Monday, October 2, 2017
SS 1 Between the world and me
In response to question #3 I feel "Between the World and me" leaves us with the opposite of hope it leaves us with a feeling sort of close to pessimism in which I have no faith in change. Also I feel this piece dosent give us hope because the death of the prince as he was the embodiment of success in my opinion as he was portrayed in the book but his life was wrongly and severly shortened and in white America's eyes there no one to blame the shooter is the victim not the defenseless young black prince. I feel that Coates was trying to display some forms of hope for the people but it was over shadowed by fear anger and brutality from his peoples past. I am left with the hope in my own destiny if anyone has the drive to be great hard or easy path they will make a way.
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I agree we have to make our own hope because were not gonna get hope from nobody except your friends and family
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ReplyDeleteI didn't finish the book but yes, this is a very hopeless feeling book, I do also think that the feeling you have is probably what he is trying to give.
ReplyDeleteI agree to what you said. But I don't think that he was trying to show any hope at all even if was shadowed by fear, anger and brutality. But i like the idea of what your going for.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that Coates was trying to portray hope at all. In fact I think he was trying to dismantle the feeling of hope for the Amerikkkan Dream. But I do agree with your use of Prince’s death and how this shows that no matter how smart you are and how much you’re loved, all they see is that you’re Black and you’re a “threat”.
ReplyDeletei get what you have said, i agree when you said, the only hope that someone can have is their own, but Coates did not gave any clues of hope at least not for his son, he might have shown that fear and cruelness of the world was what made him strong.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with the idea of the author trying to portray hope. He was explaining to his son that there was NO hope. He proves this in the use of the word "body" as the black essence. The entire idea of using that symbol was to explain the importance of protection.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with the idea of the author trying to portray hope. He was explaining to his son that there was NO hope. He proves this in the use of the word "body" as the black essence. The entire idea of using that symbol was to explain the importance of protection.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with the idea of the author trying to portray hope. He was explaining to his son that there was NO hope. He proves this in the use of the word "body" as the black essence. The entire idea of using that symbol was to explain the importance of protection.
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