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Essay Instructions: With close referance to their deployment of the Africa symbol, examine the theme of black identity politics as depicted in the writings of the Harlem Renaissance and Negritude writers. Include film "Sankofa" in discussion.

Here are the Harlem Renaissance writers poems I would like to use.
-> Claude Mckay
"Harlem Shadows"
-> Langston Hughes
"The Negro Speaks Rivers" (note) similar to film Sankofa in certain ways)
-> Countee Cullen
"Harlem Wine"
"Heritage" general theme of poem (Christian/African dilemma)

Here are the Negritude writers need to use.
-> Leopold Senghor
"Snow in Paris"
-> Aime Cesaire
"Africa"

Here are the notes for film "Sankoka" to note.

Sankoka means: we must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward, so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.
->Connects enslaved black pepole with their African past and culture.

Here are some things I would like to include in the essay in referance to sankofa.
->Tie in the Harlem Renaissance writers and Negritude writers with film.
->Referance the characters in film like Nunu. Who in film defines herself as
African and how she rejects Joe's her son Christin beliefs.
->Referance the setting of the film African memory and Western memory. Meaning
African memory ref: Nunu, Shola and joe. From Western memory ref: Father
Rahael and mona the model in film.
->One of the more important scenes to ref: is when Joe kills his mother and also
kills Father Raphael and he is killed in the church they burned down. Ref:
how the ashes will nurish the roots or seeds to grow into new plants- the new
identity.

Books to use as a referance:
->The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
by Henry Louis Gates Jr 2nd edition
->The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader by David Levering Lewis
-> Leopold Sedar Senghor "The Collected Poetry"

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Essay Instructions: We will offer more for this one!!

this is to be regarding the literature and art of the harlem renaissance. It needs to focus on the importance and role of literature and art. Mahor figures involved and significant black artist such as W.E.B. Du bois, jean toomer, Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Artist such as Aaron douglas, Palmer Hayden and Robert Brathe.
Major literary accomplishments from the writers to include The crisis magazine, The new negro, Cane and any other important literature that the writers produced.
How this redefined african american expression and gave way to celebrating their heritage.
How the patron such as Dubois and Locke promoted other black artists with support in the magazines and works. How white patrons help support artist monetarly and publicly.
This was a way that blacks protested through their artistic and creativity

Book resources:
Rhapsodies in black, Art of the harlem renaissance

Major Black American Writers, through the Harlem Renaissance; Harold Bloom ed.

Aaron Douglas- Art, Race, and The Harlem Renaissance, Amy Kirschke

Harlem Renaissance Art of Black America, Mary Campbell

key points
cultral movement became known as "the new negro mvement" and later the harlem renaissance

Jean toomer Cane published in 1923

Van Vechtens major white promoter of many black artists

Langston hughes grew up wealthy and educated, moved to New york to study engineering at Columbia University, dropped out against father wishes to pursue writing career- first book published in 1926, the weary blues

All of the literary writers had a wide range of subject matters but they had a common theme relating to their race.

Zora Neale Hurston was considered harsh and shrewed in her writing style. very controversial, famous for writing How it feels to Be Colored Me

WEB Dubois formed NAACP, editor of Crisis Magazine which supported many black artists such as Aaron Douglas. Dubois believed in educated blacks should help educat the uneducated blacks


there are numerous websites with information.

Book resources:
Rhapsodies in black, Art of the Harlem renaissance

Major Black American Writers, through the Harlem Renaissance; Harold Bloom
ed.

Aaron Douglas- Art, Race, and The Harlem Renaissance, Amy Kirschke

Harlem Renaissance Art of Black America, Mary Campbell

key points
cultural movement became known as "the new negro movement" and later the
Harlem renaissance

Jean Toomer Cane published in 1923

Van Vechtens major white promoter of many black artists

Langston Hughes grew up wealthy and educated, moved to New York to study
engineering at Columbia University, dropped out against father wishes to
pursue writing career- first book published in 1926, the weary blues

All of the literary writers had a wide range of subject matters but they had
a common theme relating to their race.

Zora Neale Hurston was considered harsh and shrewder in her writing style.
very controversial, famous for writing How it feels to Be Colored Me

WEB Dubois formed NAACP, editor of Crisis Magazine which supported many
black artists such as Aaron Douglas. Dubois believed in educated blacks
should help educate the uneducated blacks


there are numerous websites with information.

Essay Instructions: Using quotations/parapharse from these 4 authors answer the question question, How do They Express Racial Tension?

Langston Hughs - "Democracy"

Claude McKay - "If We Must Die"

Countee Cullen - "Uncle Jim"

Sterling Brown - "Bitter Fruit of the Tree"

All poems come from Norton Anthology of American Literature 6th edition

Essay Instructions: analyzing the relationship between literature and the workplace environment. You will discuss at least one poem, at least one fictional story, and at least one essay from the course textbooks. (Teams may use either assigned or unassigned readings.)
The works selected for analysis should relate thematically. Although teams may identify and focus on other themes, some possibilities are difficulties faced by manual laborers, the worker's pride in his or her labor, sexism in the workplace, balancing the personal and the professional, how business changes those involved in it, how those outside a business misunderstand it, discovery of one's vocation, the tension between ethics and self-interest, and/or the tension between a business and its surrounding community.
You must cite any outside sources using APA citation practices
The Poem is Saturdays Child By Countee Cullen
Some are teethed on a silver spoon,
With the stars strung for a rattle;
I cut my teeth as the black racoon—
For implements of battle.
Some are swaddled in silk and down,
And heralded by a star;
They swathed my limbs in a sackcloth gown
On a night that was black as tar.
For some, godfather and goddame
The opulent fairies be;
Dame Poverty gave me my name,
And Pain godfathered me.
For I was born on Saturday—
"Bad time for planting a seed,"
Was all my father had to say,
And, "One mouth more to feed."
Death cut the strings that gave me life,
And handed me to Sorrow,
The only kind of middle wife
My folks could beg or borrow.

The Fiction Story is
The Boy and the Bank Officer

By Philip RossBy Philip Ross

I have a friend who hates banks with a special passion. "A bank is just a store like a candy store or a grocery store,"he says. "The only difference is that a bank's goods happen to be money, which is yours in the first place. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches."I have a friend who hates banks with a special passion. "A bank is just a store like a candy store or a grocery store. "he says. "The only difference is that a bank 's goods happen to be money. which is yours in the first place. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts. they might act less like churches. "

I began thinking about my friend the other day as I walked into a small, overlighted branch office on the West Side. I had come to open a checking account.I began thinking about my friend the other day as I walked into a small, overlighted branch office on the West Side. I had come to open a checking account.

It was lunchtime and the only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short, pressed hair, a pencil mustache, and a neatly pressed brown suit. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority.It was lunchtime and the only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short, pressed hair, a pencil mustache. and a neatly pressed brown suit. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority.

This officer was standing across a small counter from a young white boy who was wearing a V-necked sweater, khakis, and loafers. He had sandy hair, and I think I was especially aware of him because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a customer in a West Side bank.This officer was standing across a small counter from a young boy who was wearing a white sweater V-necked. khakis, and loafers. He had sandy hair. and I think I was especially aware of him because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a customer in a West Side bank.

The boy continued to hold my attention because of what happened next.The boy continued to hold my attention because of what happened next.

He was holding an open savings-account book and wearing an expression of open dismay. "But I don't understand,"he was saying to the officer. "I opened the account myself, so why can't I withdraw any money?"He was holding an open book and wearing an expression of open savings-account dismay. "But I not specified 't understand. , "he was saying to the officer. "I opened the account myself. so why can 't I withdraw any money? "

"I've already explained to you,"the officer told him, "that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents.""I 've already explained to you, "the officer told him. "that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents. "

"But that doesn't seem fair,"the boy said, his voice breaking. "It's my money. I put it in. It's my account.""But that does' t seem fair," the boy said. his voice breaking. "It 's my money. I put it in. It 's my account. "

"I know it is,"the officer said, "but those are the rules. Now if you'll excuse me.""I know it is," the officer said. "but those are the rules. Now if you 'll excuse me. "

He turned to me with a smile. "May I help you, sir?"He turned to me with a smile. "May I help you, sir?"

I didn't think twice. "I was going to open a new account,"I said, "but after seeing what's going on here, I think I've changed my mind."I that did 't think twice. "I was going to open a new account. "I said," but after seeing what 's going on here. I think I 've changed my mind. "

"Excuse me?"he said."Excuse me?" he said.

"Look,"I said. "If I understand what's going on here correctly, what you're saying is that this boy is old enough to deposit his money in your bank but he's not old enough to withdraw it. And since there doesn't seem to be any question as to whether it's his money or his account, the bank's so-called policy is clearly ridiculous.""Look, "I said. "If I understand what 's going on here correctly. what you ''re saying is that this boy is old enough to deposit his money in your bank but he' s not old enough to withdraw it. And since there does' t seem to be any question as to whether it 's his money or his account. the bank 's so-called policy is clearly ridiculous. "

"It may seem ridiculous to you,"he replied in a voice rising slightly in irritation, "but that is the bank's policy and I have no other choice but to follow the rules.""It may seem ridiculous to you. "he replied in a voice rising slightly in irritation. "but that is the bank 's policy and I have no other choice but to follow the rules. "

The boy had stood hopefully next to me during this exchange, but now I was just as helpless. Suddenly I noticed that the open savings book he continued to grasp showed a balance of about $100. It also showed that there had been a series of small deposits and withdrawals.The boy had stood hopefully next to me during this exchange. but now I was just as helpless. Suddenly I noticed that he continued to grasp the open savings book showed a balance of about $ 100. It also showed that there had been a series of small deposits and withdrawals.

I had my opening.I had my opening.

"Have you withdrawn money before by yourself?"I asked the boy."Have you withdrawn money before by yourself?" I asked the boy.

"Yes,"he said."Yes," he said.

I moved in for the kill.I moved in for the kill.

"How do you explain that?"I zeroed in on the officer. "Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?""How do you explain that?" I zeroed in on the officer. "Why did you let him withdraw money before. but not now? "

He looked annoyed. "Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It's really very simple."He looked annoyed. "Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It 's really very simple. "

I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You're really getting cheated,"I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest."I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You ''re really getting cheated. "I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest. "

The boy looked destroyed. Silently, he put his savings book in rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.The boy looked destroyed. Silently. he put his savings book in rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.

The officer turned to me. "You know,"he said, "you really shouldn't have interfered."The officer turned to me. "You know," he said. "You really shouldn 't have interfered. "

"Shouldn't have interfered?" I shouted. "Well, it damn well seemed to me that he needed someone to represent his interests.""Shouldn 't have interfered?" I shouted. "Well, damn well it seemed to me that he needed someone to represent his interests. "

"Someone was representing his interests,"he said softly."Someone was representing his interests. "he said softly.

"And who might that be?""And who might that be?"

"The bank.""The bank. "

I couldn't believe what this idiot was saying. "Look,"I concluded, "We're just wasting each other's time. But maybe you'd like to explain exactly how the bank was representing that boy's interests?"I couldn 't believe what this idiot was saying. "Look, "I concluded. "We ''re just wasting each other' s time. But maybe you 'd like to explain how the bank was representing America, you will hear that boy' s interests? "

"Certainly,"he said. "We were informed this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking this boy down for more than a month. The other guy was forcing him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was apparently too scared to tell anyone. That's the real reason he was so upset. He was afraid of what the other guy would do to him. Anyway, the police are on the case and they'll probably make an arrest today.""Certainly, "he said. "We were informed this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking this boy down for more than a month. The other guy was forcing him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was apparently too scared to tell anyone. That 's the real reason he was so upset. He was afraid of what the other guy would do to him. Anyway, the police are on the case and they 'll probably make an arrest today. "

"You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from savings account?""You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from savings account?"

"Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you?""Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you? "

And the Essay is about corporate culture just tie in how.

Culture shock is a term used to describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within an entirely different culture or social environment, such as a different country or a different state than where they live (e.g. suburban southern California vs. rural North
Carolina).w
Reference Ross Chichester as the Author the actual book is Corporate culture shock