Literary Analysis
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Literary Analysis
Essay
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12/20/2018
Literary Analysis
Essay
Student name:
12/20/2018
Literary analysis 1
Introduction:
This thesis focuses on the cultural, social, political, and historical contexts from three classic
books. That is Equiano’s “Journey into Slavery”, Staples’ “Black Men and Public Space,”
and Satrapi’s “The Veil”. These books central theme is racial and ethnic identity. In this
essay, we are going to discuss in details based on memoir as cultural, social and historical
context.
Part A:
The story “Journey into slavery” written by Olaudah Equiano this is a narrative story about
his life. The story started with the year 1745, in the kingdom of Eboe, Eastern Nigeria,
Equiano was born. He was eleven years old when he was kidnapped by two men and sold to
white people (Equiano, 2002). In addition, he was sold many times during this time. The
culture at that period indicated slavery as black skinned men were considered as slaves and
they were sold forcefully and were tortured and abused by the white men. Equiano also
fought for anti-slavery in the white country after his freedom from slavery. This book also
historicizes Equiano as a subject of desire at a particular moment in the history from British
imperialism to circum-Atlantic movement.
The short essay written by Staples “Black Men and Public Space” is a stereotypical
misconception of race. People judge other people by appearance and treat them differently
(Staples', 1986). Staples show how racism affects black men in spite of achieving everything
in the in life. Staples use rhetorical devices to get on the same side as the reader while still
managing to get his point. He narrates his own story of how a woman reacted to his
appearance and reacted towards him. He also uses rhetorical devices, pathos, ethos and logos
to provide the readers the experience of the black men in the society facing racism. The
Introduction:
This thesis focuses on the cultural, social, political, and historical contexts from three classic
books. That is Equiano’s “Journey into Slavery”, Staples’ “Black Men and Public Space,”
and Satrapi’s “The Veil”. These books central theme is racial and ethnic identity. In this
essay, we are going to discuss in details based on memoir as cultural, social and historical
context.
Part A:
The story “Journey into slavery” written by Olaudah Equiano this is a narrative story about
his life. The story started with the year 1745, in the kingdom of Eboe, Eastern Nigeria,
Equiano was born. He was eleven years old when he was kidnapped by two men and sold to
white people (Equiano, 2002). In addition, he was sold many times during this time. The
culture at that period indicated slavery as black skinned men were considered as slaves and
they were sold forcefully and were tortured and abused by the white men. Equiano also
fought for anti-slavery in the white country after his freedom from slavery. This book also
historicizes Equiano as a subject of desire at a particular moment in the history from British
imperialism to circum-Atlantic movement.
The short essay written by Staples “Black Men and Public Space” is a stereotypical
misconception of race. People judge other people by appearance and treat them differently
(Staples', 1986). Staples show how racism affects black men in spite of achieving everything
in the in life. Staples use rhetorical devices to get on the same side as the reader while still
managing to get his point. He narrates his own story of how a woman reacted to his
appearance and reacted towards him. He also uses rhetorical devices, pathos, ethos and logos
to provide the readers the experience of the black men in the society facing racism. The
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