Oreo's Observations

  Imagine having to close a car door- I could never. Why with my infinite supply of butlers there to drive for me, eat for me and breathe for me, I could never partake in such peasantry as living. By the way, I was being sarcastic. God I could never be like them.  The high society with sleekly polished nails canvased to perfection, much like their readymade lives served on a silver platter, no taxes included of course. We, the butlers waiting on them hand and foot, put on our sharpest uniforms in their presence, and go home to  our bills, our empty fridge, our children we couldn't take care of because we spent our day working for them.  This "us" vs "them" mentality we see so prominently in our communities is undeniable in  Sweat . The clearest example is how the factory workers refer to management. Those in charge have the power to make the rules, decide the fates of the countless workers below them, but as this power is abused, its no longer a "we" a...

  Roses are often used as an expression of romanticism, hope and harmony. Through the symbol of these flowers, Langston Hughes uses naive and hopeful word choice to display the illusion of purity in world of grim in his poem "Red Roses". Hughes begins by glorifying the season of warmth as the "sweet, sweet springtime", a noticeable manner which you might see in a young child. He says sweet not once, but twice to emphasize its innocent atmosphere dissociative with the rest of the hopeless world. In contrast, winter is a bleak period affiliated with death. The narrator even pleads, "Lawd" at the mere thought of being buried under the cold, cold snow which certainly doesn't provide the "sweet, sweet" feeling as the spring does. He builds this tone of hope, constantly "waitin'" for the springtime as if the red of the roses would color the black and white of the somber, loneliness of the world. Instead, Hughes plainly, and in fact na...