W.E.B. DuBois
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Comparatively, you do not find many famous black authors. I can only name a handful of black authors that may sound vaguely familiar on a wide scale. W.E.B DuBois is one of which I have been familiar with since grade school. His consensus on the black American people and White America’s discontent for their character has been, is and will continue to be an explosive point of view. DuBois’s writing is metaphorically ingenious, such as in “The Comet”. I was unaware, until I read the story, that black authors had even pursued this genre, science fiction, of writing. Like in “A Litany of Atlanta” he boldly expressed himself, stood up for his brothers and sisters, shared a family bond for the cruel oppression they all faced. When he was not being forthright in his views, he was being sarcastic and witty like in “A Mild Suggestion”. What I found so great about this story was that not only was it satire, but it poked fun at “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. In Swift’s story, he comes up with a solution to problem of overpopulation and malnutrition in Ireland during the late 1700’s.His idea is to eat the children and babies, much like DuBois sought to have the black people lured to white people’s house under false pretenses only to kill them. The strongest point is seen in what I believe is his most famous and powerful work, “The Souls of Black Folks”. If you really consider his words, much has not changed since the collections’ publication. We are still divided as people in the ways of equality, rights, and opportunity. The only thing that really happened was the freedom of slaves. Black people are still a veil in a time where some would have thought that we rightfully moved past that presumption. Dubois also wrote “My country ‘tis of thee” which is an extreme play on the song written in 1831 that was once considered the national anthem. The later version was an homage to slavery.
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A discussion for American Literature from the 19th century. WEB DuBois was a prominent figure in the achievements of rights for African Americans living in the United States during the 19th century. This is about "The Souls of Black Folks", "The Comet", "A Mild Suggestion" and "The Litany in Atlanta".
Transcript of W.E.B. DuBois
Comparatively, you do not find many famous black authors. I can only name a handful of black authors that may sound vaguely familiar on a wide scale. W.E.B DuBois is one of which I have been familiar with since grade school. His consensus on the black American people and White America’s discontent for their character has been, is and will continue to be an explosive point of view. DuBois’s writing is metaphorically ingenious, such as in “The Comet”. I was unaware, until I read the story, that black authors had even pursued this genre, science fiction, of writing. Like in “A Litany of Atlanta” he boldly expressed himself, stood up for his brothers and sisters, shared a family bond for the cruel oppression they all faced. When he was not being forthright in his views, he was being sarcastic and witty like in “A Mild Suggestion”. What I found so great about this story was that not only was it satire, but it poked fun at “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. In Swift’s story, he comes up with a solution to problem of overpopulation and malnutrition in Ireland during the late 1700’s.His idea is to eat the children and babies, much like DuBois sought to have the black people lured to white people’s house under false pretenses only to kill them.
The strongest point is seen in what I believe is his most famous and powerful work, “The Souls of Black Folks”. If you really consider his words, much has not changed since the collections’ publication. We are still divided as people in the ways of equality, rights, and opportunity. The only thing that really happened was the freedom of slaves. Black people are still a veil in a time where some would have thought that we rightfully moved past that presumption. Dubois also wrote “My country ‘tis of thee” which is an extreme play on the song written in 1831 that was once considered the national anthem. The later version was an homage to slavery.
