Ezi Rangel
In Meena Alexanders autobiography, the author discloses her thoughts on being lost within her own skin. Her somber diction makes the the audience aware of the desolate life that she has had to live through; always perplexed due to her mixed culture. Alexanders use of inquiring words sets for a very doleful tone. It is evidently prominent that she is diffident of herself when she directly states that she interrogates herself “night after night”. The notion of self-doubt is a very reoccurring theme found throughout her essay. Alexander is unaware of where she belongs, being of mixed culture she frequently ostracizes herself. Her utilization of words such as crooked, disfigured, fragments, and broken convey the way she portrays herself. …show more content…
As young adult this is something that I have familiarized myself with. Being at an age where I am finding myself and discovering what and who it is that I want to become I understand the arduousness that Alexander went through. I am uncertain of what will come in the future, I am unaware of what my past will do to me, I am not sure of where I belong, however I know that I am myself and this will never change. Alexander was not content with herself, she use the direct definition of the word fault, something which she classifies herself as. She was full of insecurities and confused about her life that she believed that she was a “defect”; unaware of who she was she considered herself to be an amalgamation of ethnicities and
In Meena Alexanders autobiography, the author discloses her thoughts on being lost within her own skin. Her somber diction makes the the audience aware of the desolate life that she has had to live through; always perplexed due to her mixed culture. Alexanders use of inquiring words sets for a very doleful tone. It is evidently prominent that she is diffident of herself when she directly states that she interrogates herself “night after night”. The notion of self-doubt is a very reoccurring theme found throughout her essay. Alexander is unaware of where she belongs, being of mixed culture she frequently ostracizes herself. Her utilization of words such as crooked, disfigured, fragments, and broken convey the way she portrays herself. …show more content…
As young adult this is something that I have familiarized myself with. Being at an age where I am finding myself and discovering what and who it is that I want to become I understand the arduousness that Alexander went through. I am uncertain of what will come in the future, I am unaware of what my past will do to me, I am not sure of where I belong, however I know that I am myself and this will never change. Alexander was not content with herself, she use the direct definition of the word fault, something which she classifies herself as. She was full of insecurities and confused about her life that she believed that she was a “defect”; unaware of who she was she considered herself to be an amalgamation of ethnicities and