Poem Analysis Of Race Politics By Luis J. Rodriguez

***=Work on You wake up to go get coffee and you see a murder scene with your two best friends dead. In the book “The Cabin” by Natasha Peterson, seven friends go to one of their parents’ cabin, in the middle of nowhere. After their first night there they wake up to two of their friends dead. With no signs of forced entry, suspicion turns to Blake, Mckenzie, Aaron, Megan and Kyle the five survivors.

In the story "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, imagery is important in the development of his characters. The man who drives the wagon and fixes things is a perfect example of imagery. "His worn black suit was wrinkled and spotted with grease. The laughter had disappeared from his face and eyes the moment his laughing voice ceased. His eyes were dark, and they were full of the

“‘Race Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez was about him and his brother living in a place called Watts. They journey over the tracks, trying to get the “good food” for their family. They go to the store, and find themselves face to face with five teenagers who knock the food out of their hands, and beat up the main character’s older brother, causing him to vomit. The teenagers leave, with them on the floor. The purpose for writing this essay is to identify syntax, connotation, and imagery within this poem, and decide what makes it important to the overall poem. The overall impression that Luis conveys within his work is the feeling of separation.

This story is about how two brothers from the Watts cross over the line of segregation that separates them from an area that is all-whites and all-american place and how they are off to the store to get groceries and when they try to come back they get beat up buy 5 teenagers on a bike. I think his purpose for writing this is to show that no matter where you are there will always be a place that bases everything off the race. The way that he uses connotation, syntax and imagery is to show the passion between how dependent

In summary, the memoir Always Running better portrays the theme coming of age because the story presents Luis's transformation to adulthood more effectively and in more detail. Additionally, Luis's coming of age consists of a pair of aspects: learning that even the toughest of people have a breaking point and a significant amount of people care more for what people think of them that the independent suffering one goes through. However, many people will argue that the poem "Race Politics" better portrays them them of coming of age. Nevertheless, because unlike "Race Politics", Always Running allows for reader to conclude the wisdom Luis consumes from the situation due to the amount of detail and imagery provided in the

In the poem “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez, connotation, imagery, and syntax was used to enhance the writing by helping us visualize and feel what the main character went through while dealing with racism in a neighborhood among whites and Mexicans.

This poem is just the same as the real event. This poem tells about the white woman as the speaker/narrator and the black boy as the observed. In the first stanza the author shows the comparison or the contrast between the white woman and the black boy (lines 1-13). The second stanza, the author shows the apparent disparities to that interrelationship emerges (lines 14-20) and the third stanza is about insight into how the scene is equal to American culture on a larger scale (lines 21-34).

She uses the different viewpoints while only speaking from one of the characters. In the beginning of the poem it is mainly what the white woman sees, however she also mentions what she believes to be what the black man sees. "We are stuck on opposite sides of the car/ ... rapidly moving through darkness." (Olds 4-7). This illustrates that they are separated to different sides and "moving through darkness" as if the situation is simply ignored. What seems to be a social barrier is acted upon as not being a big deal since they are used to the inequalities of people being treated differently because of race. An additional instance of separation is how the barriers were set in the poem. The woman gets this privilege that the man does not receive or ever will due to which race they are, even though they did not get the chance to choose. " And he is black/ and I am white... I must profit from his darkness," (Olds 21-23). The white woman understands the difference between her life and the black man's life. She says she needs to "profit" because of the fact that she is lucky to be able to have the opportunity to have certain experiences that a person of that ethnic group is allowed to. She is able to comprehend the strain in which the man goes through. It is evident these separations are bound to happen whether people like it or not based on the way society is and views certain people compared to

The Chicano movement created the first Mexican American social movement to protest for civil rights. This movement lead many Mexicans to get out of their comfort zone to face the stereotypes and discriminations that the Americans convicted them. However, Mexicans were able to identify themselves by the confidence created throughout the movement. In the Chicano movement, unfortunately, being known as Mexican portrayed them as being impecunious and violent which denigrated their race, propelling them to distinguish themselves as Mexican Americans.

One of the techniques being used in the poem is imagery. The author, Sharon Olds, uses imagery to help us visualize what is happening while two characters are on the subway. For example, he uses imagery when the poem says, “his feet are huge, in black sneakers.” This helps us visualize how the characters feet look like, and so we could know the author is referring to a sense of “darkness.” Another text support is when it says, “casual cold look of a mugger,” this helps us envision how the white character feels fear and is judging the African American just by the way he is dressed. In continuation, when the author mentions, “he could take my coat so easily, my briefcase,” this helps us picture what the white character is thinking, and lets us know how she is fearing the African American might take violent actions against her.

Imagery would seem to be related only with the sense of sight; however, I have learned in previous writing classes that imagery are words or phrases that are used to describe something that can be sensed. Authors try to convey to their readers a mental picture, expressing what they want their readers to see or feel through their words. In her poem "Contemplations", Anne Bradstreet wanted to demonstrate the existence of god, which she did by depicting his “wondrous works” through what she herself saw or heard in her surroundings (Baym and Levine 207).

Only very few examples are used, which leaves most of the imagination to the reader. Perhaps like a test, to see if when reading in Glaswegian dialect, the stereotypical Scottish man appears in one’s head; to see how narrow-minded one is. The first actual example of imagery is the structure of the poem itself, set out in a long vertical line of short words and phrases. This is to emphasize the point of setting, and the poem is set out the way it would be at a news broadcasting station. Also, the poem starts, “this is thi six a clock news thi man said”, meaning, “This is the six o’clock news”, the man said. From this we can tell that the reported speech was of a newsreader, and is being retold by the

Alliteration and metaphors are two major elements of this poem. The repetition of consonant sounds and alliteration occurs throughout the poem. All of the lines strongly use the repetition of consonants and alliteration except for lines two and seven. In addition to that, the controlling figure of speech in this poem is a metaphor. It is strongly articulated in the first line, and as the one continues to read, it is amplified and extended throughout the rest of the poem. The metaphor compares mask of Line 1 to the fabricated emotive facades that African-Americans had made use of in order to avert provoking their oppressors.

The use of imagery is to show a story rather tell the story. With details, the image will come alive and translate to the reader's imagination. Using sensory details helps create a realistic experience. Some types of imagery are visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, organic, and kinesthetic. The function of imagery is to transform a story into a piece of art. It makes poetry easier to understand because the reader is able to see what the poet is trying to demonstrate. ¨On Reading Poems to a Senior class at South High¨ uses imagery to form an experience where believing in yourself can be impactful not just to ourselves, but to others.

Imagery means to show the readers what’s around by explaining what all the 5 senses are experiencing. Imagery is an important thing as it creates an atmosphere and contributes in the mood, tone and style of the writing.