"If" Commentary

    In the poem if by Rudyard Kipling he describes how a man should be humble patient rational truthful and dependable also persevering. These trays should apply to both genders though everyone should have these traits. It is as if Rudyard wants people to find goodness even in horrible circumstances. He directed this poem to his son from the selfishness of children to the men to the maturation of adults. He set a bar to everyone on how to persevere. I believe that this poem is a great example. And makes me think that perhaps this makes a human perfect which is not possible . For someone to have these traits mean means that they're perfect in my opinion .

Ain't I a Woman commentary

Sojourner Truth, in that time was a slave who worked hard for her family and kept hope that one day God would relieve her from her sufferings. She stated many times that she did many things that many would consider "manly and fought against sexism. She wasn't born in a delicate life where "a woman " would be helped into carriages nor "over mud puddles", In that society were women were suppressed into the kitchen and low paid jobs. Being an African american was worse than being a woman, so being an African american woman, Sojourner Truth had to go through many obstacles and many hardships. In this poem she shows the clear line of sexism; being a woman meant that your delicate, but to Sojourner women and men are equal. When people used the bible as an excuse for gender roles she would say,"Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman!". Sojourner Truth comes to me as a strong independent woman, if she was born in an era without slavery then I believe she would have became a strong activist for women's rights.