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Shame by Dick Gregory

Topic Poverty and Discrimination

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

The essay is about the story of a boy who was poor and didn’t have a father. He felt
Claim
ashamed of his situation and he also was victim of discrimination.

Reason 1 Impossible love relationship because differences between social classes.

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“I was in love with a little girl named “Everybody's got a Helene Tucker, “I guess I would have gotten over
Helene Tucker, a light-complexioned a symbol of everything you want. I Helene by summertime, but
little girl with pigtails and nice loved her for her goodness, her something happened in that
manners. She was always clean, and cleanness, her popularity. She'd classroom that made her face hang in
she was smart in school. I think I walk down my street and my front of me for the next twenty-two
went to school then mostly to look at brothers and sisters would yell, years. When I played the drums in
her. I brushed my hair and even got "Here comes Helene," and I'd rub high school, it was for Helene, and
me a little old handkerchief. It was a my tennis sneakers on the back of when I broke track records in college,
lady's handkerchief, but I didn't want my pants and wish my hair wasn't it was for Helene, and when I started
Helene to see me wipe my nose on so nappy and the white folks' shirt standing behind microphones and
my hand”. fit me better”. heard applause, I wished Helene
could hear it too”.

Commentary Commentary Commentary

In this part of the text, you can There, you can realize that Dick In this part, Dick cannot stop
appreciate that Dick is in love with a tries to be at the same level of thinking of Helene. Everything he
girl that doesn’t belong to his social Helene taking care of his does is for her. He only wanted to
class. He describes her as the most appearance. It is very common in catch her attention. That happens
perfect girl in the world while he tries society because the first impression when people are discriminated. They
to Helene pays attention to him. matters when someone tries to get a just want attention, but other people
These things are common in society, job or things like that. mistreat them and isolate them from
poor people are always trying to catch society.
the attention to succeed.