Both your narratives this week tackle the “otherness” of being Black in America. Using the "Appeal to Readers" section of In Conversation (4.8), argue which appeal is being used in both essays (they might not be using the same appeal) and why you think the authors chose to appeal to their readers this way. You are taking a position, so you should have a thesis statement and use evidence from the two narratives to back up your statement.

Work Cited:

Haile, Rahawa. “Going It Alone.” 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology, edited by Samuel Cohen, 6th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2019, pp. 196–204.

Lorde, Audre. “The Fourth of July.” 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology, edited by Samuel Cohen, 6th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2019, pp. 242–45.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.