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  1. Sep 2017
    1. "I should like to see those old temples and fakirs and jugglers," said the old man.

      This is evidence of dialogue. Not only in this section but multiple throughout the passage.

    1. And since we all came from a womanGot our name from a woman and our game from a womanI wonder why we take from our womenWhy we rape our women, do we hate our women?I think it's time to kill for our womenTime to heal our women, be real to our women

      Tupac uses repetition; he uses the word women repeatedly to emphasize his feelings towards women and to also get the audience to feel what he feels towards women.

    2. And now my son's gettin' older and older and coldFrom havin' the world on his shoulders

      Tupac uses a hyperbole to portray how his son his getting older and how his life is getting harder because he has so many things to worry about, hardships, or struggles in his life.

    3. I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta meHe had me feelin' like black was tha thing to beAnd suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough

      Tupac uses a flashback to where listening to Marvin Gaye helps him have a sense of hope and feeling better, especially at this point in time where black people were constantly being discriminated against.

    4. It seems tha rain'll never let upI try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up

      This is an analogy because it talks about the rain never stopping to fall which in reality he is talking about obstacles and challenges in life that continuously are being thrown at him. Then he tries to keep his head up and not be affected by these hardships that he has in his life.

    5. Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceI say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots

      Tupac is using synecdoche to compare aspects of an object to a part or whole of the object.

  2. Aug 2017