“What I Wouldn’t Do” by Dorianne Laux 1. Can you paraphrase the poem if necessary? Yes. The poem is about a person describing all the jobs she has had over the years‚ concluding that the one job she would not do again would be a phone telemarketer because she did not like to hear the disappointment in the voices on the other end of the phone when they realized it was just a salesperson calling. 2. Who is the speaker in the poem? How would you describe this persona? Ms. Laux has worked as a
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Reading Response on “We Wear the Mask” Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” attempts to convey that all of humanity wears a mask for basic survival. The poet ultimately conveys that since we cannot be true to ourselves we can’t expect the more from the world than lies. Dunbar uses “we” as a general term for all of humanity‚ although he is not excluding himself from this generalization. We as a society have at one point felt the strain of what others decide who we should be based off
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In the poem‚ “We Wear the Mask’‚ the narrator‚ Paul Lawrence Dunbar‚ expresses the pain African American experienced during the slave trade and how the slaves learned to suppress their emotions. The poem shows a contrast between African American’s social faces and their “bleeding hearts”. The tone of the poem is not a corrective tone‚ but rather an explanatory one. In considering the time period‚ it would make sense that the narrator would be careful about insulting the white community. In the
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After reading Dunbar’s poem‚ “We Wear the Mask‚” I feel the poem was meant for an educated audience since the dialect was written in Standard English. In the first line‚ “We wear the mask that grins and lies‚” the African American people are telling their side of the story through this poem. How they truly feel is contrary to their smiles‚ although‚ they suppose that things should not be any different. The author is trying to show the audience that many African-Americans are putting on a front for
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Masks A mask is a covering worn on the face or something that disguises or conceals oneself. All the characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet hide behind masks to cover up who they really are‚ which contridictes a main idea‚ expressed by the fool‚ Old Polonius‚ "To thine ownself be true" (Polonius - 1.3.84). All the characters share strengths and triumphs‚ flaws and downfalls. Instead of revealing their vulnerabilities‚ each of them wears a mask that conceals who they are and there true convictions
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literature we run into similarities in common stories. When reading “Richard Cory” and “We Wear the Mask” we run into very similar themes‚ masks obviously. Themes sometimes overlap in stories any story from any time we can see that the themes define the story are the soul. The many short texts I’ve recently read have been set in America in the time after the civil war‚ with racism. Do we really hide who we are? The poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar has the theme that people wear metaphorical
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the daring whisper that Josh has heard. In my opinion‚ this kind of deep thoughts can be told to the readers in different way of writing‚ but how the author used this “fiction” writing made readers more involved and it was impressing for me. Pal Laurence Dunbar’s opinion about the way of the culture of Southern society has reflected on the story very well‚ so I was able to understand about it clearly. He mentioned the ideas through Mr. Lecker and he made an ironical believes. Intention was very real
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MODULE ONE ASSIGNMENT ONE WE WEAR THE MASK (Paul Laurence Dunbar) http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides4/Dunbar.html Read the information presented in the link. Read the poem. WRITING ASSIGNMENT (1OO POINTS) The poem alludes to the façade people oppressed by slavery had to put on for society. Write an expository essay presenting three “masks” that people usually wear in any given society. You must explain each point thoroughly and provide at least one example. Your essay must have:
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Mask 1 Lillie Coleman English 310 - Writing Principle October 4‚ 2010 We Wear the Mask We Wear the Mask a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. I believe that Dunbar’s poem speaks out on the harsh realities of the mistreatment and injustice of blacks. It depicts the struggles of survival for black people living in white America. It also describes how blacks were forced to repress their true feelings of grief‚ sadness and pain. I believe the poem speaks out during a time in history
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Poem Comparison All four poems that I read are related in their purposes and goals; however‚ they are also very different. "Lucinda Matlock" by Edward Lee Masters‚ "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg‚ "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ and "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar are all about the joys and sorrows of life. How we look at life makes life good or bad. "Lucinda Matlock" is a story of a woman‚ who‚ by some standards‚ would have a life that we consider a mediocre. However‚ the narrator
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