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Dignity in the Midst of Despair.
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Dr. English 102 26 April 2004 Dignity in the Midst of Despair Attending school in a small rural town in Louisiana, I often experienced extreme prejudice and racism. I felt the lash of ridicule from many of my Caucasian peers on a daily basis. The racists would regular call me out of my name using words and phrases that were extremely degrading. However, I could always find refuge on the basketball court where I felt that I was in my world and I reigned supreme. Here I couldn't be touched; offensive words and gestures were irrelevant. I had a feeling of self-worth. Earnest Hemingway pictures a somewhat similar way of coping with despair in his short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." In "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," Hemingway uses subtle symbolism and imagery to present the experience of one lonely individual who finds a way to cope with the apparent meaningless of human existence....
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