Differences: The Importance of Individuality
Many adolescents grow up under the impression that the only way to become successful and respected is to be popular and follow the crowd. Rather than being encouraged to divulge from the crowd, many individuals place themselves behind barriers acting as someone they aren’t simply to avoid facing the harsh judgements people place upon one another. Throughout the following short stories “A Dead Men’s Path”, “A Party Down at The Square”, and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” readers face the harsh realities that minorities face. The first essay, “A Dead Men’s Path” is written by Chinua Achebe and focuses on the new headmaster's conflict with the villagers and portrays to the readers how important compromises are by illustrating an event where two parties fail to work together and consequently nobody wins. The second essay, “A Party Down at The Square” by Ralph Ellison revolves around a white boy going to his first and apparently last lynching party, all while showing how people are immune to violence specifically when they fail to attempt to connect with each other. The final essay, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez focuses on a fallen angel and how the people within the city fail to accept him because of his offbeat appearance and dialect. Although these are all varying circumstances and situations all the stories focus on shining a light on the issues …show more content…
By turning minority experiences into short stories with an abundant amount of visuals that evoke the reader's emotions, these authors successfully get
Many adolescents grow up under the impression that the only way to become successful and respected is to be popular and follow the crowd. Rather than being encouraged to divulge from the crowd, many individuals place themselves behind barriers acting as someone they aren’t simply to avoid facing the harsh judgements people place upon one another. Throughout the following short stories “A Dead Men’s Path”, “A Party Down at The Square”, and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” readers face the harsh realities that minorities face. The first essay, “A Dead Men’s Path” is written by Chinua Achebe and focuses on the new headmaster's conflict with the villagers and portrays to the readers how important compromises are by illustrating an event where two parties fail to work together and consequently nobody wins. The second essay, “A Party Down at The Square” by Ralph Ellison revolves around a white boy going to his first and apparently last lynching party, all while showing how people are immune to violence specifically when they fail to attempt to connect with each other. The final essay, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez focuses on a fallen angel and how the people within the city fail to accept him because of his offbeat appearance and dialect. Although these are all varying circumstances and situations all the stories focus on shining a light on the issues …show more content…
By turning minority experiences into short stories with an abundant amount of visuals that evoke the reader's emotions, these authors successfully get