Explain how racism impacts the lives of the characters in “the black ball” (lesson 5). give 3 ways that racism impacts characters’ lives.

The theme of the story  The Black Ball would have to do with Persistence and doing hard work through the tough times. The author uses metaphors, allegories and other literary terms like characterization, to see the negative of how racism and discrimination affects people in a big way of there thinking.

Racism impacts characters' live because in the following ways:

The  main character is a man named John, born around the civil war that goes through difficulties and challenges in his life  being an African American.  John tries to convinced his son that he is not black at all , telling him “of course not, you’re brown. You know you’re not black”. What john is trying to teach his son here is that there is no point in saying there’s black and then there’s white, his trying to teach him that no matter what race you are they are all individuals.

Also, the term “Behind the black ball” means to be in a losing position and its reference comes from a game of pool. The Black Ball in the story is used as a symbolic way of racism and the way people discriminate.

White supposedly means pure and innocent and at the same time john's son is playing with a white ball and that’s symbolism for the experiences he will have.

i do not know what the passage is but i can give some examples

1. repetitive phrases may be used to create a emphasizing tone

2. pauses in sentences are used to create a dramatic effect but can also be suspenseful

3. using lots of exclamation marks and loud speech such as words in all caps can be creating a excited or possibly angry tone.

4. using lots of questioning phrases my mean that they are in suspicion of something.

5. using lots of questionable statements or questions can imply of a sneeky or sly tone.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.