ith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.I agree with lines 1 through 4 because insults have no power. A person can become better and not stoop to your level because "still I'll rise" (L. 12) One can hate but it will not be heard or acknowledged. A description can be seen in lines 21 through 24:You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise.Maya Angelou described situations that occurred because of one's color. Angelou discussed the past pain of black slaves. "I am the dream and the hope of the slave." (L. 40) I think Angelou stated this line to explain that the past occurred but the new generation is the hope to bury the past. Hoping to bring achievement and success of African-Americans. Elliott/ 2All society hears is the history of slavery and the pain that began with racism, rape and mistreatment of African-Americans. Lines 29 through 43 describe that with African-American history there is hope for success:Out of the huts of history's shameI riseUp from the past that's rooted in painI riseI'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I riseInto a daybreak that's wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave.I riseI riseI rise.This poem makes me realize that African-Americans have been faced with bitterness. I love this poem because "I rise" reminds me of 3-D.Elliott/ 3It comes out while you are reciting the words. It makes me feel like I can rise, no matter my problems, "I'll rise." I think if we add this phrase to our vocabulary when a situation of racism occurs, you won't worry about the cause.In Toni Morrison's, "The Bluest Eye", racism occurred throughout the novel. Claudia destroyed her white baby dolls. She was upset that people would look at white girl...
