Passing By

racial inferiority was not based on science, but rather based on racial dominance in society, and it is the white race that has been in control throughout history. These ideas are evident in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, but also Nella Larsen’s Passing. Both texts reflect the sociological,…

community.” (Keith and Herring 761). Although passing as White opens the door too many social and economic advantages it could be detrimental and cause you to hate yourself and your ethnic group. Nobody should feel that they have to question how they want to identify in order to be successful in America. Everyone should be accepted for who they are because your race is something you can’t change.…

conflict in Nella Larsen’s Passing by Jennifer DeVere Brody is about her interpretation of the novel being of race and a mediation of class. She also talks about other literary works to either further back up her interpretation or to contradict their interpretations of the novel. The article mainly emphasizes that race and class are very essential aspects of the novel and that both Irene and Clare do it all for different…

Novels are constantly evolving over time, yet despite time passing, some novels continue to represent women as sexualized objects. The female characters in Nella Larsen’s Passing, first published in 1929 but takes place in the 1920s, and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, published in 2007 but takes place from the 1940s to the 1990s, are subject to this representation because both novel’s narrators place an emphasis on physical features. Although both novels take place in…

they weren't dissimulating anyone, not even themselves. A single word can be used to describe all this: Passing. One blending so much into a society that’s not theirs so much that they end up being part of it, tossing aside who they really are, an action that cannot be blamed on those escaping racism and homophobia. This can be said for both Irene and Clare, who are the main focus of the book passing. Not only had society forced them to ‘pass’, but it had also caused one of them to fall into…

“Idylls of the king”: The coming of Arthur/ The passing of Arthur Alfred Lord Tennyson is a popular poet whose style of writing is categorized as a Victorian writer; since he used more of historical events with a twist of poetry by explaining the notable life of a few historical figures. While writing poems/ making plays Tennyson would go into some details of some major points of one’s life from who they trust, love or even loathe. In “Idylls of the King” Tennyson not only mentions King Arthur’s…

Passing Over The Racial Mountain Ever since slavery was first embarked upon, there has been a constant struggle for African Americans to sever the ties between their racial identity and the standards set for them by white folk. It wasn’t until the Harlem Renaissance that artists creatively articulated the African American experience through writing and music. During this time, people wrote literature that would appeal to a mixed audience, but individuals such as Langston Hughes made it known…

Stephen Walker Instructor Wachal English 102 College Composition II 1\24\17 Passing English Composition 2 After passing English composition 101 mini students feel as though they have an easy road ahead of them, however the road has gotten much more difficult because now the course it’s a second year college level course, meaning there are improvements to be made, bad habits to get rid of and find a way to become an effective writer. To start off I’ll say what I want and expect from this course…

The debate of students having to be required to have passing grades is a very difficult one to address either as the student, parent or teacher. I am not here saying that students should not be in sports while attending grade school. But if they are going to play sports, they should also have a grade point average of 2.0 and above to ensure that they don’t lose focus of school academics. First you would need to ask your self what’s the plan you and your child have set for them during and after…

In his poem "On Passing the New Menin Gate," Siegfried Sassoon, an anti-war poet during World War I, reflects on the many soldiers who lost their lives while fighting in the trenches and discusses a new war memorial erected to remember these men. Sassoon states, "Who will remember passing through this Gate, the unheroic dead who feed the guns" (2). Describing the fallen soldiers as unheroic reveals Sassoon's…