THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE POEM.

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK NINE

THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE POEM.

CONTENT

REFERENCES

1.      The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka.

2.      Exam Reflection Literature- in-English by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.

3.      Exam Reflection Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.

THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE POEM.

Racism and Segregation

Maya confronts the insidious effects of racism and segregation in America at a very young age. She internalizes the idea that blond hair is beautiful and that she is a fat black girl trapped in a nightmare. Stamps, Arkansas, is so thoroughly segregated that as a child Maya does not quite believe that white people exist. As Maya gets older, she is confronted by more…