Slaves And Outcasts Found Freedom By Pat Mora

The Universal Feeling of Segregation and Isolation This world contains millions of societies made for people to fit in as a community. People that work together in a society or community achieve many accomplishments and are eminent in shared qualities, but not much note is taken from the people outside the groups, or societal norms. These “outsiders” portray qualities that are not considered the ideal personalities or physical features that are encouraged in the group. Out of all the the societal norms around the world, there will always be people who do not apply to the norms, or go against it. The feeling of isolation outside of the bubbled society categorize people with differences as simple as not wearing the most expensive shoes to the people who are segregated of their race or gender. Poems and radio broadcasts like Fleeing to Dismal Swamp, Slaves and Outcasts Found Freedom by Sandy Hausman, and Fences, by Pat Mora, explain the issues they face because of their race that causes them to become on “the outside” of a society. Short stories like The Doll’s House and The …show more content…
Lower-classes are less likely to own expensive items as much as higher-classes may have, and many forms of society consist of each class; therefore, a lower-class member may be an outsider within a group of higher-class people. The short story The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, describes a situation in which a wealthy family owns a dollhouse for everyone to see, except the lowest class children, the Kelveys. As told from a third point of view, “Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody… So they were the daughters of a washerwoman and a gaolbird. Very nice company for other people’s children! And they looked it” (Mansfield