Blog Post #3: What ideas and themes transcend time and culture?

For this post, you will need to search outside the novel, The Alchemist. Think of a person, text, song, poem, or event that represents an idea or theme/value. Once you have made your choice, follow the steps listed below:

1. Upload information regarding your choice. Depending on what your choice is, you might upload a biography, novel summary, song lyrics, poem, or news article.
2. Craft a well-developed paragraph that explains the theme/value evident in your choice and describe what it reveals about the values of that time/culture. This paragraph is getting at the essential question:
   
   
   “What ideas and themes transcend time and culture?”
   
   
   
3. Add an ARTISTIC image that illustrates the message of your paragraph.
   
4. Engage in final revisions and editing before publishing your post.
5. Add a creative title that represents the content of the post.

Use the following example to serve as a guide.

Resilience

I, Too
by Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

Langston Hughes' poem, "I, Too," depicts the resilience African Americans have had to parade in the face of oppression in order to survive. Prejudice at its worst: slavery, segregation, shame...this culture of people have had to withstand hatred, rise above it and fight for the rights many take for granted. The 'darker brother' that is denied admittance to the table, refuses to succumb to the humiliating ignorance of 'America' showing his resilience by enjoying life and growing stronger. This poem transcends time and speaks to all cultures about the importance of being proud of who you are... (Although incomplete, this provides you with an idea of how to write up your choice).