As I reflect on my present state of conciseness, I can honestly say the play, “The colored museum”, has helped shaped my thinking . “The colored museum” was a eye opener in the light of racism towards African Americans in The United States. This play was a precise indictment of the oppression and slavery blacks had to face through the making of America. The author George C. Wolfe, illustrated oppressed economic and social conditions that African Americans occupied and still do. These conditions have played a role in the African American culture ultimately, in my opinion, brainwashing the community and keeping the responsibility of moving forward left to “white America”. I believe this to be true being that Blacks are still playing out roles
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In, “In search of Grace”, Jordan is dealing with a mid-life crisis, if you ask me, searching for some type of fulfillment in her life that she has been missing. Jordan, an elderly women (in her forties) returning to school, finds this fulfillment through an aging poet that gives a sense of hope to continue to dream and evolve disregarding your age. Jordan evaluates her life coming up, she is brought to her childhood in high school, remembering a poet by the name of Grace Butcher that once visited her school to present a poem that at the time paid no attention to, would later change her life. It wasn 't the poem that caught Jordan’s attention but the timeless age Grace held through her sarcastic personality and realism. Grace Butcher stayed true to herself throughout the several phases of her life. Believe it or not, this was what Peggy Jordan was searching for her entire life. Grace Butcher’s charming 66 year old smile, marathon running ability, and courage to still fall in love is what Peggy admired the most and aspired to be. For this reason, when Jordan is analyzing her mid-life sorrow, she decides to look forward and embrace her oncoming adventures despite her age and past life. All things considered, I agree with the decision Peggy made being that in life we don 't get to relive …show more content…
After reading the countless stories of authors adding their opinion on the impact of images in publicized newspapers, it is apparent that the disclosure of graphic images in the daily news is a very controversial topic which could make it problematic in the eyes of the reader. I personally found myself having an open perspective to the idea of banning graphic images in daily newspapers. The overloaded evidence of various people that associate themselves with this topic (civilians, publicist, authors, and community members) could determine this controversial topic as an issue that needs to be addressed, putting the readers in a defensive mindstate. In my opinion, when Lesser provided the evidence on how a family’s tragedy becomes public, it moved the feelings or the audience to a respectful perspective towards each family that endured a lost. In all reality and in my belief, if you are interested in breaching a family’s privacy in a lost of life situation, I think it should be up to the family to have the option to release photos of the particular
In, “In search of Grace”, Jordan is dealing with a mid-life crisis, if you ask me, searching for some type of fulfillment in her life that she has been missing. Jordan, an elderly women (in her forties) returning to school, finds this fulfillment through an aging poet that gives a sense of hope to continue to dream and evolve disregarding your age. Jordan evaluates her life coming up, she is brought to her childhood in high school, remembering a poet by the name of Grace Butcher that once visited her school to present a poem that at the time paid no attention to, would later change her life. It wasn 't the poem that caught Jordan’s attention but the timeless age Grace held through her sarcastic personality and realism. Grace Butcher stayed true to herself throughout the several phases of her life. Believe it or not, this was what Peggy Jordan was searching for her entire life. Grace Butcher’s charming 66 year old smile, marathon running ability, and courage to still fall in love is what Peggy admired the most and aspired to be. For this reason, when Jordan is analyzing her mid-life sorrow, she decides to look forward and embrace her oncoming adventures despite her age and past life. All things considered, I agree with the decision Peggy made being that in life we don 't get to relive …show more content…
After reading the countless stories of authors adding their opinion on the impact of images in publicized newspapers, it is apparent that the disclosure of graphic images in the daily news is a very controversial topic which could make it problematic in the eyes of the reader. I personally found myself having an open perspective to the idea of banning graphic images in daily newspapers. The overloaded evidence of various people that associate themselves with this topic (civilians, publicist, authors, and community members) could determine this controversial topic as an issue that needs to be addressed, putting the readers in a defensive mindstate. In my opinion, when Lesser provided the evidence on how a family’s tragedy becomes public, it moved the feelings or the audience to a respectful perspective towards each family that endured a lost. In all reality and in my belief, if you are interested in breaching a family’s privacy in a lost of life situation, I think it should be up to the family to have the option to release photos of the particular