Saturday, May 25, 2019

Walker and baldwin

Alice Walker and James Baldwin twain work their literature characters to bring affectionate problems to light. A few of the social concerns that quarter be seen In their work consists of race, class, gender and society the outside forces, Although both of these authors use characters to describe social issues, their attempts start out in their work. The fol scurvying will compare and contrast how Baldwin and Walkers characters use this connection as a means to sort through their despair. Every sidereal day use by Alice Walker is a story narrated by a mother that has a very appropriate title.This title refers to the character, Maggie, whose sister says will use the heirloom quilts make by their grandmother every day when they should be hung Like she would do with such priceless Items. Maggie sorrowfully says Its okay her sister can need the quilts. The mother sees such a selfless daughter, who in fact feels worthless in comparison with her sister and most likely several people, considering her poor self-image. She on the spur of the moment rips the quilts from her more dominant daughters hands, Dee, and hands them over to Maggie.The way Alice Walker uses these characters to portray race, lass, gender and society Is shrewdly done. The mother who is possibly a farmer when variation the description l am a big boned woman with man working hands can jibe class (1334 Charter). She Is a low class citizen who lives In a small home that Dee, her daughter, doesnt approve of. Her daughter, who goes to college and has broken out of the lower class ranks, can also represent class. In addition, they represent race. They are of African American ethnicity and living during the oppressed times, according to whoever can imagine me looking a white man in the ye? Spoken by the mother (1334 Charter). Dee does mention the fact that her sister Maggie can make something of herself Its really a new day for us but form the way you and AMA heretofore live, youd never know It ( 1340 Charter). This sentence can represent the gender and race issues within those times. Dee was a black female a double burden because both were discriminated against at this time which brings us to society. Although this references the views of society, Walker does not use the mentioning of outside characters to portray society like Baldwin does.She manages this with only the main characters of the story. Society is for the proofreader to birth when peering Into the torn relationship of the sisters TLS relationship has been molded by outside factors that frown on the weak (Maggie has scars and uneducated) and glorify the beautiful (Dee is attractive and educated). Baldwin, on the other hand, makes with child(p) use of society in his story Sonny Blues, which is also suitably titled. This story is narrated by a familiar who is asked to take care of his younger brother Sonny by his passing mother.Sadly, Sonny is a heroin addict, hence the title, and always In trouble. His brothe r doesnt want to deal with It, for obvious reasons one be that Is too hurtful to go through but In the end he was able to find the strength after the loss of his half-size miss to make amends with Sonny and take him under his wing. The characters that represent society in this story are many. They are all inner city poor residents. There is the druggy that tells the narrator about Sonny l see you got the papers so you know about it? he asks him of Sonny (59 Charters).The barmaid dancing on paginate 60 and the children who are playing in the oppressed residents off poor and uneducated area. Very similar to Walker, he uses the main characters to reveal issues of class, race and gender. The narrator, who can represent class, has broken away from poverty by receiving a college degree and becoming a high school math teacher. The brother, can be made to represent race of the inner city. He has not broken free from the black oppressed deportmentstyle that his neighborhood has to offe r. The fact that Baldwin uses males as main characters eaves the reader to assume gender roles.It is a silent assumption that men are able to be strong and should not need the help of others. This type of view tears the brothers apart when the older brother assumes his little brother can get life on his own keeping him from taking care of his little brother like his mother asked of him. l sensed myself in the presence of something I really didnt know how to handle says the narrator of his role in Sonnys life (67 Charters). Both authors use the characters to expose social issues within their times.

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