Category: The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois is an embodiment of classic American literature that persists in exerting its influence upon the contemporary world. It has been recognized as an idea changing work in sociology and forms a cornerstone of African American literature. The book constitutes of fourteen chapters that serve…

Du Bois walks through the issues of slavery, labor struggles, separation, segregation, and family life. Each chapter within the story tells a different section of life involving one of the issues. One chapter talks about the history with African Americans, then goes to labor and family life (talking about Josie and the school house), then…

Abstract Living among the Whites has caused many problems for the Blacks throughout the history. African Americans, who are African in their roots and American in their life, as opposite races, are segregated from the White’s societies due to their colored skin. They are considered as uncivilized and lowbrow people who do not have equal…

In Jean-Paul Sartre’s Black Orpheus, Sartre uses the image of the musician Orpheus in ancient Greek mythology to extoll black poets and points out that the negros tireless descent into himself makes me think of Orpheus going to claim Eurydice from Pluto (Sarte 1948). To Orpheus, music is the translation or abstraction of life. He…

For this months monthly response, I decided to analyze the readings We Wear The Mask and The Forethought from The Souls of Black Folk. Both readings share the themes of the reality of being a Black American, and the subconscious adaptation to the pains attached to it. Although one is a poem and the other…

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois is an embodiment of classic American literature that persists in exerting its influence upon the contemporary world. It has been recognized as an idea changing work in sociology and forms a cornerstone of African American literature. The book constitutes of fourteen chapters that serve…

Du Bois walks through the issues of slavery, labor struggles, separation, segregation, and family life. Each chapter within the story tells a different section of life involving one of the issues. One chapter talks about the history with African Americans, then goes to labor and family life (talking about Josie and the school house), then…

Abstract Living among the Whites has caused many problems for the Blacks throughout the history. African Americans, who are African in their roots and American in their life, as opposite races, are segregated from the White’s societies due to their colored skin. They are considered as uncivilized and lowbrow people who do not have equal…

In Jean-Paul Sartre’s Black Orpheus, Sartre uses the image of the musician Orpheus in ancient Greek mythology to extoll black poets and points out that the negros tireless descent into himself makes me think of Orpheus going to claim Eurydice from Pluto (Sarte 1948). To Orpheus, music is the translation or abstraction of life. He…

For this months monthly response, I decided to analyze the readings We Wear The Mask and The Forethought from The Souls of Black Folk. Both readings share the themes of the reality of being a Black American, and the subconscious adaptation to the pains attached to it. Although one is a poem and the other…