The author opens the article with a line of a song lyric from Boardway musical Avenue. It talks about racism in a global manner, which everyone born to carry certain racism. Later on, the author lists several experiences from famous people, outlining the fact that racism is carried by everyone in different ways. One example […]

In the Price of black Ambition, the author kindly discusses her life experiences from kindergarten to a famous writer to retrace back the emerging of her black ambition. During kindergarten age, she once received an F for her academic grade. As she said: “As a black girl in these United States—I was the daughter of […]

The blues are many things that appeared in the black culture and inevitably shown up in the opposite manner. On one hand, it symbolizes the depression time for the desperate black people in American society. It was a lowdown period. On the other hand, blue is also a kind of euphoria. People celebrate the freedom […]

  The song captures the singer’s inner deep thoughts about the great depression that everyone went through, as well as the period where Black Americans suffered in society. His lyrics are powerful which allows the audience to resonance with his pain and pain from others. The lyrics are simple and emotional especially in the third […]

In the poem I, too and As I grew older, the poet uses different metaphors to explore the motif of the dream – a reference of everyone is treated equally and no racism in the society. In the poem As I grew older, the poet is trying to convey no matter what stands in the way […]

The poem ” Mother to Son” and the advertisement ” The talk” both display the perspectives of black mothers,  encouraging and teaching their children to be strong and confident about who they are. There is an age trend seen in the advertisement, from the little girl to the old teenage boy in the ad. Although […]

The Harlem Renaissance took part in the early 20 century, a  movement for the discovery of what meant to be an artist, black and American. The artwork in that period normally combined three themes together. The movement inspires different forms of art, including drama, poet, paintings, and films. It often discussed the double consciousness of […]

How does the interplay of written & visual text affect our response/interpretation? Consider the Audience, Purpose, Perspective. How does the intertextual nature of the text create a completely different impact? Does this text have anything to say about identity?   Information in this ad is categorically organized, that is of less importance is smaller and […]

I came from Sri Lanka, that is what my mama told me so. It is a wonderful place, although I had never been there before, my impression of that place all came from my mother. Those top ancient trees extend their thick and strong roots under the ground, surrounded by flowers blooming in all varieties. […]

Comments: Ibsen uses the motif of the ‘tarantella’ to communicate the evolution of Nora’s relationship with Helmer over a period of time, potentially ending with the dance. Nora learned this form of dance on a trip to Capri for which she borrowed money to help Torvald recover from his illness. Thus this dance is a […]