“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot‚ Nothing is going to get better. It’s not” (Dr.Seuss‚ The lorax). In The Fourth of July by Audre Lorde and The Joy of Reading and Writing : Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie‚ both protagonists are treated as outcasts and have their unique selves suppressed by society‚ but continue to question why their identities are being taken away. Sherman Alexie and Audre Lorde both undergo the merciless cruelty that is racism‚ and discover they must actively fight
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him‚ but because he loves what is behind him (Chesterson). War is always devastating‚ bringing only the worst out of all the evil in the world and The First of July written by Elizabeth Speller‚ published in 2013 takes place in one of the biggest war in history‚ World War One. Unlike many books‚ Speller takes a different approach of not just revolving around one character‚ but four to show the complete picture of the soldiers in the
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I had been canoeing many times before‚ but little did I know this trip would be unlike any other. It was a sunny July morning and me and my friends loaded up the SUV and headed for the river. The closer we got‚ the larger the knots in my stomach became. I couldn’t tell if the knots where there from nerves or the excitement‚ all I knew is that I could not wait to get the canoe in the water. We reached the old wooded building surrounded by orange and gray faded canoes and began to unload our supplies
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Wise libertarian in local government: Ron Swanson‚ once said that‚ “History began on July 4th‚ 1776. Everything before that‚ was a mistake.” While standing on the very soil‚ which once oppressed the patriots of young America‚ Swanson‚ filled with a strong pride for our nation and detest of our former British monarchy‚ understands the importance of our independence and the celebration of it. The Fourth of July is both a pivottable date in our democracy‚ declaring our liberty through law‚ and serves
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“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” is a speech‚ which Frederick Douglass presented on July 5th‚ 1862 in Rochester‚ New York. As many may know‚ at the time of this speech African-Americans were not free from the clutches of slavery and were not treated as American citizens. Douglass informs over 600 listeners of the racial oppression African-Americans faced‚ religion and the church’s relation to slavery‚ and the U.S. Constitution. Douglass appears to give off a tone that is welcoming. The
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Fourth of July is a holiday celebrated by many but is it really a celebration for all? “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde is about a trip her family had taken to Washington‚ D.C. to celebrate her sister and her graduation. Soon the trip turns into disappointment as she realizes the harsh truth of racism and humiliation. What her parents have been avoiding by not telling her the whole truth she learns during her week in Washington‚ D.C. Learning these things all at once makes her question why her
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they won’t take a second glance. On the other hand if they saw something detailed and abstract‚ it stands out and piques their interest. The same thing can be applied when talking about a reader and literature. A work like Sylvia Plath’s “Poppies In July” has the ability to capture an audience’s attention from the first line‚ as it could be argued to be almost abstract. The poem opens by amiably describing flowers. However‚ the ending of the first line foreshadows something more sinister or dangerous
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has not always been given to all. American values and beliefs have changed overtime causing today’s beliefs to be different. By comparing and contrasting the perspectives of Frederick Douglass‚ who in his speech “What to the Slave if the Fourth of July?” presents his viewpoint on the need to end the act of slavery‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who in her speech from Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention argues the need for equality between men and women‚ it is evident
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founded on freedom; it is a celebrated right. Yet not everyone had the freedom that was so treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different pieces
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In the speech “ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” given by Frederick Douglass‚ he announces his goals for the future men and women of the United States. Douglass is a well known‚ powerful public speaker who was born into slavery then later escaped at the age of twenty one. On the day of his speech‚ he addresses an audience at the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society during a time where people of the United States visioned the total abolition of slavery as a profound cause. He speaks against
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