A Literary Response of Alice Walker’s Be Nobody’s Darling
Be Nobody’s Darling is a short poem written by Alice Walker, which is about influencing black females or feminists to be more individual and confident of themselves. In the poem, Walker writes various clauses and uses a wide number of rhetorical devices to analyze the point of view she is trying to prove. Notice that Walker doesn’t use any hostile or angry tone, but a very calm style to get her standpoint across. Walker uses the point of view of a feminine figure throughout the poem, stating, “Be nobody’s darling.” Usually the noun, darling, is used to describe or state a female figure, in a way putting them in a position of a lady. Usually ladies are put off to the side of a man, following his every move, and not taking leadership of one. Therefore, the term of being somebody’s darling is used to describe someone who is dependent on another individual. By saying “be nobody’s darling,” it is stating to be an individual and be confident in one. Which is supported with the next line, “be an outcast,” an outcast is known to be very different from a group and is noticeable bold from all the rest. …show more content…
“To parry stones, to keep you warm,” warmth is usually used to represent comfort, Walker uses this to persuade the reader to be comfortable in one self’s judgment. Symbolism is used with the shawl which represents the safety to embrace contradictions to look off the impolite beliefs of the sufficient. “Watch the people succumb to madness,” giving the reader an idea of how society will go mad seeing someone who is not affected by other’s neither opinions nor trends, but follows themselves in their own craze with confidence and happiness by being independent in one