Wednesday, March 18, 2014

Journal #17: Dreams Chapter 4

Part 1 
In discussing his struggle to understand his racial identity, Obama explains:
"... the only thing you could choose as your own was WITHDRAWAL into a smaller and smaller coil of rage, until being black meant only the knowledge of your own powerlessness, of you own defeat" (84) 

• What does he mean? Why does he use this language?
• Have you ever felt this way? Explain.
• DRAW the image of his feelings.

Part 2 Obama uses imagery and metaphor to explain a powerful feeling:
"a smaller and smaller coil of rage" 

• Think of a time you have felt a powerful emotion"
• ex., anger, sadness, joyfulness, excitement, fear
• Come up with a creative way to express this feeling
• ex., metaphor, simile, imagery, personification
• DRAW the image of your feeling