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May 4, 2022Allison S Curseen1,011 Comments

Extra Credit Post – Thesis – “We Real Cool”

In the poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks the use of cutting sentences in half allows for the juxtaposition of the subject “We” and the action. This creates emphasis not only on the “We” but also what follows it. Brooks does this by using visual representation, repetition of the word “We”, and using couplets.…

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March 24, 2022Allison S Curseen998 Comments

Grounds for Comparison/ Frame of Reference Extra Credit

By: Nicholas Fursey   The aspects of the different texts that I will be comparing are the mother daughter relationships in the short stories “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison and “New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat. In “Sweetness” Lula Ann has a tough relationship with her mother throughout her lifetime. Her mother was mad that she…

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