Oates Arnold Friend Is a Stalker There
There are many nebulous aspects to Joyce Carol Oates short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," for example, the origins of Connie's troubled relationship with her mother (is it strictly a jealousy…
Pedagogy -- Langston Hughes and Frederick Douglass
The situations of two protagonists who face a common dilemma—racial prejudice—are addressed by their clever and resilient use of education as lever of change. The constructs of critical pedagogy, structural violence, and cultural violence lend a framework to the analysis that is deepened by the socio-political perspectives. Critical pedagogy, in particular, is germane to the exploration of these two works by Hughes and Douglass, in that, what Freire has contended, he has also demonstrated. That is, education and literacy are platforms for changing social structure in so much as they enable people to alter their perspectives as dramatically as twisting a kaleidoscope.