Isabelle Clark

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

#WorldlitMD Both stories we are reading this week concern being out of place. Do you guys ever feel out of place in a cultural context? Can you relate to what these authors are describing in their stories?

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@Dylan_207 I think Baldwin stopped hating his father towards the end of the essay when Baldwin began to realize he was like his father. He hated the racial inequality that he was experiencing as a young man. He started to understand why his father was so upset and scared

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@mcrowh84 A relationship. He is constantly describing specific events like holding and kissing her. I think the mentioning of these events is him getting over her.

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@mcrowh84 I disagree I don’t think Neruda is going to kill himself. Instead I think he is finally getting over his love. He describes actions more then emotions. He only identifies love but there is more to love then what he is saying. He never includes the ups and downs that come with

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@mcrowh84 I think why this is so shocking to us is because we’re a western audience versus the intended audience. I don’t really know how to take it because I still find it creepy.

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@GraciePetro11 I think she was trying to express feministic ideas through fiction rather then an argumentative essay. This way she was able to entertain her audience rather then tell then why their thought method is wrong.

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@NikeishaWillia4 @TheDrMollyD A racial symbolism for Africans darker skin tone.

[Isabelle Clark @Isabelleclark95]

@NikeishaWillia4 @TheDrMollyD I do agree with you. I think that Kurtz’s heart is dark but I think there are some other elements to it. The fact that Marlow is going deeper and deeper into the jungle where it is unknown. There are some racial implications too since it is an African jungle and darkness can be