Race and Ethnicity

Race and Ethnicity: Analysis of Literary Works
Beverly J. Roach
Engkish Literature 125
Professor: Paul Wiltz
July 20, 2012

























Race and Ethnicity: Analysis of Literary Works

Introduction
                Exploring cultural literary works give us the luxury to travel across the world through our imagination.   More importantly, we can travel within ourselves to see and evaluate how we perceive, how we feel about certain issues in our personal lives, and in society. Furthermore, evaluating literary works reveals the human experience in us, in such an artful way that it becomes a great exciting journey for us as the reader.

              In this paper, I will compare and contrast the literary works of two writers’, Nadine Gordimer and Alice Walker. Both writings story provides a snapshot picture of racial inequality.   In addition; we will discuss the similarities and different the literary elements of each story, such as its theme, content, form and style. (Clugston, 2010).

      I have chosen, “Country Lovers” and “The Welcome Table” because of their intriguing themes of racial background and ethnicities that are represented. (Clugston, 2010). Also, growing up in a discriminatory situation creates a more dramatic story in my opinion.

      Both writers have dealt with the negativity of racism, and choose to write about it in a way that makes the reader think and feel what the characters are feeling. Although, each author has chosen different ways of portraying their theme, they share the same dilemma of racial inequality.







      Discussion

      Content

          The main themes in “Country Lovers” are love and racial politics. Also, the setting was in South Africa during the time of Apartheid when mix races weren’t accepted. In contrast, the main themes of “The Welcome Table” are impartial Christ-like love and racism, with the setting in the south in the state of Georgia, during...