‘A tale of Two Cities’, written by Troy Wiggins highlights Cross Concourse Building. The writer commences the book with the narrative of his grandmother who people called granny. The Writer goes ahead to give details the adversities his grandparent faced in her entire life. She fell in love and married an abusive husband who neglected and shamed her every day. In addition, she suffered at the hands of violent men and worked for hours for poor pay. More so, the author’s grandmother was a target for white supremacists. The author reminisces a bus ride with his grandmother during the 1990s and tries relating the story with his encounters in life. The author portrays his grandmother as a survivor and a caring woman even though she lived an awful life. This story is straightforward, interesting, and simple and flows from page to page. The story revolves around the life of the author’s grandmother and the society in general as she tries to maneuver. The author of the story utilizes imagery and symbolism to drive his point home and bring to attention real life issues that can affect anyone.

 Reasons of writing the article

From a personal perspective, Troy Wiggin’s article is still applicable in today’s society. In his article, the author indirectly that his grandmother’s life is an image of the entire society Americans because of the inequality they come across in their daily lives. Even though the article contained facts to support his perspectives. The segregation and continual discrimination of black provoked the author to write the article.

Themes of the article

Domestic abuse of the author’s grandmother is socially constructed, has developed over the years and usually reflect prevailing insights, interest and authority distribution. Feminists' understanding influenced  by the author’ personal experiences or witnessing other abused women, have supported evidence-based researchers which have assisted  in expanding concepts around domestic violence as  physically  damaging  through  highlighting  the interrelating ranges of domestic violence, coercion, controlling traits causing psychological, sexual and physical harm to the victims.However, the author tries to show all sides of his grandmother and not just the bad. Some issues about terminologies remain hotly contested, such as whether domestic abuse is a gender-specific or neutral reference or includes all other forms and instances of violence in each and every category of intimate relationships.

 Analysis of the article

Unlike other articles that seek to widen the gap between the white and white races, this article takes into consideration the  actual thoughts of actual black Americans as a result bring out the voice of a voiceless black women in the society world. In the end, the book is not a compilation of expert opinion nor theoretical concepts discussed in classrooms but shows a true picture of past societies through the eyes of the author. Thus, the book relies on first hand sources of information rather than hang on old irrelevant rhetoric meant to stimulate debate without tackling real issues  experienced  in the minority communities. Furthermore, writer highlights the atrocities committed to her grandmother as to raise awareness to the rest of the public.

The book identifies with the day-to-day struggles of  average people and identifies ways of bridging the gap between minority races and other people. While much inputs needs to go into the relationship between issues surrounding race and equality, airing the perspectives of people will assist leaders of tomorrow come up with strategies and effective means of implementing strong  interracial relations through diplomatic institutions that would turn stimulate change even if weak or strong.

 The book is a masterpiece with the ability to sell the values and concerns of people to the world in an appealing way. The sheer will to integrate, cooperate and impact two different societies without knowing the outcomes is a personification of courage and integrity that this book brings to the table of its readers without distorting any side’s beliefs or moral values. It automatically puts an end to the narrative that it is we against them or good verse evil. Consequently putting humanity at the center of the article takes a stand on evil and puts an end to false narratives perpetrated by politics and even the media. Therefore, the article gives the reader an option to listen to the writer’s life journey and the atrocities his grandmother passed through.

In the midst of the rising hostility, the article sheds light on gradually growing animosity by airing the voice of average black American who pieces together the puzzle to make peace. The views democratize the debate by balancing standpoints of Europeans with the black world, the authors seek to find solutions, and answers to hatred toward women and gender based violence.

The main thing that the author world dislikes about his grandmother’s world is the immorality and pervasiveness in the moral values. On the other side, the author demonstrates hate the moral decay in the American communities. Hence, he takes a standpoint against the vices by speaking it out. Then, one race should not fight amongst themselves because they share the same enemies and concerns, which are harsh lifestyles. Therefore, they should make an effort and work toward fighting off male chivalry and extremists living within their own communities. The bottom-line point is that what affect communities are the same vices and racism should be outdated.

The common elements shared prove that there is no black against white or western verses Muslim societies. The book unveils unique findings that lay bare unique truths and puts/ the fallacies and stereotypes about races to shame. In pursuit of creating critical thinking, the article challenges readers to assess the truth of the information rather than readily agree with the evidence and suggestions arising from the book with no analysis or an afterthought. Thus, the book does not contain elements of bias nor does it force the finding of the research down the throat of readers, as per my observations, it is open to criticism and spearheads the truth only.

The start of the article introduces her grandmother and puts her in a proper context. The article then proceeds with a cautionary tone on he struggles and how she worked for the white people while being paid peanuts. After confirming that only a minor number support terrorism, it lays ground for proper interpretation of the Muslims’ opinions. In fact, the book explains that various nationalities in

 All in all, the objective of the article was demystifying the myths surrounding black communities. The interesting aspect of the article was the hostile experiences the author’s grandmother passed through. More so, the author explains her grandmother’s hardworking nature and her ability to persevere through thick and thin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Wiggins Troy, L. Memphis: A tale of two cities 2019