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This written task one relates to part four of the course, critical study and to be precise a critical study that I conducted on Gwendolyn Brook’s poetry. Specifically, using, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. (pgs. 18/22)
The task is intended to explore and analyze elements such as the ethical stance of literary text. During this course, I read different literary texts, such as, Hamlett and The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks, while analyzing elements embedded in texts.
I crafted a literary text piece from another point of view, from one of Brook’s pieces of work, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. I wrote it from the perspective of the white girl in the ballad, but I named her Vicky. Originally, it was written by the character Pearl May Lee. …show more content…
I cannot be seen with a black man, even though he stood out like a chocolate diamond in a pile of white pearls. What would people say when they find out I had sex with him? I would get all sorts of looks and hate because the nigger men are for the nigger women. Now I get what I want at any price, but the funny thing is I did not pay the petty, painful price, he did. Poor Sammy boy. I guess it is his fault for looking at me when I was walking. He should know culturally, I was never for him. He can only get poor dark women that are famished, not a girl like me. Lust drove me to do what I wanted, and I did it. The evening was quiet, the new moon was in the sky, causing the sheer silver paint of the Buick shine. I did not hear any crickets chirping nor did I see anyone walking their dogs. Now, I cannot say I did not enjoy it, as it was beyond delightful. But this world runs off justice and morality. He should have known he could not have sex with me, but he was wild with lust. His lips were softer than the designer plush pillow I slept on, and his eyes were glistening in the dark quiet night. The only sound came from us. After we were done, I saw the sense of realization his eyes as he thought of what happened. I
This written task one relates to part four of the course, critical study and to be precise a critical study that I conducted on Gwendolyn Brook’s poetry. Specifically, using, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. (pgs. 18/22)
The task is intended to explore and analyze elements such as the ethical stance of literary text. During this course, I read different literary texts, such as, Hamlett and The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks, while analyzing elements embedded in texts.
I crafted a literary text piece from another point of view, from one of Brook’s pieces of work, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. I wrote it from the perspective of the white girl in the ballad, but I named her Vicky. Originally, it was written by the character Pearl May Lee. …show more content…
I cannot be seen with a black man, even though he stood out like a chocolate diamond in a pile of white pearls. What would people say when they find out I had sex with him? I would get all sorts of looks and hate because the nigger men are for the nigger women. Now I get what I want at any price, but the funny thing is I did not pay the petty, painful price, he did. Poor Sammy boy. I guess it is his fault for looking at me when I was walking. He should know culturally, I was never for him. He can only get poor dark women that are famished, not a girl like me. Lust drove me to do what I wanted, and I did it. The evening was quiet, the new moon was in the sky, causing the sheer silver paint of the Buick shine. I did not hear any crickets chirping nor did I see anyone walking their dogs. Now, I cannot say I did not enjoy it, as it was beyond delightful. But this world runs off justice and morality. He should have known he could not have sex with me, but he was wild with lust. His lips were softer than the designer plush pillow I slept on, and his eyes were glistening in the dark quiet night. The only sound came from us. After we were done, I saw the sense of realization his eyes as he thought of what happened. I