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Between the World and Me : Socratic Seminar




            In the book Between the world and Me fear distorted Coates's life and his way of looking at the world through past experiences he had to deal with while growing up.  Coates grew up in Baltimore surrounded by gangs and had to watch out for other things that can put him in danger of losing his body, while his son has had an easier experience.The experiences Coates went through at a young age and the lessons he was taught by his mom growing up affects how he sees the world around him. with negativity and has his mind set that there isn't a lot of opportunities for the black community. For Coates's The American Dream is not realistic because the idea of achieving great things isn't emphasized realistically. Fear is palpably described in the book, the fear isn't inevitable for Ta'Nehisi son because he hasn't lived a life like his father has, however for Ta'Nehisi the fear is inevitable because his history of his past is always there. Ta' Nehisi wants his son to go out into the world and experience things on his own but wants him to be ready for the things he has to face.

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  1. UnknownOctober 2, 2017 at 7:19 PM

    I agree with this response because, in the book behind every argument that Ta-nehisi presents, no matter what idea or story he was telling it always ended up displaying the same type of message, which shaped his consecutive possession of fear he either witnessed or personally felt for his life or that of his sons life, who looks at life just more lightly than Ta-nehisi does based on his past experience.

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  2. UnknownOctober 3, 2017 at 1:18 PM

    I agree with your statement. Yes, Coates explains his life as an adolescence and early adult years, being surrounded by gangs and killings of blacks on the media and even somebody he truly cared for, Prince Jones. I also agree that the way he grew up shaped the way he perceives The American Dream. But I do disagree how you said the fear black men go through isn't inevitable for his son and only his dad according to the way he grew up, Coates explains that this fear is what EVERY black man will go through. That kind of fear is inevitable.

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  3. UnknownOctober 3, 2017 at 1:30 PM

    I agree with this response because, in the story Coates wants his son to go out into the world and see through his own experiences how the world really is. Coates wants him to do so but be ready for what hes going to experience and what the world has for him.

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  4. UnknownOctober 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM

    I acknowledge you saying Coates believes the fear is inevitable for his son, but do you think that Coates can avoid this fear now that he is older? I also liked how you emphasized Coates' upbringing in comparison to his sons, I hadn't thought about that. Even though his son is a little more privileged than Coates he will still have to deal with the prejudice he will face for being an African American male.

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