In this blog I will discuss Walter Mosley’s Working On the Chain Gang thoughts about the dawn of the new millennium, segregation, right for voting, prejudice, and racism, among others.
On his introduction of the book, his mainly pointing out how slavery has been outlawed many years ago, and now we are still slave. We are part of the chain, where anyone slavering for others are portion of a new kind of chain. He also said that all the decision are made by the government that ruled us, in other words we are just objects or materials that can be defined “ to increase profit and corporation(Mosley 3).it’s basically saying today’s powers and potency are not equaled by our morality, ethics and accomplishment, instead its valued as “units or expanse”(Mosley 6). He also discuss that African-Americans were fighting for the ballot while “whites” were enjoying technology advanced. Throughout years black people has been hated, blamed, racism suffering, etc. one of the most alarming points Mosley pointed was on how TELEVISION (media) has been our most useful drug, it’s just a game where in some points we are losers that can be presented as worthless, inferior, invaluable and mindless just because they are trying to sell us “fake products” as “celebrity” defined as “COMERCIAL VIRTUES”. Finally Mosley thought by using violence, force or a rebellion, it was the best way to understand; “without understanding, there can be no growth, no recognition of truth and no tomorrow” (Mosley 16).
Hi Carla!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Katherine Q. and I’m a student practicing Peer Tutor in Prof. Roger-Cooper’s ENG 220 class. Overall I found that your summary attempted to target some key points that Mosley might have wanted the reader to be aware of and I was able to grasp the general concept behind each point you made. However, I feel that you might want to slow down when you write. For example: your opening sentence might have been the perfect instance to remind me of whose book introduction you will be talking about. The following sentence was also another opportunity to expand on what Mosley means when he defines us as “chains.” Keep in mind that the opening sentences are imperative to your summary since it is the base of your following sentences. Since I’ve never read this book, I wasn’t able to decode exactly what “chain” meant in this context. Additionally, improving your grammar would help improve the clarity of your writing tremendously! Certain word choices made it necessary for me to revisit your text several times to get a clearer understanding of your sentences, and overall your summary. I feel that if you work on slowing down as you write and revisiting your text as you write it, you will see improvement in your work.