Plath faces changes as her life begin to shift into adulthood, ”at this present moment I am very happy, sitting at my desk, looking out at the bare trees…”(Plath) Plath fears the future and wishes it would stay as it is in this exact moment, ”I am afraid of getting, older, I am afraid of getting married” (plath) Plath fears change, yet she strives to create a future completely different than her life now. Hughes faces racial stereotyping from his professor, ” I guess being colored doesN'T make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races.” (Hughes) Hughes makes a point that his color does not define his personality, ”being me, It will not be white. But it will be a part of you instructor. You are white--- yet apart of me, as I am a part of you. That’s American.”(Hughes) Hughes connects himself and his professorin an attempt to show their similarities. Plath and hughes begin to try and make a difference in this discriminative society.
Plath and Hughes argues through punctuation and tone and that adolescent rebellion arises from discrimination.As Plath faces discrimination through the role she is expected to play as a women in society- Plath longs for society to change. When faced with discrimination Hughes strives to make his point through his english paper. Both Plath and hughes wish for change of society and hope for a change to make society less close