Picturing this as the body natural, his language is distressing and violent. As Coates himself states, "they destroyed his body, scorched his shoulders and arms, ripped open his back, mangled lung, kidney and liver" (Coates, 2015, p. However, if we inquire Coates' use of the body as the body politic for his entire community, then the book serves as a warning to his son of the dangers of being an African American and how ubiquitous his experience is with police brutality, racism and feeling the lack of control the community has in creating an equal and fair society as they are kept undereducated.Ĭoates' most shocking thoughts on the body are when he describes the murder of his friend Prince Jones by the Virginia Police. When analysing the central relevance of the body in Between the World and Me it would be easy to view Coates as using the body natural, meaning his own physical body, as opposed to the body politic, reflecting a vast concern about the possession and protection of it that could mirror someone who wants to be kept alive in danger. Coates remarks Malcom X's constant "evolution" toward the truth that was "outside the boundaries of his life, his body," and it helped Coates to take "total possession of my body" (Coates, 2015, p. He also explains his cultural awakening when attending the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Howard University, where he discovers the ideas of Malcolm X. This being essentially his autobiography, Coates details his experiences as an African American man focusing on the racism and oppression he faces from society and, specifically, from the police. Together, the essays are a mini-course in Thoreau and the trends he launched in American thought.The social implication of the body is a central motif to Ta-Nehisi Coates' open letter to his son Between the World and Me. "Each is preceded by a substantive, lively and idiosyncratic essay. At its core, Walden is about the project of personal freedom, self-emancipation, which is where all pursuits of freedom must start."-Robert D. One hundred fifty years after its publication, Walden also remains a practical, usable manual on how to lead a good, and just life. a writer of immense humanity, vitality and humor. " Walden is a self-help book, perhaps the ultimate self-help book, urging us to show up for our own lives, to have the courage to find our own convictions and to try to live them out.
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