The poem ‘Race’ Politics by Luis J. Rodriguez is about how there was no equality and fairness to different races when this poem was written. The purpose for writing this poem was his own experience with this issue. This poem can impact the reader by making them see a new point of view on this topic. Maybe they have some racial diversion themselves and aren’t treated equally. It gives them a sense that they aren’t the only one’s going through this.
The effect that connotation has has people is to make a more emotional connection. With certain words that are used, you get more attached to the story and understand more of what happens on a deeper level. In the first stanza it says, “... decided to get the “good food” over on the other side of the tracks” (ln. 3-5). The effect that lines 3-5 have on the reader is that both brothers thought that the food in the white community was better than they had in Watts. In the second stanza line 14 it says, “we damn wanted to.” After reading that line, the reader feels like the boys had a strong feeling that …show more content…
In stanza 4 it says, “So there we go, climbing over the iron and wood ties, over discarded sofas and bent-up market carts, over a weed- and- dirt road, into a place called South Gate- all white. All American” (ln. 17-25). After reading this the reader would feel like they were going on a journey. It would build up what was happening in the moment and wants to make you understand where they are going. In stanza seven in says, “There we were, two Mexican’s, six and nine- from Watts no less” (ln. 38- 42). It wants you to understand the difference between where they are from and where they are going. The author wants the reader to understand that the boys are different from where they are going and that they had a lot of courage going to a new place, where they most likely wouldn’t have been
The effect that connotation has has people is to make a more emotional connection. With certain words that are used, you get more attached to the story and understand more of what happens on a deeper level. In the first stanza it says, “... decided to get the “good food” over on the other side of the tracks” (ln. 3-5). The effect that lines 3-5 have on the reader is that both brothers thought that the food in the white community was better than they had in Watts. In the second stanza line 14 it says, “we damn wanted to.” After reading that line, the reader feels like the boys had a strong feeling that …show more content…
In stanza 4 it says, “So there we go, climbing over the iron and wood ties, over discarded sofas and bent-up market carts, over a weed- and- dirt road, into a place called South Gate- all white. All American” (ln. 17-25). After reading this the reader would feel like they were going on a journey. It would build up what was happening in the moment and wants to make you understand where they are going. In stanza seven in says, “There we were, two Mexican’s, six and nine- from Watts no less” (ln. 38- 42). It wants you to understand the difference between where they are from and where they are going. The author wants the reader to understand that the boys are different from where they are going and that they had a lot of courage going to a new place, where they most likely wouldn’t have been