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Society continues to use negativity to keep people down when people are not the same as everyone.
When someone is different to another one society is against to that person. On the other hand, people
feel the need to point out those who have less or who are different because they don’t appreciate what
they have and also, they don’t realize what they really means.

7. Describe a time when you have been made to feel insignificant? How does that experience
help you to feel empathy toward Gregory?

When I was a child I was part in a soccer team. This was the last match to pass to another stage we
were on penalties and I had to take that last penalty. When I kicked the ball I failed the penalty and my
team lost that match. In that day fans were really furious with me and they told me many offensive
words I felt terrible. I felt the same as Gregory is describing in hi story. I didn’t want to talk with no
one

8. In what ways could Dick Gregory be considered an outlier?

Dick Gregory was always positive and he always was thinking about having a father although he
didn’t have one. He was facing his problems. Many people don’t like to face problems and choose the
easier way to solve it but Gregory decided to face those things which hurt him.

Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer

Shame by Dick Gregory

Topic Poverty, Discrimination and Racism

The essay is written in first-person. The writer didn’t use slangs, but he use
Target Audience
basic vocabulary.

The essay is about the story of a boy who was poor and didn’t have a father.

Claim He discovered what shame through his own situation was and he also was
victim of discrimination because of his poverty situation