Then are we not the end, my love? For I love you more than stars love the night sky, Like the sun to the horizon, to you I come. You are the ground beneath my feet, ever solid, The shadow under my tenderest thoughts. A thousand years knows nothing of endurance Next to my eyesContinue reading “Love Poem #1”
Tag Archives: literature
Confinement and Redress in Native Son
Bigger’s acts of aggression can’t be redressed by prison time, because they are ultimately a symptom of confinement. Throughout the novel Native Son, by Richard Wright, the protagonist Bigger suffers from excessive pressure from external influences. These external pressures are initially proposed as vague, fleeting senses of awareness of a truth so large it seemsContinue reading “Confinement and Redress in Native Son”
Religious and Punitive Parallels in The Color Purple
The role of religion in The Color Purple (1982) is a means of subconsciously maintaining the hold of carceral logic on characters. The Colour Purple, a novel by Alice Walker tells the story of an African American girl named Celie living in rural Georgia early 1800’s. The novel, told in epistolary format, details the abuse and lifelongContinue reading “Religious and Punitive Parallels in The Color Purple”
Literary Musings 