Archive for September 2009
Ch. 26 poem – Bilingual/Bilingue by Rhina Espaillat
This poem speaks a lot to people who come from a family whose first language is not English. It can be hard on a mother and father who do not understand the language and who wish to keep English out of the house to not only better understand more of what their children are saying but also as to keep their children from forgetting their language and not losing some of their heritage that is important. But she would proudly show her English off and her good writing ability and she know that her father secretly loved the English language and was proud of her for knowing how to use the language on paper.
2 comments September 16, 2009
Theme for English B
The poem I’m considering is Theme for English B. He talks specifically about a class assignment that the instructor insists to let it come out of you for it to be true to yourself. He talks about how he was the only colored person and really him being colored in the school he attends is the literal meaning of the poem. He is the only one in the class and living in Harlem. Classmates probably expect him to not like the same things they do like the same music and the same interests. He means a lot when he talks about the paper being white, his skin color being colored, and the professor being white. It intensifies the idea of him being colored but that not meaning that he is not like everyone else in his classes or city. And his paper being on paper which is white proves that he is just like anyone else and no one really should judge on the color of a persons skin.
1 comment September 9, 2009
