Author Zhou Weihui once said “Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn’t understood”. Occasionally, people with strange thoughts or ideas are viewed as insane, because their notions are abnormal to society. Their intelligence isn’t understood for the simple fact that society have an expectation and those who deviates from those expectancy is considered mad; but what if the people who are consider crazy are in fact the ones that are sane? The poem “Much Madness is divinest sense” by Emily Dickinson illustrates, madness as being divine and people who make these assumptions that madness is insane are the ones who are crazy. Similarly, the essay “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker demonstrates, a
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Many individuals assume their lives are normal and it’s the correct; But according, to Emily Dickinson they are the insane ones. The table have been flipped, with that being said those who society once called mad are now sane and those who consider themselves sane are actually the ones who are insane. Emily Dickinson stated “To the discerning eye Much sense-the starkest Madness” (Dickinson 129, 2-3). Dickinson went from speaking about much madness being divinest to; much sense is now madness. To clarify, those who claimed to be knowledgeable are insane but, when majority rules it’s hard for people in society to see that they are insane and not the other way …show more content…
Given that, in Alice Walker Essay Mama voiced her opinion as to why Dee can’t have the quilts. After several, occasion of allowing Dee to talk down on her and Maggie, Mama finally stood her ground and responded to Dee in a way she didn’t expect. Mama “Snatched the quilts from out of Miss Wangero’s hands and dumped them into Maggie’s lap” (Walker 385). Mama was tired of Dee selfish ways and took the quilts away from her, because she knows Dee is not appreciative of them. Though mama thought Dee didn’t deserve the quilts and snatched them away from her; mama’s action did not make dangerous. It was her way of expressing the way she feels and knew no other way to express it. Even though mama was not chained and locked away. Had it been in a different era; her actions would have been considered dangerous and possible result in her being locked
Many individuals assume their lives are normal and it’s the correct; But according, to Emily Dickinson they are the insane ones. The table have been flipped, with that being said those who society once called mad are now sane and those who consider themselves sane are actually the ones who are insane. Emily Dickinson stated “To the discerning eye Much sense-the starkest Madness” (Dickinson 129, 2-3). Dickinson went from speaking about much madness being divinest to; much sense is now madness. To clarify, those who claimed to be knowledgeable are insane but, when majority rules it’s hard for people in society to see that they are insane and not the other way …show more content…
Given that, in Alice Walker Essay Mama voiced her opinion as to why Dee can’t have the quilts. After several, occasion of allowing Dee to talk down on her and Maggie, Mama finally stood her ground and responded to Dee in a way she didn’t expect. Mama “Snatched the quilts from out of Miss Wangero’s hands and dumped them into Maggie’s lap” (Walker 385). Mama was tired of Dee selfish ways and took the quilts away from her, because she knows Dee is not appreciative of them. Though mama thought Dee didn’t deserve the quilts and snatched them away from her; mama’s action did not make dangerous. It was her way of expressing the way she feels and knew no other way to express it. Even though mama was not chained and locked away. Had it been in a different era; her actions would have been considered dangerous and possible result in her being locked