For Audre Lorde, the brutal murder of a young African American boy sticks with her and inspires her to write an emotional poem entitled “Afterimages.” The image of the boy, Emmett till, is forever engraved in Audre Lorde’s brain (Lorde 48). Her poem clearly expresses how distraught she is, not only with what happens to Emmett Till, but also with the views of society as a whole. The theme for Audre Lorde’s “Afterimages” is traumatic events can reflect the attitudes of members of a society and can also significantly impact the lives of young people.

In Arlie Russell Hochschild’s, “Love and Gold,” she depicts the economic influences that turn choices of mothers in Third World countries into a precondition. Similarly, in Toni Morrison’s, Sula, a recurring theme of the struggle between independence, the ability to choose, and doing what’s best for others, or coerced decisions, is imminent throughout the entire novel and revolved around the main character, Sula. Often times the factor that weighs down choice is responsibility. Choices are seemingly infinite until you factor in what choices will affect which people and why. Both mothers and caregivers have to put their dependent before themselves, therefore limiting their

The most important cultural value in Janelle Monae’s Q.U.E.E.N. is they want to act in their own culture way without others judgement. For example “They call us dirty 'cause we break all your rules down”. In this part the video shows two men colored in white and played guitar. This sentence means they didn’t act what others want. “Rules” represents the action that others feel normal about. When they do something not normal but in their own culture, others will judge them and scold at them. “Dirty” stands for what other thought about them. This is not because what they did wrong, this only because they act different from other. This also because they were being racism. They have to follow the world others made no matter they want or not. The

In her essay “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference”, Audre Lorde details multiple groups of people and their actions and attitudes. She focuses on and criticizes different demographics’ actions and how they impede the achievement of equality for people like herself. She portrays the disenfranchisement and underappreciation she receives multilaterally because of her race, social class, sexual orientation, age, gender. Lorde’s prevailing goal of the essay is to demonstrate that the marginalized should not nullify, ignore, suppress, or attack the expression of differences between themselves. Rather, she asserts that they should recognize and celebrate those differences to unite across demographic boundaries so they may together

Because Smith never offers up any backing for his word, the reader is left to speculate how he came up with all his information and why they should believe anything he has to say. Smith goes on and on, mentioning example after good example while never once backing up what he has to say.

Both Hunt and Lease talk about how the Humanities are important to everyday education, but they go about it in a different manner. I would have to say that I agree more so with Hunt on the fact that one problem with Humanities is that they do present some sort of dogma, which is the opposite of what Lease wrote about. However, I agree with Lease on the fact that the humanities are central to understanding the framework of social and cultural worlds. One part that struck me in particular was when Lease told the joke about how someone with a Liberal Arts degree says “Do you want fries with that?”. I found this incredibly frustrating simply for the fact that someone who is working at a college (especially the president of that said college) is

The poem, “A Woman Speaks” by Audre Lorde is a both a confessional and identity poem. She is not only addressing her internal battle and self-suffering, but also discussing the societal inequities African American women were suffering in the United States. The poem’s diction, on the surface, produces a tranquil tone to the poem. This facet of tranquility in the poem is used to express how her battle against inequity will not be fought with violence or hatred, and how she is not blaming any specific party or institution for her personal suffering. She instead plans to use the power and beauty of words to communicate the flaws of the image of women, fight against injustice and racism, and alleviate her internal despair. “A Woman Speaks” by Audre Lorde is an anthem for African American women and uses vivid imagery, ancestral references, and a call to action to connect to the reader and enact a fight against the underrepresentation of African American women.