I chose the story “Shame” by Dick Gregory. I enjoyed this
reading because of the emotion I felt when reading it. He wrote “I never
learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.” I immediately
felt that I could really relate to the author. I have a son who started
kindergarten this year. I am amazed at the changes I have seen in his emotional
and social demeanor. I would like to be able to protect my children from
feelings like this. Even though I know these things are important for their development.
I liked how Mr. Gregory explained that there was a girl in his class that he
liked. This is another thing that most readers can relate to. By gaining my
attention and giving me a sense of relation to his story early on the author
made me feel more empathetic to his plights later on in the story. Many readers
probably have not been through the same situations as the author. However I
think most people can relate to a time when they were embarrassed or ashamed in
front of someone they liked.
I had to read this excerpt three times before I fully I understood
what the author was truly saying within his writing. I felt that after the
author told his story about first feeling shame that he went on and on about
the different ways he felt shame. This section caused me too loose a little
interest in what he was saying the first two times I read it. This in turn left
me scratching my head after reading the last sentence of the work. However
after I forced myself to read and really listen to the writing I understood
what the point of this story was. I believe the author was saying that the
times we could make a difference and don’t are the things we should be ashamed
of. There should be no shame in the things that we have no control over. After
the revelation I had I believe I would enjoy reading the book that this excerpt
came from.
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