Yesterday, today and tomorrow, people all over the world try and figure out who they are and what they want to do. They try and find their Identity, uniqueness, character, their status, their “name”, however you want to put it; it all means the same. Every day people are figuring it out. Sometimes you never figure it out and sometimes you will. By using 4 different pieces of writing, I will get my point across. “Identity,” poem by Julio Noboa, “America and I,” nonfiction essay by Anzia Yezierska, “Keeping up with the Joneses,” article by Common Lit Staff, and “Be Cool to the Pizza Dude,” essay by Sarah Adams are the 4 pieces I will be using.
In the Julio Polanco’s poem “Identity,” he contrasts two different subjects, weeds and flowers. The potted flowers represent the acquiescence within a certain group or with certain people. People that you feel comfortable with. On the other hand, you are in a pot, filled with dirt, the flower is stuck. The flower does not have the freedom the weed would have. Julio is had stated that he would rather be “clinging on cliff” than “harnessed to a pot of dirt.” Julio …show more content…
Anzia states how Russia is represented as a “ land of opportunities.” Anzia quickly realizes that even though she is in America, that she is still very different. She is still disconnected because of her heritage and language barrier. Anzia uses the darkness to symbolize her feelings of despair and sadness and confusion and hardships she had faced. She uses the image and value of light to symbolize her hopes and dreams about her life in America, and the unraveling of her confusion. She describes her hopes for America as sunlight burning through the darkness. In this instance she has used light and dark to emphasize her feelings. Furthermore, she describes the people of Russia as colors that never saw
In the Julio Polanco’s poem “Identity,” he contrasts two different subjects, weeds and flowers. The potted flowers represent the acquiescence within a certain group or with certain people. People that you feel comfortable with. On the other hand, you are in a pot, filled with dirt, the flower is stuck. The flower does not have the freedom the weed would have. Julio is had stated that he would rather be “clinging on cliff” than “harnessed to a pot of dirt.” Julio …show more content…
Anzia states how Russia is represented as a “ land of opportunities.” Anzia quickly realizes that even though she is in America, that she is still very different. She is still disconnected because of her heritage and language barrier. Anzia uses the darkness to symbolize her feelings of despair and sadness and confusion and hardships she had faced. She uses the image and value of light to symbolize her hopes and dreams about her life in America, and the unraveling of her confusion. She describes her hopes for America as sunlight burning through the darkness. In this instance she has used light and dark to emphasize her feelings. Furthermore, she describes the people of Russia as colors that never saw