Child Of The Americas In the poem‚ “Child of the Americas‚” Aurora Morales uses the literary element of repetition to illustrate how different cultures around the world can come together and become one as a whole. “I am a child of the Americas…I am a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew… I am not Africa. Africa is in me… I am not European. Europe lives in me… I am new. History made me… I am whole‚” (Morales). Morales’ use of repetition illustrates all of the different characteristics she feels in her life
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“Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales is a poem about an American who came from a mixture of numerous cultures that formed her heritage and her character as an American. This poem’s focal points are on cultural diversity and the viewpoint of immigrants in the American society. In my opinion‚ this poem was intriguing because it bought to light many of the racial and ethnic discrimination we endure in the world today‚ and also leaves the reader speculating about his/ her own cultural background
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Paper of Child of the Americas and what it’s like to be a black girl. Comparison Paper of Child of the Americas and what it’s like to be a black girl. Patrice Moody ENG 125 Introductions to Literature Instructor: Duvan Arsola 08/09/2011 Comparison Paper of Child of the Americas by Aurora Levin Morales and what’s it like to be a Black Girl by Patricia Smith The literary works I will compare are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora
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literary works I will compare are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levin Morales and “What’s It like to be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith. The works focus on the psyche of two women of African descent‚ plagued by the historical American public perceptions of their culture. These negative perceptions play an important part of the individual’s psyche due to prejudice. It has misconstrued and distorted the minds of these young African American girls. These poems show how two young girls from different
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decided to compare are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levin Morales and “What’s It like to be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith. These two works focus on the psyche of two women that are of African descent‚ the plagued by the historical American public perceptions of their culture. In these negative perceptions that played an important part of the individual’s psyche due to prejudice. It was misconstrued and distorted the minds of these young African American girls. The poems show how two young girls
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european customs into their own personal culture. Through out the poem the speaker describe her heritage and the cultures she identifies as‚ and I believe that “Europe lives in me‚ but I have no home there” simply means she is creating memories and experiences that takes place in europe but she has never truly lived there or been there long enough to call it home. How does the speaker describe herself? Throughout "Child of the Americas" the speaker describes herself as many different nationalities
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the poem “It’s Funny‚” by Juliet Levin (poetrysoup.com) the narrator is struggling with betrayal from the people he/she cares about. The point of view is first person‚ I say this because the word “we” is used a lot throughout it‚ the tone is hurt‚ I think this because he/she cries and hurts about things that they don’t benefit from. Juliet Levin uses symbolism in this text to represent forgiveness and how it can make us weak in times of hardships. The first‚ example of symbolism in this poem is in
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Amerícans‚ happy in their new home. "Child of the Americas"‚ a poem by Aurora Levins Morales describes the perspective of a Puerto Rican woman that has a very diverse ancestral background who has immigrated to the United States. "Amerícan"‚ on the other hand‚ is a more so broader depiction of a very similiar concept to that of "Child of the Americas". The poems seem to have many distinct similarities‚ including their common overall theme of the narrators love for who they are and where they live
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Race America The works of Child of the America’s by Aurora Levins Morales and What It’s Like to be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t) by Patricia Smith was because of the direct contrast of the statements “I am whole” in Morales poem verses “…and feeling like you’re not finished” in Smith’s poem. Both statements in these poems are strong‚ stating a completion of a human soul and both poems are in agreement that race is a part of the completion to the human soul. Levins Morales’ poem explains
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"America" also known as "They’re Coming to America" is the name of a patriotic song and poem written by Neil Diamond in 1980. The song was a tribute to the immigration in America‚ where people from all over the world were welcome to come and seek opportunity. “America” is the title of the poem and is an extensive term with both great importance denotations and connotations. The title “America” does not only speak of the country which is the denotation‚ but it does also refer to a semantic meaning
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