Appearance v. Reality
The two documents, The Declaration of Independence and “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco, highlight the theme of appearance versus reality to reveal the idea that being free is more important than conforming. Both texts complement each other in their central ideas, the central idea of the declaration being an obvious one: the framers wanted to cut ties with Britain and become their own nation. There were multiple central ideas in “Identity”, each one being able to support the overlying theme and connect to an idea from the Declaration.
One central idea found in Identity was that of freedom of expression and the need to be free from corruption. This directly connects to the Declaration in an obvious sense - becoming free from Britain can be seen as cutting off the corruption, or as the poem put it, “greedy, human hands” (Polanco 18). This idea can be found by interpreting the flowers in the poem as the colonies before they gained …show more content…
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people” (US 1776).
To conclude, the poem Identity and the Declaration of Independence work together to support the theme of appearance versus reality, further proving that how one appears on the outside does not always match up to what is occurring in reality and that there is a certain beauty in being
The two documents, The Declaration of Independence and “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco, highlight the theme of appearance versus reality to reveal the idea that being free is more important than conforming. Both texts complement each other in their central ideas, the central idea of the declaration being an obvious one: the framers wanted to cut ties with Britain and become their own nation. There were multiple central ideas in “Identity”, each one being able to support the overlying theme and connect to an idea from the Declaration.
One central idea found in Identity was that of freedom of expression and the need to be free from corruption. This directly connects to the Declaration in an obvious sense - becoming free from Britain can be seen as cutting off the corruption, or as the poem put it, “greedy, human hands” (Polanco 18). This idea can be found by interpreting the flowers in the poem as the colonies before they gained …show more content…
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people” (US 1776).
To conclude, the poem Identity and the Declaration of Independence work together to support the theme of appearance versus reality, further proving that how one appears on the outside does not always match up to what is occurring in reality and that there is a certain beauty in being