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Knowledge and Power
A In Randall Kennan’s work, ‘the foundations of the earth’ he expressly implies that for an African American to live in the southern America it is nearly impossible to live if not impossible in the south with a sexual orientation for similar sex. They face backlash from the religious society who are opposed to accepting homosexuality as a sexual orientation. Emily Dickinson in her literature work ‘Much madness is divinest sense’ Dickinson implies that those who are thought to be mad in a society are truly sane, but it is how society discriminates against such people. She claims that the society is instead mad and not the individual themselves. Toni Cade Bambara in her literature work was mainly talking about how people resolve their conflicts, but its implied claim was at there lacks economic equity in the in the United States of America especially among the poor people and American minorities.
B Randall Kennan demonstrates this social prejudice against gay people by the presence of a fictional character by the name of Maggie McGowan Williams who is a very old black woman. She tries to come into terms with the fact that her grandson Edward is a homosexual. Edward is in a relationship with his lover Gabriel, who is a minister at the TimCreek’s Baptist church. This clearly shows how the writer tries to intertwine and relate the religious prejudice yet the church workers have different sexual orientation compared to what they preach. Emily Dickinson clearly demonstrates this claim by attempting to contrast the situations by the use of the terms ‘mad’ and ‘much madness’. She expressly states, “Much madness is divinest sense” to mean that the person thought to be mad is a matter of fact the most sensible person in the society. She tries to put across the fact that, for a discriminative individual who is willing to delve into the search of intricate meanings it can mean the presence of superiority of the individual’s character. The presence of madness in an individual enables the individual to sight what others cannot be able to see, thus making this ability a very desirable character for many in the society. Toni Cade Bambara, in her literature work ‘the lesson’, goes to question the unequal wealth distribution among the different people and races in the American society. She uses a young girl, Sylvia, who lives in a poor neighborhood. This is clearly shown by the presence of her cousin, her family moved up north, and they all had to share a very small apartment. This is evidenced by the presence of a foul stench in the hallway due to the presence of clutter and urine, Such that they could not play in the hallway.
C In Kenan’s work, he tries to show how Maggie tries to cope with her grandson’s sexuality and soon after his death in a car crash, she tries to find answers as to what led to his preferred sexual orientation. She clearly shows a remarkably distinct character by being forgiving and warm towards Gabriel, whom she blamed for influencing Edward’s sexuality and decision to move away. She attributes the decision to move away from home as the main cause of death. Edward as one of the key figures goes on to show how the sexual prejudice has affected the black community. He says that it is easier being gay than being black. He states that black people can always pass as being straight with regard to their sexuality, but they cannot always pass as being white. This brings forth a very powerful rhetoric as to how racial prejudice and sexual prejudice are viewed in the American society, Maggie is exceedingly sorrowful towards her grandson’s fate and at times, she blames herself for not preventing him from going away with Gabriel. This arouses pity for her as she is left alone. Emily Dickinson in her works depicts the presence of a distinct character by the presence of ‘madness’ in an individual as being a trait that enables the individual to see or identify what the common eye cannot discern, referring to the common people. This elicits pity for such an individual who is discriminated against due to his ability to discern issues and is viewed as a common outcast because of his stance issues, unlike the common people. Toni Cade Bambra in her works ‘the lesson” draws the picture of a girl, Sylvia, very sharp in noticing the inequalities around her. She is able to live in very tough economic conditions; however, she is able to withstand it all. For a very witty girl, she has to endure many hardships living with her large family in a very small house. During her outing with Miss Moore, she has to witness stores selling expensive toys yet many families could use an equal amount of money to buy food, this shows the inequalities in the society and draws a lot of empathy for those unable to afford such privileges.
D In society, the presence of inequalities is abundantly evident. In Toni Cade Bambara’s literature, she asks a question through Miss Moore, as to whether people can buy toys at same prices that other large families use to feed themselves. It puts into sharp focus the need for social and economic balances in the division of wealth regardless of race or ethnicity. Ken poses many questions to the society. The presence of social prejudice against certain races and how religions are very prejudicial against sexual orientation yet it exists in the religions. This puts into light how people need to re-evaluate their perceptions against certain issues in society. In Emily Dickinson, the focus was mainly on the presence of prejudice against people who have different views about certain issues in society. This goes to reiterate that there is a need for people to change their own attitudes that have been at the backbone of discrimination due to sexual orientation, financial positions, races and views on issues in society.
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