April 13, 2018

In class today we talked about how symbols, tones, and theme all work towards explaining a topic. The topic we talked about was america in different poems. The poem we looked at was I, too, am America.  In the poem it uses a lot of implicit symbols and meanings in the text. In the text it says "But i laugh" and it shows how this poem in negative and how the "black man" is trying to make the best of his situation. It also says that "I am your darker brother" which talks about how black people are our brothers too. In the poem it talks about "The table" which refers to a higher place that is currently whites only. This table could refer too the government, society, country clubs and restaurants. In this time most of the poor people and workers were black people so that they were catering to white rich people when they ate at restaurants and clubs. In the poem it also says tomorrow which foreshadows the civil rights movement in the future. This relates to real life as it is US history and is was a huge change to social culture. It change the whole landscape in that it brought equal right to all or at least brought people closer to having equal rights. It also shows the darker side of history in that fact that people were treated as less and it was legal.