https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUwcfu8GQ0w

Atmospheric animation for someones final degree show Art Piece. Worth a look if anyone is interested.

This line seems to be in the tone of self-defiance and pride for African Americans. African American identity is something that was blurred and put in a negative non-inclusive place by the white power structure at the time and this poem subverts that

Indeed it is interesting that Hughes used pyramids. Like in the wasteland, Hughes references the dead civilization of the Egyptian empire, one of the most impressive non-white civilizations to live on earth.

Unfortunately, the idea that "white is beautiful' still seems prominent in a lot of western mainstream culture and media today. I watched some of this documentary about how many women in Jamaica use harmful bleach on their skin and in South East Asia it seemed that all skin products had a 'whitening affect.' Just a side note, but tragic how this problem is not just something of the past.

Hughes is talking about the institutional racism that fuels white hegemonic power as it dictates what is to be known as 'high culture' or 'high art.'

Could be a play on 'furry slippers.'

Seems like an unusual choice of phrase as through writing, 'the school Physician first/ brought their hatred down on him', William's takes control away from the parents as their response is only conditional to his actions. The choice of the word 'familiarity' seems ambiguous, however I feel that Williams is referencing the social condition of being honest and not being afraid to offend makes people closer, perhaps.

The use of the two words with 'less' in them is an interesting choice by Williams. Its creates a sense of lacking or in other words is describing what is not

Perhaps Drummond's 'admiration' for Catherine 'doubled on itself' because her harsh use of the word 'savages', clearly others the working class. Catherine sees the world through a very strong prejudice and this strength of perception makes Drummond feel safe as it is always easier to demonise an "other" instead of seeing the fact you are both human and have many of the same attributes and feelings.

The writers choice of the term 'dreamy time' is very interesting. When we dream, we enter into a version of reality that is projected by your subconscious mind. However, the 'dreamy time' that the protagonist inhabits is no different from real life; that is no different other than the fact he perception of himself remains that of someone north of the 'slot.' Yet, as the story goes on it is becoming clearer that the boundary between the two worlds are being melded together.

Who is the 'master' in this equation. This title seems to be exaggeratedly crude in its prejudice against the working class. However, perhaps this is the writer expressing the umbrella ideology of the "upper-class", expressed through Drummond. The use of the alliterated consonants seem to join these two words together into one entity, that when spoken verbally can hardly be discerned from each other. This evokes one of the questions that seems to be brought up in this text ,which is 'what is class if not a subjective perception?

There seems to be a conflict here. For a sociologists who is writing a book of 'progress', then how is it possible for his ideas to be conventional. The writer is using a kind of doubling and irony here, perhaps exposing the rigidness of the white elite who see themselves as making progress, yet at the same time continue to "other" the working class and in doing so preach a conservative ideology that keeps the "upper-class" in power. There is a link to made here between this concept and Henry Adam's idea that 'education produces ignorance.'

The idea of being a 'good imitation of a genuine worker' is interesting. If he is working harder than everyone else, then what is the difference between a good worker and an imitation of a good worker? Perhaps it is "class", but then again what really does "class" mean. The difference between the two is only a difference in perception; both the way Drummond perceives himself and how others perceive him.

This premise of playing a role of someone to fit into the working class's view of what is "normal" reminds me of Du Bois double consious and the idea that African Americans saw themselves through the lens of the hegemonic white power structure.

The speaker in the poem seems to question the seemingly culturally imbedded belief that "good fences make good neighbors." The speaker seems to see that perhaps fences create boundaries between people and keep curtain people out. The metaphor of the 'wall' or 'fence' seem to have similarities to Du Bois's Veil, splitting society into two groups, which can sometimes see each others, but cannot enter the others reality. The last few lines seems to be a criticism of social stagnation and lack of progress due to what past generations have said or made a doctrine.

Something about this stanza reminds me of Phillip Larkin's "Old Fools." The poem seems to have a similar cynical view of mankind as Frost, semi-sarcastically suggests that to 'die' is the only way to escape the inevitable patterns of life.

The alliteration of 'picture pride' seem to express the superficialness of Hollywood and how being young and beautiful is what is valued within the industry.

I feel that Robert Frost is questioning the relationship with nature and a "grand designer" or god. By making collectively the spider, moth and flower 'white' Frost is making us question the correlation between these contrasting objects. 'White' is the color western culture use to symbolize purity and a innocence, yet the scene described in the first stanza could not be less so.

Again, pointedly ironic.

Through the bullying of her husband, the narrators own opinions and sense of self dwindle, to the point where she is questioning whether she actually likes the wallpaper, which the narrator makes point of describing in a pejorative way earlier on in the story.

Here the author is describing the bedroom like a prison, one which the husband is making increasingly oppresive, with the editions of the 'heavy bed [...,] barred windows [...] [and] gate.'

Like the Du Bois piece, the narrator is self-identifying as a 'burden' or in other words to a "problem", seeing herself through the warped perspective of her Husband. This aspect is similarly to Du Bois's idea of the 'consciousness.'

Echoes the Du Bois piece and the poem he selected, insofar as here the narrators voice is being stifled, like the voice of African American's in America - which is being oppressed by the white power structure.

Similarly to the Du Bois piece, the protagonist here is behaving in a way to conform with the reality of her husband John, and the narrow "fragile" way in which he sees her.