I feel that this poem is a true experience of a 21 year old. At the age of 21, they are only living in the moment and sometimes are not making the best decisions or choices, but they will realize soon when life hits them. They will soon realize that they should have listened to all of the beneficial advice along the way instead of having to look back on mistakes that could have been prevented. Of course, the speaker is only 21 in this particular time so it's all about being young and not thinking beyond the age of 21.
Chapter 4: 1. 2. The narrator is does not care for Trueblood for the disgusting act he committed on his daughter; The narrator does not like the people at the golden day as well due to them demising his chances for college and being accepted. 3. Old plantations were owned by Caucasians but black slaves were the one's who ran the plantations and did all of the work. The college the narrator attends is ran by Caucasians but the college was established for African Americans. 4. Dr. Bledsoe has achieved power in society by following the expectations that the white's have set and also pleasing them in every way possible. He also did not solely base his actions on what he thought his own people would think of him. 5. Mirrors are things in which a person only sees the outside image, whereas an aquarium is transparent, a person can see straight through and what the aquarium contains inside. The mirror symbolizes the image Dr.Bledsoe and the narrator wears in order to impress super...
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