Post by alliefried on Sept 6, 2022 21:27:33 GMT -5
Aug 18, 2022 13:22:14 GMT -5 Emily Porco said:
Lorde uses the adjective "white" six times in one sentence in the final paragraph. I think she chose white so many times because it is what her trip was based on. They went as a family because her sister was not allowed to go on her school trip because she wasn't white. They couldn't eat in the dining part of the train because they weren't white. As well as the fact that they couldn't get ice cream because they were not white. Lorde even noticed how white the pavement was and used white to describe the heat. She put such an emphasis on how white her trip was and that it all revolved on someone or something being white. Using this adjective also emphasized what kind of society they were living in at the time. They were in the mid 1900's and American society was dominated by white people, while Lorde's family had to deal with the discrimination and injustices against them because they were not white.