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A 4 page comparison and contrast between Alice Walker’s Everyday Use and James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues. No additional sources cited.
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issues regarding the African American experience in America. While many African American authors may present the struggle for identity in a white world as a very obvious racial theme, in
these two works the authors address the realities of African Americans in a white world in a more subtle manner, inferring the search for identity as it conflicts with the
white world. In the character of Dee, from Walkers story, and Sonny, from Baldwins story, the reader sees two individuals struggling to find an identity in society. Thesis: In their
search for that identity they are embracing, reluctantly perhaps at times, their African identity while battling with the white world. The following paper compares and contrasts the stories and the
characters as it relates to this premise. Comparison As noted in the introduction, many authors offer the struggle of the African American in a very obvious manner in
their works, something not truly done with Walkers and Baldwins story. This offers the reader the theme of identity in a more personal and complicated manner, but yet does not
push aside the white influence concerning that search for identity. For example, in Walkers story there is never any mention of white people and yet the reader knows that Dees
struggle to find her identity, an African American identity, is obviously influenced by the white society. This is noted when her mother asks her why she changed her name and
Dee replies, " Shes dead...I couldnt bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me" (Walker). Similarly in Baldwins story one reads how Sonny envisions himself "black
and funky and cold" as he seeks his identity (Baldwin 857). In these lines the reader can see that these people are seeking their identity and that the white mans
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