Nikki Giovanni

The poem “Choices” by Nikki Giovanni shows the impact of positive thinking. An example from “Choices” would be the first stanza, “If I can’t do what I want to do then my job is to not do what I don't want to do”. The world isn’t fair and neither is life, but opportunity is. If you don’t like where you ended up it can still change if make more opportunities for yourself and avoid things that you know are harmful. Later in the second stanza of “Choices” it states, “It’s not the same but it’s the…

history is Nikki Giovanni. During her early years she started of slow as she believed that no one “was much interested in a Black girl writing what was called ‘militant’ poetry.” (Bio Nikki Giovanni) The thing that makes Giovanni a good poet is that she speaks upon the history of African Americans struggle of conquering discrimination. Even with the odds against her she still managed to become quite successful. Throughout her years of being a poet she became an inspiration for many. Nikki…

Nikki Giovanni is considered by people one of the finest poets of the Civil Rights movement (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni has always been described as a strong woman since she was young and was a very well-known African American female poet who wrote not only for African Americans but for the women and girls of color who could learn life isn’t that hard and that you just have to be strong (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni had great pride unlike most people nowadays. Nikki Giovanni has always…

comes to light in the poem “Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni. On one hand, some may argue that people should always speak the truth of how they feel or think to their loved ones. One the other hand, others might say that at times people should not say exactly what they think and speak to their loved ones. In her poem, “Legacies”, Nikki Giovanni maintains that “neither of them ever said what they meant and I guess nobody ever does.” In other words, Nikki Giovanni believes that people do not really say…

controversial subject that when someone is actually being racially assaulted in public, bystanders who witness it typically do not interfere with the conflict. Authors such as Nikki Giovanni, takes the matter into their own hands in order teach people how stand up against it. A fine example of this is an article written by Nikki Giovanni herself. Campus racism 101 explains in varies ways how minorities at some colleges can endure and withstand racism on campus. With the appeal of emotion, the…

Luther King and Nikki Giovanni want to inspire and get the attention of readers. The reason these authors wrote their poems or letters was because of the problem that was going on, which was segregation. They wanted to let the people know how bad this problem was and wanted to change their perspective, so they could imagine how bad it was for African Americans to live in a place where they don't have the same rights as white people. So, authors Dr. Martin Luther King and Nikki Giovanni use…

to discover what exactly makes the poem what is. I had to figure out things such as the dialect and the register of the poems. The two pieces I have chosen to do my final project on are “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath and “Balances” by Nikki Giovanni. The poem “Mad Girl’s Love Song” is about a girl that feels like the man she fell in love with isn’t real, but just something she created in her own head. If he truly loved her he wouldn’t have left, or he would have at least come back so…

thinking about religion and science and what is “real”. I was also introduced to two of my biggest heroes at this time, Nikki Sixx and Corey Taylor. Both of whom happen to be atheist. It was as though a veil had been lifted. I saw the world more clearly. The people around me claiming to be devoted followers of God tended to be the most hateful and toxic people that I knew. Nikki Sixx and Corey Taylor showed me that one did not have to be religious to be a good person, and hypocritical…

Beautiful Ones the camera begins to zoom in on Apollonia. This is done to show that the song is a confession of his feelings for Apollonia and so that the audience can see her reaction as he sings. Another example, is when ‘the kid’ sings Darling Nikki. Close up shots are used to capture the reactions of Apollonia, the boss, Morris, and a couple of women from the audience. This is done to display everyone’s disapproval and dislike of the song. Morris and the boss shake their heads, the women…

Evie Zamora, the protagonist from the 2003 film Thirteen, is a mysterious, charismatic, yet bold thirteen year who draws popular attention from her peers by her voluptuous body, seductive clothing, and flirtatious behavior. Evie appears to be a broken individual who displays deviant and destructive behavior. It is evident in the film that she transformed from a young girl into women over her summer vacation. Evie is characterized as the most popular girl in school. She has dark and lustrous…