Generally, human nature is the understanding of the basic motivations and development of people. In fiction writing versus in philosophical writing, human nature is shown through characters, which are fundamentally flawed which means that authors get to explore human nature through the guise of human already shaped by life. But, there are still discrepancies between what authors think they are portraying. In comparing Beloved by Toni Morrison and Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake, it is of my opinion that Beloved is ultimately more optimistic about human nature.
It may seem counterintuitive to think of a slave-horror novel as being a champion of human nature, but Morrison uses the extremes of experience to explain the ultimate …show more content…
The distinctive nature of the collection of poems is that there are directly parallel works the two sections share, one of which is innocently joyful while the other shows experienced cynicism and moroseness. The best example of this parallel is in the poems titled Holy Thursday. In the song of innocence version, it is about “children walking two and two, in red and blue and green” into churches where “they raise to heaven the voice of song” and “beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor; then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.” An image of hope and charity of the beauty and the solemnity that comes from the day when the ultimate sacrifice was to have been given, in turning to a better world. The contrasting song of experience of holy Thursday is which asks “Is that trembling cry a song? Can it be a song of joy? And so many children poor? It is a land of poverty!” It is a song of anger and frustration about the singing of praises when nothing is met. It is of losing your faith in people and believing the worst possible outcome for this life. The poems are arranged with the cynicism in the second half. It is meant to be read second. It is meant to be the loss of innocence to experience. The loss of optimism of humans through the trials of
It may seem counterintuitive to think of a slave-horror novel as being a champion of human nature, but Morrison uses the extremes of experience to explain the ultimate …show more content…
The distinctive nature of the collection of poems is that there are directly parallel works the two sections share, one of which is innocently joyful while the other shows experienced cynicism and moroseness. The best example of this parallel is in the poems titled Holy Thursday. In the song of innocence version, it is about “children walking two and two, in red and blue and green” into churches where “they raise to heaven the voice of song” and “beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor; then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.” An image of hope and charity of the beauty and the solemnity that comes from the day when the ultimate sacrifice was to have been given, in turning to a better world. The contrasting song of experience of holy Thursday is which asks “Is that trembling cry a song? Can it be a song of joy? And so many children poor? It is a land of poverty!” It is a song of anger and frustration about the singing of praises when nothing is met. It is of losing your faith in people and believing the worst possible outcome for this life. The poems are arranged with the cynicism in the second half. It is meant to be read second. It is meant to be the loss of innocence to experience. The loss of optimism of humans through the trials of