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Running head: COMPARE/CONTRAST TWO WRITERS 1
Compare/Contrast two Writers:
Alice Walker and Claude Mckay
Abdirahman Abdi
Rasmussen College
Instructor: Eleanor Branch
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on October 14, 2017, for Abdirahman Abdi’s
G435 Literature of American Minorities Course

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COMPARE/CONTRAST TWO WRITERS 2
Comparison between the two Writers; Alice Walker and Claude Mckay.
Towards the end of the World War 1, several activities such as cultural, artistic and social
explosions took place in Harlem, New York. During this period, Harlem was used as a cultural
center that attracted minority writers, intellectuals, photographers, and actors. As a result, the
prominent figures such as Claude McKay, Alice Walker and Langston Hughes among others
brought ideas that transformed culture completely (Hutchinson, 1995). In this, the minority
writers pushed the art beyond its limits by using different styles, tones and themes to express
their ideas which made them famous as the minority writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Some of
them used similar tones and themes while others use different styles in their literally work. In
this context, the discussion below brings out the comparison between Alice Walker and Claude
Mckay who have similarities in the use of narration tone and they share a common theme of race
and discrimination, but their stories differ when it comes to style.
To start with their differences, the two writes differ when it comes to the use of style.
Alice Walker story is more of symbolism which attracts the reader from the beginning. The title
“The Welcome Table is an example of symbolism that Alice Walker has used. It symbolizes the
welcoming of the children of God to heaven. Walker also uses the old black woman to symbolize
what many whites feared; the fear of the African Americans, the fear of the old, simply the
hatred they had towards the black. Also, Alice Walker’s story is presented in a genre prose. The
point of view of her story is presented in the third person where she uses the old black woman
and the Whites. She uses a narrative style where she narrates a story from the begging to the end
(Walker, 1973). On the other hand, Claude Mckay's point of view is presented in the first person
where he uses his personal life experiences to pass the message. In addition, Claude Mckay

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Running head: COMPARE/CONTRAST TWO WRITERS Compare/Contrast two Writers: Alice Walker and Claude Mckay Abdirahman Abdi Rasmussen College Instructor: Eleanor Branch Author Note This paper is being submitted on October 14, 2017, for Abdirahman Abdi’s G435 Literature of American Minorities Course 1 COMPARE/CONTRAST TWO WRITERS 2 Comparison between the two Writers; Alice Walker and Claude Mckay. Towards the end of the World War 1, several activities such as cultural, artistic and social explosions took place in Harlem, New York. During this period, Harlem was used as a cultural center that attracted minority writers, intellectuals, photographers, and actors. As a result, the prominent figures such as Claude McKay, Alice Walker and Langston Hughes among others brought ideas that transformed culture completely (Hutchinson, 1995). In this, the minority writers pushed the art beyond its limits by using different styles, tones and themes to express their ideas which made them famous as the minority writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Some of them used similar tones and themes while others use different styles in their literally work. In this context, the discussion below brings out the comparison between Alice Walker and Claude Mckay who have similarities in the use of narration tone and they share a common theme of race and discrimination, but their stories differ when it comes to style. To start with their differences, the two writes differ when it comes to the use of style. ...
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