Write a Paper on “I am not your Negro” by Charles Baldwin
Here are the guidelines. Try to review Baldwin and take notes with page references. It will help you once you begin the paper. Reading through Baldwin’s lens. See directions below:· Return to Baldwin’s I am Not Your Negro. Formulate his lens through which he discusses U.S. society in regard to race. Be precise. Refer to his perspective throughout the book.· Use Baldwin’s lens to investigate the poem of Maya Angelou’s famous Poem “I Rise”. Ask yourself how Baldwin would have explored this poem. Look at the overall structure and the elements as well as tone and message. Refer and use the literary terms ( listed below ) when writing your paper.· Refer to specifics both in the poem and Baldwin’s book. Use MLA for both.· This is a formal paper which uses a thesis statement, a purposeful introduction and conclusion, and concretely developed supporting points. Fully and precisely define Baldwin’s lens in the introduction. Use specifics from his book to clarify the aspects of his perspective.· DO NOT RESEARCH ANY PART OF THIS PAPER. I would like your own expertise and reflection on this paper don’t forget to add your perspective in the conclusion.Literary ElementsFiction•Point of view: how a story is told (first person; omniscient; third: limited, objective, subjective). Consider where the writer puts the reader in relation to the story.•Plot: what happens (rising action, tension, climax, resolution)•Characters: developed, flat, major, minor•Setting: the context for the narrative using various amounts of description•Style: how does the author write? Simply, complex structure and ideas…•Theme: central idea or message of the storyPoetry•Tone: what is the emotional resonance: happy, angry, sorrowful….•Diction: word choice (words, phrases)•Images: words and phrases that relate to our senses (one or more)•Figurative language: Using language in a non-literal way (metaphor, simile…) that deepens the meaning and resonance•Symbols: something that is both literal and representational (often repeated)•Rhythm: patterns of sound movement (contributes to emotion and meaning)•Rhyme: repetition of vowel sound and what follows in each word (cat, sat)•Poetic structure (of stanzas, rhyme scheme…)Drama (Aristotle)•Plot: how story is told•Characterization: Moral, emotional, physical: characters are recognizable and credible (a collaboration of playwright and actors)•Theme: main idea or message•Diction: word choice (words, phrases)•Spectacle: props, setsAristotle notes the element “melody” as well because Greek theater used dancers and the chorus to clarify plot. Melody falls between Diction and Spectacle in his list of most important to least.
