The Theme Of Strength In Dick Gregory's Short Story 'Shame'
Paper #2 Final Draft: Strength
One way to define the word strength is to have a capacity for endurance. Such can be said about the main characters in the short story “Shame” by Dick Gregory an the poem “Power” by Adrienne Rich. Being strong with yourself lets people know you are not going to give up. “It seemed she denied to the end the source of cataracts on her eyes”… (line 10-11). Only one with immense strength would be able to work through this kind of illness. Marie Curie, whom this poem is written about, continued to work with these radioactive elements, even though there were killing her physically. Mentally she new what she wanted to do before he died and she had the strength to do that. She denied that fact she was sick because
One way to define the word strength is to have a capacity for endurance. Such can be said about the main characters in the short story “Shame” by Dick Gregory an the poem “Power” by Adrienne Rich. Being strong with yourself lets people know you are not going to give up. “It seemed she denied to the end the source of cataracts on her eyes”… (line 10-11). Only one with immense strength would be able to work through this kind of illness. Marie Curie, whom this poem is written about, continued to work with these radioactive elements, even though there were killing her physically. Mentally she new what she wanted to do before he died and she had the strength to do that. She denied that fact she was sick because