Lemonade

As we all know, the theme of a story is the lesson that is being taught throughout the novel. But a theme can also be the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, or a person's thoughts. All stories have a theme, but they may not always be directly stated. This requires readers to dig deep down into the text and analyze the lessons that they have acquired through the book. Between the two excerpts, "Angelas Ashes" and "The Street", there is common theme that perseverance is important when…

On April 23, Beyonce and Warsan Shire debuted an empowering visual album titled Lemonade in an HBO special dedicated to Black women. It depicted the journey of self-knowledge and healing through stages over a period of time; in the following order intuition, denial, anger, apathy, emptiness, loss, accountability, reformation, forgiveness,resurrection, hope, and redemption. Within each segment lies a woman dealing with her internal demons, societal pressure set against her, her relationship to…

Color Purple by Alice Walker and Lemonade by Beyonce that these two visuals presented itself in two different ways. Dealing with Lemonade this visual that Beyonce has displayed has been one like no others because not only is the album focusing on her personal life, it is also displaying certain aspects about everyone but more closely related to all versions of women, to show no one is different from one another other than the color of ones skin and religion. Lemonade displays themes that are…

from sunrise till sundown. Dr. Yolanda Pierce, an Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Director of Black Church Studies, argues in her article “Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church” that Black Christianity originates from African beliefs: “[Black] Christianity as it exists and is practiced in America today owes much of its theology, ritual, and doctrine to the experiences and beliefs of…

United States of America unquestionably revolves around white supremacy and misogyny. Many pop culture icons have attempted to make a change, but none have seemed to have done it quite like Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. The pop icon released her album, Lemonade, in April of 2016, which lyrically and visually shows themes of different social issues such as racism and the treatment of women. Beyoncé combines the two together and explicitly discusses the injustices faced among African-American women,…

should do to become a better student, and what strategies I should use to develop my student’s skills that absolutely relate to my success. It showed me what I need to do to get a second marshmallow as a reward or that fact that we need “a real lemonade” for our…

An inconspicuous house sits on West Buffalo Street. On the very same street lies a public elementary school and cherished public park. No one would ever assume that a house nestled in between these two monuments of public safety could be the site of one of the most horrific crimes in Ithaca. One has to wonder what has led our city to begin the descent into madness. If neighborhoods with such amenities as beautiful public parks and community centers could be filled with crime, what else could be…

the community or starting a foundation people can make a difference. Many people think kids are just in the way and don’t ever actually make a difference in their community. Blare Gooch started with a teddy bear, Alex Scott started with a cup of lemonade, and Zach Hunter started with a few pennies around his house. The smallest things can turn into a life changing difference. Blare Gooch was twelve years old when he came up with the idea to gather teddy bears and send them to the kids in…

There once lived a boy who was very intelligent. His parents were very wealthy, but he was whiny and spoiled like a baby. He never paid much attention to his teachers but he had the best of grades. If a student or teacher would speak to him, or attempt to speak to him, he would doodle on his notepad never looking up. Even though there were students in his class who struggled in the core subjects he never helped them. At least not willingly. However, in that same class, there was a girl that was…

America is the black woman.” (X) The fact of the matter is that this problem is still an issue today and luckily, we have Beyonce Knowles to slap us in the face as if to say “WAKE UP.” In April 2016, Beyonce Knowles released the revolutionary album “Lemonade” that left her listeners speechless as her soulful message resonated with minority communities all around the world. In her album, Beyonce uses multiple genres of music such as hip hop, funk, soul, reggae, rock, blues, gospel, and especially…