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anger and resentment
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It is not beyond reason to interpret certain lines as expressions of negative feelings, when considered simply on a surface level. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker asserts that he is the only colored student in his class at Colombia University. Later, as he is explaining how he and his instructor are inexorably connected, he mentions that oftentimes, he does not appreciate this connection. In one of the last lines of the poem, the speaker calls the instructor "older -- and white --/ and somewhat more free" (39-40). These lines could be construed as the speaker's expression of his anger or resentment towards to instructor, white people in general, and/or the upper hand that they seem to hold in American culture, at least back when this poem was written. However, the context and general tone of the poem suggest otherwise, as does the lack of information we are given about the instructor himself. In fact, the only thing we know for sure is that he is white. Something we do not know is how he treats the speaker in class, for instance, and whether he tends to grade him fairly or unfairly.
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Title: anger and resentment
Words: 947
Rating: None
Pages: 3.8
submitted by: lmnopq
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