"Bewteen the World and Me"

Richard’s Wright’s “Between the World and Me” uses a ton of imagery. In a way, it is sort of a disturbing poem. Not that the poem bothered me, I thought it was very well written. It was because of the fact it gives such a detailed description of the pain and suffering that this man undergoes while he is being tarred and feathered. While reading the poem, I sort of winced at the horrific treatment to this man. To have your body be burned and covered with hot tar and then feathers is just plain humiliating, as well as torture I would imagine. The description of this poem provided and entire mental image of the setting of the poem. I could actually see the deserted area he was in, and at first I thought it would description the nature he was in, and then I could picture the drunken men gathering around to attack the poor black man. This kind of treatment was cruel, and although it was very powerful with it’s use of imagery, it’s not necessarily an image I enjoyed picturing. I have a feeling To Kill A Mockingbird will have to do with forms of racism and cruel acts to black people.