Souls of Black Folk Web Dubios Aim How does Dubois use figurative language to refine his ideas in paragraph 8 amp 9 Do Now In paragraph 8 what did African Americans realize was a means of attaining liberty ID: 769530
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Souls of Black Folk W.e.b Dubios
Aim: How does Dubois use figurative language to refine his ideas in paragraph 8 & 9?
Do Now: In paragraph 8 what did African Americans realize was a means of attaining liberty?
Discussion What is the “new vision” and why does it replace the “dream of political power” (par. 8 )? How does the imagery of a “pillar of fire” refine the idea of “the ideal of ‘book-learning’” (par. 8)?
Discussion What does Du Bois’s description of Canaan in paragraph 9 suggest about “the mountain path” (par. 8)? How does Du Bois use figurative language to describe the result of this “journey” (par. 9)? What imagery does Du Bois use to describe the effect of “two centuries of systematic legal defilement of Negro women”? What is the impact of this imagery?
Discussion How does Du Bois refine the meaning of “social degradation” in this excerpt?